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- 06190 )

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Putnam International Equity 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, 2007

Date of reporting period: July 1, 2006— June 30, 2007

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:

What makes
Putnam different?

A time-honored tradition in money management

Since 1937, our values have been rooted in a profound sense of responsibility for the money entrusted to us.

A prudent approach to investing

We use a research-driven team approach to seek consistent, dependable, superior investment results over time, although there is no guarantee a fund will meet its objectives.

Funds for every investment goal

We offer a broad range of mutual funds and other financial products so investors and their financial representatives can build diversified portfolios.

A commitment to doing what’s right for investors

With a focus on investment performance, below-average expenses, and in-depth information about our funds, we put the interests of investors first and seek to set the standard for integrity and service.

Industry-leading service

We help investors, along with their financial representatives, make informed investment decisions with confidence.

In 1830, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Samuel Putnam established The Prudent Man Rule, a legal foundation for responsible money management.

THE PRUDENT MAN RULE

All that can be required of a trustee to invest is that he shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income, as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested.

Putnam
International
Equity Fund

6| 30| 07

Annual Report

Message from the Trustees	1
About the fund	2
Performance and portfolio snapshots	4
Report from the fund managers	5
Performance in depth	10
Expenses	12
Portfolio turnover	14
Risk	14
Your fund’s management	15
Terms and definitions	16
Trustee approval of management contract	17
Other information for shareholders	21
Financial statements	22
Federal tax information	42
Brokerage commissions	42
Shareholder meeting results	43
About the Trustees	44
Officers	48

Cover photograph: © Marco Cristofori

Message from the Trustees

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

We are pleased to announce that Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. recently completed the sale of its ownership interest in Putnam Investments Trust, the parent company of Putnam Management and its affiliates, to Great-West Lifeco Inc. Great-West Lifeco is a financial services holding company with operations in Canada, the United States, and Europe and is a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies. With this sale, Putnam becomes part of a successful organization with a long-standing commitment to high-quality investment management and financial services. Please know that the change in ownership is not expected to affect the Putnam funds, the way Putnam manages money, or the funds’ management teams. Putnam will continue to operate as a separate company headquartered in Boston, and there will be no change in your funds’ fees or in the services your funds provide.

We would also like to take this opportunity to announce that Putnam President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Haldeman, one of your fund’s Trustees since 2004, was recently named President of the Funds, assuming this role from George Putnam, III. This change, together with the completion of the transaction with Great-West Lifeco, enables George Putnam to become an independent Trustee of the funds. Both George and Ed will continue serving on the Board of Trustees in our collective role of overseeing the Putnam funds on your behalf.

Lastly, we are pleased to inform you that a new independent Trustee, Robert J. Darretta, has joined your fund’s Board of Trustees. Mr. Darretta brings extensive leadership experience in corporate finance and accounting. He is a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson, one of the leading U.S. health-care and consumer products companies, where he also served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer.

In the following pages, members of your fund’s management team discuss the fund’s performance and strategies for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2007, and provide their outlook for the months ahead. As always, we thank you for your support of the Putnam funds.

Putnam International Equity Fund: the benefits of investing
in international stock markets

As a shareholder of Putnam International Equity Fund, you are positioning your money to benefit from investment opportunities outside the United States. Although international investing involves additional risks, the fund lets you take advantage of the capital appreciation potential of a broad range of companies across international markets.

In many cases, international companies are the top competitors in global industries. If you look at the products or services you use every day — from cars to cellular telephones to household products — you are likely to find many items made by international companies.

While investing in different currencies and economic systems can add risk, it may help you manage an important financial risk — the possibility of a slump in the U.S. economy — and gives you a chance to keep building wealth even if U.S. stocks struggle.

That’s because international economies can follow a different business cycle than the United States, with different monetary conditions. In many regions, especially Asia and Latin America, economies have been growing faster than the U.S. economy and appear to be able to continue this trend going forward. Also, when you invest internationally, you can benefit when foreign currencies strengthen against the U.S. dollar.

Since 1991, Putnam International Equity Fund has sought to invest based on our analysis of what we considered attractively valued companies in international markets. The fund’s management team analyzes stocks, as well as industry sectors and global market conditions, by relying on Putnam’s proprietary research capabilities. In addition to the United States, analysts and other team members are based in London and Tokyo for better access to information about international companies.

Using Putnam’s blend strategy, the team has the flexibility to select a broad range of stocks it believes are priced below their true worth. The portfolio’s diversification may help keep the fund competitive given the risks of changing market conditions and political developments in international markets. The fund can invest in developed economies such as Europe, Japan, Canada, and Australia, as well as in the emerging markets of the world. For 15 years, the fund has helped investors benefit from diversification and economic growth generated outside the United States.

International investing involves certain risks, such as currency fluctuations, economic instability, and political developments. Additional risks may be associated with emerging-market securities, including illiquidity and volatility. The fund invests some or all of its assets in small and/or midsize companies. Such investments increase the risk of greater fluctuations in the value of your investment.While diversification can help protect your returns from excessive volatility, it cannot protect against market losses.

A rising equity culture
fuels the growth of
international markets.

Many analysts believe that as equity markets expand, an “equity culture” forms. In an equity culture, people accept the risk of owning stocks in exchange for the opportunity to earn long-term financial rewards. Signs of a flourishing equity culture include the creation of new markets and investor-friendly regulations.

New markets for equity investing were established as communist economies transitioned to capitalism. In 1989, for example, Slovenia established a stock exchange, and was followed by several other nations, including Hungary, China, and, in 2000, Vietnam.

Investor-friendly regulations help to give investors a sound legal footing. Examples include South Korea’s measures requiring companies to respect minority-shareholder rights, grant real power to independent directors, and open up to foreign ownership.

Many changes in the world economy have added to the investment potential of international companies since Putnam International Equity Fund launched in 1991.

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. See pages 10–11 for additional performance information. For a portion of the periods, this fund may have limited expenses, without which returns would have been lower. A 1% short-term trading fee may apply. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, visit www.putnam.com.

“We believe we have positioned the portfolio
to benefit from today’s impressive rates of
global economic growth, in large part by
finding stocks listed in developed markets
that have exports to, or operations in,
developing markets.”

Joshua Byrne, Portfolio Leader, Putnam International Equity Fund

The top 10 country allocations represent 82.5% of the portfolio's net assets
and will vary over time. The remaining net assets are allocated among 31
other countries.

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Report from the fund managers

The year in review

We are pleased to report that for its 2007 fiscal year, your fund’s results before sales charges outperformed both its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index, and the average for its Lipper peer group, International Large-Cap Core Funds. To some extent, this success reflects the strength of international stock markets amid the current global economic expansion. Over the past 12 months, world economic growth has remained at robust levels, though it has begun gradually decelerating from the rapid 5.4% pace of 2006 estimated by the International Monetary Fund. Aside from the underlying market strength, we believe that our positioning decisions and stock selection made the difference between solid and superior performance. Our most successful moves during the year involved stock selection within the basic materials and health-care sectors and our decision to establish a larger-than-benchmar k position in the German stock market, which was among the world’s leaders. Also, the fund’s foreign currency exposure added to performance as the U.S. dollar weakened, particularly versus the euro, and as a result of our active strategies with other currencies, including the Australian dollar.

Market overview

Amid the global economic expansion, there have been regional differences. The major economies of Europe —the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy — accelerated their rate of growth during the period, while Japan’s growth rate slowed a bit. The emerging markets of Asia and Latin America continued to grow at a rapid pace. Although economic strength prompted interest-rate increases in several regions, tighter monetary policy has not stopped stocks from advancing. Most markets, with the exception of Japan, outperformed U.S. stocks during the period. The year’s progress was not without periods of volatility; the most noteworthy of these occurred during February and March when a 9% drop in stock prices on China’s Shanghai Exchange coincided with heightened fears that the slowing U.S. housing market could tip the economy into a recession and hinder global growth. However, as the U.S. economy, outside of the hous ing sector, appeared to stabilize, stocks from most business sectors rebounded.

The current global expansion has been supporting corporate profits across many sectors. Structural development in the world’s emerging markets is creating attractive

Market sector and fund performance

This comparison shows your fund’s performance in the context of different market sectors for the 12 months ended 6/30/07. See the previous page and pages 10–11 for additional fund performance information. Index descriptions can be found on page 16.

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investment opportunities for stocks in both developed and emerging markets. Airlines, steel, commodities, capital goods, oil refining, and shipping are among the so-called “old economy” industries that have become revitalized after decades of underinvestment. Meanwhile, the health-care sector has lagged as new drug innovation has slowed and as governments in many regions consider plans to slow the rate of expected growth in health-care spending.

Strategy overview

The foundation of our management approach is careful stock selection. We work to identify stocks of large and midsize international companies that we consider mispriced by the market, and appear to offer attractive performance potential. In short, these are companies that we believe are worth more than their current stock prices indicate. We value each investment based on our projections of the underlying company’s future cash flows.

The fund’s “blend” investment style gives us the flexi-bility to invest in a wide range of companies without a bias toward either growth or value stocks. For example, we may target companies that are growing rapidly and seem to have the potential to continue growing, as well as out-of-favor companies undergoing changes that may improve their earnings and growth potential. Our investment process integrates fundamental and quantitative analysis, enabling us to evaluate both historical and forward-looking factors that influence stock performance. This combined analysis has proven effective in identifying potentially attractive investments.

During the period, our stock selection decisions resulted in underweight and overweight positions in several sectors, relative to the benchmark. For example, the fund’s positions in the consumer cyclicals and energy sectors were larger than those of the benchmark, while its exposure to the industrial, utilities, and financials sectors was smaller. By country, the notable differences from the benchmark included overweights to Germany and Switzerland, along with underweight positions in Australia and the United Kingdom. The fund’s position in Japanese stocks was recently reduced and is now close to a neutral weighting.

Your fund’s holdings

Many of the portfolio’s top-performing holdings have flourished because of the trend we have described above — the strong growth in the global economy driven primarily by emerging markets. Our approach to capitalizing on these opportunities has emphasized investing in stocks in developed markets, where we feel valuations are generally more attractive than in the emerging markets themselves.

Comparison of top country weightings

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

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We have favored companies that generate substantial export revenues from emerging markets or have established local operations in these markets.

One of the top contributors to fund performance during the period was Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, a Japanese shipping line. It has been a major beneficiary of the global growth in trade driven by emerging markets. More than 70 percent of this company’s operating profits are generated by its dry bulk division, which involves the use of ocean freight ships to transport iron ore and coal from Australia to China and Japan. Pricing for this service is robust, driven by strong demand and a shortage of supply following years of underin-vestment in the industry, and exacerbated by current port congestion around the world. Even given the company’s strong appreciation in the period, we believe the market continues to underestimate the strength and duration of demand and the impact this can have on Mitsu i O.S.K.’s valuation going forward.

Similarly, we believe the stock of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), a Spanish bank held in the portfolio, has a bright future, though its shares in recent months have lagged the benchmark. We think this sluggish performance reflects skepticism about several of the bank’s recent acquisitions, which included Compass Bancshares, a U.S. bank headquartered in Alabama with operations in several southern and southwestern states. We disagree with this view and believe BBVA has a strong growth profile, particularly in Mexico, where it owns the country’s largest retail banking operation and is serving consumers whose access to retail financial products has been limited until recently.

Several of the fund’s top contributors in the period were basic materials stocks, which produce the raw materials that are vital to industrial development. Examples include BASF, a German chemicals company with a wide variety of products, including industrial coatings, agricultural fertilizers, and plastics. BHP Billiton, headquartered in the United Kingdom but with much of its operations based in Australia, is a mining company that produces aluminum, coal, and a variety of metals used in developing urban and industrial infrastructure. Two steel companies also delivered strong results in the period. Salzgitter, a German steel company, appreciated thanks in part to one of the company’s profitable businesses, the fabrication of large-diameter steel tubing used in the construction of energy pipelines. Hyundai Steel of South Korea makes a number of products, including steel bars, beams, rods, and sheets, which are components used in a variety of infrastructure projects, including the construction of railways and ports.

Top holdings

This table shows the fund's top holdings, and the percentage of
the fund's net assets that each represented, as of 6/30/07. The
fund's holdings will change over time.

Holding (percent of fund’s net assets)	Country	Industry
Allianz (2.6%)	Germany	Insurance
BP (2.5%)	United Kingdom	Oil and gas
BASF (2.4%)	Germany	Chemicals
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (2.4%)	Spain	Banking
BHP Billiton (2.3%)	United Kingdom	Metals
Total (2.3%)	France	Oil and gas
Roche Holding (2.3%)	Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals
Credit Suisse Group (2.2%)	Switzerland	Investment banking/brokerage
Statoil (2.0%)	Norway	Oil and gas
Axa (1.9%)	France	Insurance

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While the health-care sector was relatively weak in the period, our stock selection enabled the fund to identify and benefit from the opportunities that were available. We favored health-care equipment stocks, such as Nobel Biocare of Switzerland, the world’s leading dental implant company, which outperformed the sector. The fund had underweight positions in several of the large pharmaceutical companies that underperformed, such as Sanofi-Aventis of France and AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline of the United Kingdom, and this contributed favorably to relative performance. AstraZeneca was sold from the portfolio by the close of the period. In our view, these companies lacked new drug products that could generate significant revenues and earnings growth. However, we did have an overweight position in Roche Holding, a large Swiss pharmaceuticals company, which gained ground, but lagged the market. We are maintaining this position because we believe the stock is among the most attractive in its industry.

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.

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The outlook for your fund

The following commentary reflects anticipated developments that could affect your fund over the next six months, as well as your management team’s plans for responding to them.

We believe that, despite the slowdown in the U.S. economy in the early months of calendar year 2007, global growth potential currently remains solid. We expect this growth to continue, albeit at a slowing pace, given the increase in interest rates around the world. In our opinion, global growth is likely to continue to favor developing economies going forward. Also, while in recent years we have seen small-capitalization and value-style stocks lead markets, at present we see increasing valuation support in the large-cap growth area of international markets, and the portfolio is beginning its 2008 fiscal year with a modest tilt in this direction. Our preference for growth is increased by our belief that as interest rates rise around the world and economic growth begins to slow, investors will begin to pay a premium for growth stocks.

Our disciplined investment process is unearthing attractively valued stocks in both developed and emerging markets across a range of sectors and industries. With the positive fundamental business conditions we are observing, we think that markets can continue to appreciate, though this is likely to occur at a lower rate than we have seen over the last several years. Further dollar weakness is also possible, especially as the Asian countries gradually allow their currencies to strengthen. Should this occur, it could enhance investment returns for dollar-based investors, since earnings and gains from overseas stocks would be worth more when converted to U.S. dollars.

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

International investing involves certain risks, such as currency fluctuations, economic instability, and political developments. Additional risks may be associated with emerging-market securities, including illiquidity and volatility. The fund invests some or all of its assets in small and/or midsize companies. Such investments increase the risk of fluctuations in the value of your investment.

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Your fund’s performance

This section shows your fund’s performance for periods ended June 30, 2007, the end of its 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. For the most recent month-end performance, please visit www.putnam.com or call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581. Class Y shares are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs. See the Terms and Definitions section in this report for de finitions of the share classes offered by your fund.

Fund performance Total return for periods ended 6/30/07
	Class A		Class B		Class C		Class M		Class R	Class Y
(inception dates)	(2/28/91)		(6/1/94)		(7/26/99)		(12/1/94)		(1/21/03)	(7/12/96)
	NAV	POP	NAV	CDSC	NAV	CDSC	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
Annual average
(life of fund)	11.79%	11.43%	10.93%	10.93%	10.96%	10.96%	11.22%	11.00%	11.52%	11.99%
10 years	179.08	164.49	159.08	159.08	159.16	159.16	165.69	157.01	172.30	186.31
Annual average	10.81	10.22	9.99	9.99	9.99	9.99	10.26	9.90	10.54	11.09
5 years	105.36	94.61	97.78	95.78	97.80	97.80	100.30	93.84	102.91	107.98
Annual average	15.48	14.24	14.61	14.38	14.62	14.62	14.90	14.15	15.20	15.77
3 years	85.13	75.37	81.02	78.02	81.04	81.04	82.45	76.51	83.77	86.56
Annual average	22.79	20.59	21.87	21.20	21.88	21.88	22.19	20.85	22.49	23.10
1 year	29.51	22.71	28.56	23.56	28.55	27.55	28.89	24.72	29.23	29.85

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 5.25% and 3.25% 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 and 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.

For a portion of the periods, this fund may have limited expenses, without which returns would have been lower.

A 1% short-term trading fee may be applied to shares exchanged or sold within 90 days of purchase.

Change in the value of a $10,000 investment ($9,475 after sales charge)

Cumulative total return from 6/30/97 to 6/30/07

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 $25,908 and $25,916, respectively, and no contingent deferred sales charges would apply. A $10,000 investment in the fund’s class M shares ($9,675 after sales charge) would have been valued at $25,701 at public offering price. A $10,000 investment in the fund’s class R and class Y shares would have been valued at $27,230 and $28,631, respectively.

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Comparative index returns For periods ended 6/30/07
		Lipper International
		Large-Cap Core Funds
	MSCI EAFE Index	category average*
Annual average
(life of fund)	7.74%	9.32%
10 years	109.20	98.19
Annual average	7.66	6.91
5 years	126.19	102.55
Annual average	17.73	15.11
3 years	82.67	77.35
Annual average	22.24	21.00
1 year	27.00	26.02

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 6/30/07, there were 213, 196, 175, 92, and 13 funds, respectively, in this Lipper category.

Fund price and distribution information For the 12-month period ended 6/30/07
Distributions		Class A		Class B	Class C	Class M		Class R	Class Y
Number		1		1	1	1		1	1
Income		$0.700		$0.437	$0.466	$0.540		$0.662	$0.775
Capital gains
Long-term		1.268		1.268	1.268	1.268		1.268	1.268
Short-term		0.195		0.195	0.195	0.195		0.195	0.195
Total		$2.163		$1.900	$1.929	$2.003		$2.125	$2.238
Share value:	NAV		POP	NAV	NAV	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
6/30/06	$28.82		$30.42	$27.71	$28.25	$28.35	$29.30	$28.61	$29.03
6/30/07	34.90		36.83	33.50	34.16	34.30	35.45	34.59	35.18

Fund’s annual operating expenses For the fiscal year ended 6/30/06
	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.26%	2.01%	2.01%	1.76%	1.51%	1.01%

Expense information in this table is taken from the most recent prospectus, is subject to change, and may differ from that shown in the next section and in the financial highlights of this report. Expenses are shown as a percentage of average net assets.

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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. In the most recent six-month period, your fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. Using the information below, 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.

Review your fund’s expenses

The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Putnam International Equity Fund from January 1, 2007, to June 30, 2007. 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*	$ 6.50	$ 10.41	$ 10.41	$ 9.11	$ 7.81	$ 5.19
Ending value (after expenses)	$1,114.30	$1,110.00	$1,110.20	$1,111.50	$1,112.90	$1,115.40

* 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 6/30/07. The expense ratio may differ for each share class (see the last table in this section). 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, 2007, use the calculation method below. To find the value of your investment on January 1, 2007, go to www.putnam.com and log on to your account. Click on the “Transaction History” tab in your Daily Statement and enter 01/01/2007 in both the “from” and “to” fields. Alternatively, 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 table below 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*	$ 6.21	$ 9.94	$ 9.94	$ 8.70	$ 7.45	$ 4.96
Ending value (after expenses)	$1,018.65	$1,014.93	$1,014.93	$1,016.17	$1,017.41	$1,019.89

* 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 6/30/07. The expense ratio may differ for each share class (see the last table in this section). 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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Compare expenses using industry averages

You can also compare your fund’s expenses with the average of its peer group, as defined by Lipper, an independent fund-rating agency that ranks funds relative to others that Lipper considers to have similar investment styles or objectives. The expense ratio for each share class shown below indicates how much of your fund’s average net assets have been used to pay ongoing expenses during the period.

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Your fund's annualized expense ratio*	1.24%	1.99%	1.99%	1.74%	1.49%	0.99%
Average annualized expense ratio for Lipper peer group†	1.52%	2.27%	2.27%	2.02%	1.77%	1.27%

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

† Putnam is committed to keeping fund expenses below the Lipper peer group average expense ratio and will limit fund expenses if they exceed the Lipper average. The Lipper average is a simple average of front-end load funds in the peer group that excludes 12b-1 fees as well as any expense offset and brokerage service arrangements that may reduce fund expenses. To facilitate the comparison in this presentation, Putnam has adjusted the Lipper average to reflect the 12b-1 fees carried by each class of shares other than class Y shares, which do not incur 12b-1 fees. Investors should note that the other funds in the peer group may be significantly smaller or larger than the fund, and that an asset-weighted average would likely be lower than the simple average. Also, the fund and Lipper report expense data at different times and for different periods. The fund’s expense ratio shown here is annualized data for the most recent six-month period, while the quarterly updated Lipper average is based on the most recent fiscal year-end data available for the peer group funds as of 6/30/07.

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Your fund’s portfolio turnover
and Morningstar^® Risk

Putnam funds are actively managed by teams of experts who buy and sell securities based on intensive analysis of companies, industries, economies, and markets. Portfolio turnover is a measure of how often a fund’s managers buy and sell securities for your fund. A portfolio turnover of 100%, for example, means that the managers sold and replaced securities valued at 100% of a fund’s assets within a one-year period. Funds with high turnover may be more likely to generate capital gains and dividends that must be distributed to shareholders as taxable income. High turnover may also cause a fund to pay more brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, which may detract from performance.

Turnover comparisons

Percentage of holdings that change every year

	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Putnam International Equity Fund	95%	83%	75%	69%	53%*
Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds category average	62%	62%	60%	75%	81%

Turnover data for the fund is calculated based on the fund's fiscal-year period, which ended on June 30. Turnover data for the fund's Lipper category is calculated based on the average of the turnover of each fund in the category for its fiscal year ended during the indicated year. Fiscal years vary across funds in the Lipper category, which may limit the comparability of the fund's portfolio turnover rate to the Lipper average. Comparative data for 2007 is based on information available as of 6/30/07.

* Portfolio turnover excludes impact of assets received from the acquisition of Putnam Asia Pacific Fund and Putnam Emerging Markets Fund.

Your fund’s Morningstar^® Risk

This risk comparison is designed to help you understand how your fund compares with other funds. The comparison utilizes a risk measure developed by Morningstar, an independent fund-rating agency. This risk measure is referred to as the fund’s Morningstar Risk.

Your fund’s Morningstar Risk is shown alongside that of the average fund in its Morningstar category. The risk bar broadens the comparison by translating the fund’s Morningstar Risk into a percentile, which is based on the fund’s ranking among all funds rated by Morningstar as of June 30, 2007. A higher Morningstar Risk generally indicates that a fund’s monthly returns have varied more widely.

Morningstar determines a fund’s Morningstar Risk by assessing variations in the fund’s monthly returns — with an emphasis on downside variations — over a 3-year period, if available. Those measures are weighted and averaged to produce the fund’s Morningstar Risk. The information shown is provided for the fund’s class A shares only; information for other classes may vary. Morningstar Risk is based on historical data and does not indicate future results. Morningstar does not purport to measure the risk associated with a current investment in a fund, either on an absolute basis or on a relative basis. Low Morningstar Risk does not mean that you cannot lose money on an investment in a fund. Copyright 2007 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accur ate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.

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Your fund’s management

Your fund is managed by the members of the Putnam International Core Team. Joshua Byrne and Simon Davis are Portfolio Leaders of your fund. The Portfolio Leaders coordinate the team’s management of the fund.

For a complete listing of the members of the Putnam International Core Team, including those who are not Portfolio Leaders or Portfolio Members of your fund, visit Putnam’s Individual Investor Web site at www.putnam.com.

Investment team fund ownership

The table below shows how much the fund’s current Portfolio Leaders have invested in the fund and in all Putnam mutual funds (in dollar ranges). Information shown is as of June 30, 2007, and June 30, 2006.

Trustee and Putnam employee fund ownership

As of June 30, 2007, all 12 of the Trustees then on the Board of Trustees of the Putnam funds owned fund shares. The table below shows the approximate value of investments in the fund and all Putnam funds as of that date by the Trustees and Putnam employees. These amounts include investments by the Trustees’ and employees’ immediate family members and investments through retirement and deferred compensation plans.

		Total assets in
	Assets in the fund	all Putnam funds
Trustees	$ 1,637,000	$ 93,000,000
Putnam employees	$26,222,000	$467,000,000

Other Putnam funds managed by the Portfolio Leaders

Joshua Byrne is also a Portfolio Leader of Putnam Europe	Joshua Byrne and Simon Davis may also manage other accounts
Equity Fund.	and variable trust funds advised by Putnam Management or
	an affiliate.
Simon Davis is also a Portfolio Member of Putnam Europe
Equity Fund.

Changes in your fund’s Portfolio Leaders

Your fund’s Portfolio Leaders did not change during the year ended June 30, 2007.

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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 5.25% maximum sales charge for class A shares and 3.25% 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 only available to eligible purchasers, including eligible defined contribution plans or corporate IRAs.

Comparative indexes

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

Merrill Lynch 91-Day Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that seeks to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury bills available in the marketplace.

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index is an unmanaged index of equity securities from developed countries in Western Europe, the Far East, and Australasia.

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 its sub-management contracts with Putnam Management’s affiliates, Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”) and Putnam Advisory Company (“PAC”). In this regard, the Board of Trustees, with the assistance of its Contract Committee consisting solely of Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as such 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 2007, the Contract Committee met several times to consider the information provide d 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. The Contract Committee recommended, and the Independent Trustees approved, the continuance of your fund’s management contract and sub-management contracts, effective July 1, 2007. (Because PIL and PAC are affiliates of Putnam Management and Putnam Management remains fully responsible for all services provided by PIL and PAC, the Trustees have not evaluated PIL and PAC as separate entities, and all subsequent references to Putnam Management below should be deemed to include reference to PIL and PAC as necessary or appropriate in the context.)

In addition, in anticipation of the sale of Putnam Investments to Great-West Lifeco, at a series of meetings ending in March 2007, the Trustees reviewed and approved new management and distribution arrangements to take effect upon the change of control. Shareholders of all funds approved the management contracts in May 2007, and the change of control transaction was completed on August 3, 2007. Upon the change of control, the management contracts that were approved by the Trustees in June 2007  automatically terminated and were replaced by new contracts that had been approved by shareholders. In connection with their review for the June 2007 continuance of the Putnam funds’ management contracts, the Trustees did not identify any facts or circumstances that would alter the substance of the conclusions and recommendations they made in their review of the contracts t o take effect upon the change of control.

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 such 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 such arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of these same arrangements in prior years.

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, and the assignment of funds to particular fee categories. In reviewing fees and expenses, the Trustees generally focused their attention on material changes in circumstances — for example, changes in a fund’s size or investment style, changes in Putnam Management’s operating costs or responsibilities, 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, which had been carefully developed over the years, re-examined on many occasions and adjusted where appropriate. The Trustees focused on two areas of particular interest, as discussed fur ther below:

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• Competitiveness. 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 7th percentile in management fees and in the 14th percentile in total expenses (less any applicable 12b-1 fees) as of December 31, 2006 (the first percentile being the least expensive funds and the 100th percentile being the most expensive funds). (Because the fund’s custom peer group is smaller than the fund’s broad Lipper Inc. peer group, this expense information may differ from the Lipper peer expense information found elsewhere in this report.) The Trustees noted that expense ratios for a number of Putnam funds, which show the percentage of fund assets used to pay for m anagement and administrative services, distribution (12b-1) fees and other expenses, had been increasing recently as a result of declining net assets and the natural operation of fee breakpoints.

The Trustees noted that the expense ratio increases described above were currently being controlled by expense limitations implemented in January 2004 and which Putnam Management had committed to maintain at least through 2007. In anticipation of the change of control of Putnam Investments, the Trustees requested, and received a commitment from Putnam Management and Great-West Lifeco, to extend this program through at least June 30, 2009. These expense limitations give effect to a commitment by Putnam Management that the expense ratio of each open-end fund would be no higher than the average expense ratio of the competitive funds included in the fund’s relevant Lipper universe (exclusive of any applicable 12b-1 charges in each case). The Trustees observed that this commitment to limit fund expenses has served shareholders well since its inception.

In order to ensure that the expenses of the Putnam funds continue to meet evolving competitive standards, the Trustees requested, and Putnam Management agreed, to extend for the twelve months beginning July 1, 2007, an additional expense limitation for certain funds at an amount equal to the average expense ratio (exclusive of 12b-1 charges) of a custom peer group of competitive funds selected by Lipper to correspond to the size of the fund. This additional expense limitation will be applied to those open-end funds that had above-average expense ratios (exclusive of 12b-1 charges) based on the custom peer group data for the period ended December 31, 2006. This additional expense limitation will not be applied to your fund because it had a below-average expense ratio relative to its custom peer group.

• Economies of scale. Your fund currently has the benefit of breakpoints in its management fee that provide shareholders with significant economies of scale, which means that the effective management fee rate of a fund (as a percentage of fund assets) declines as a fund grows in size and crosses specified asset thresholds. Conversely, as a fund shrinks in size — as has been the case for many Putnam funds in recent years — these breakpoints result in increasing fee levels. In recent years, the Trustees have examined the operation of the existing breakpoint structure during periods of both growth and decline in asset levels. The Trustees concluded that the fee schedules in effect for the funds represented an appropriate sharing of economies of scale at current asset levels. In reaching this conclusion, the Trustees considered the Contract Committee’s stated intent to continue to work with Putnam Management to plan for an eventual resumption in the growth of assets, and to consider the potential economies that might be produced under various growth assumptions.

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 to be provided and profits to be realized by Putnam Management and its affiliates from the relationship with the funds. This information included trends in revenues, expenses and profitability of Putnam Management and its affiliates relating to the investment management and distribution services provided to the funds. In this regard, the Trustees also reviewed an analysis of Putnam Management’s revenues, expenses and profitability with respect to the funds’ management contracts, allocated on a fund-by-fund basis.

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 Process Committee of the Trustees and the Investment Oversight

Committees of the Trustees, which had 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

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retain high-quality personnel — but also recognize that this does not guarantee 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 Trustees noted the satisfactory investment performance of many Putnam funds. They also noted the disappointing investment performance of certain funds in recent years and discussed with senior management of Putnam Management the factors contributing to such underperformance and actions being taken to improve performance. The Trustees recognized that, in recent years, Putnam Management has made significant changes in its investment personnel and processes and in the fund product line to address areas of underperformance. In particular, they noted the important co ntributions of Putnam Management’s leadership in attracting, retaining and supporting high-quality investment professionals and in systematically implementing an investment process that seeks to merge the best features of fundamental and quantitative analysis. The Trustees indicated their intention to continue to monitor performance trends to assess the effectiveness of these changes 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 total return performance at net asset value was in the following percentiles of its Lipper Inc. peer group (Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds) for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended March 31, 2007 (the first percentile being the best-performing funds and the 100th percentile being the worst-performing funds):

One-year period	Three-year period	Five-year period
7th	28th	53rd

(Because of the passage of time, these performance results may differ from the performance results for more recent periods shown elsewhere in this report. Over the one-, three- and five-year periods ended March 31, 2007 there were 208, 194, and 175 funds, respectively, in your fund’s Lipper peer group.* Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.)

As a general matter, the Trustees concluded that cooperative efforts between the Trustees and Putnam Management represent the most effective way to address investment performance problems. The Trustees noted that investors in the Putnam funds have, in effect, placed their trust in the Putnam organization, under the oversight of the funds’ Trustees, to make appropriate decisions regarding the management of the funds. Based on the responsiveness of Putnam Management in the recent past to Trustee concerns about investment performance, the Trustees concluded that it is preferable to seek change within Putnam Management to address performance shortcomings. In the Trustees’ view, the alternative of terminating a management contract and engaging a new investment adviser for an underperforming fund would entail significant disruptions and would not provide any greater assurance of improved investment performance.

Brokerage and soft-dollar allocations; other benefits

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 may be useful to Putnam Management in managing the assets of the fund and of other clients. The Trustees indicated their continued intent to monitor the potential benefits associated with the allocation of fund brokerage to ensure that the principle of seeking “best price and execution” remains paramount in the portfolio trading process.

The Trustees’ annual review of your fund’s management contract also included the review of its distributor’s contract and distribution plan with Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership and the custodian agreement and investor servicing agreement with Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (“PFTC”), each of which provides benefits to affiliates of Putnam Management. In the case of the custodian agreement, the Trustees considered that, effective January 1, 2007, the Putnam funds had engaged State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodian and began to transition the responsibility for providing custody services away from PFTC.

* The percentile rankings for your fund’s class A share annualized total return performance in the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds category for the one-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2007 were 7%, 39%, and 7%, respectively. Over the one-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2007, the fund ranked 14th out of 213, 68th out of 175 and 6th out of 92 funds, respectively. Note that this more recent information was not available when the Trustees approved the continuance of your fund’s management contract.

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Comparison of retail and institutional fee schedules

The information examined by the Trustees as part of their annual contract review 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, etc. This information included comparison 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 the 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 reflect to a substantial degree historical competitive forces operating in separate market places. The Trustees considered the fact that fee rates across all asset sectors are higher on average for 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, but did not rely on such comparisons to any significant extent in concluding that the management fees paid by your fund are reasonable.

Other information for shareholders

Putnam’s policy on confidentiality

In order to conduct business with our shareholders, we must obtain certain personal information such as account holders’ addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, and the names of their financial advisors. We use this information to assign an account number and to help us maintain accurate records of transactions and account balances. It is our policy to protect the confidentiality of your information, whether or not you currently own shares of our funds, and in particular, 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 share this information with outside vendors who provide services to us, such as mailing and proxy solicitation. In t hose 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. We may also share this information with our Putnam affiliates to service your account or provide you with information about other Putnam products or services. It is also our policy to share account information with your financial advisor, if you’ve listed one on your Putnam account. If you would like clarification about our confidentiality policies or have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 1-800-225-1581, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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, 2006, are available on the Putnam Individual Investor Web site, www.putnam.com/individual, 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.

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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 highlight 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 International Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the fund’s 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 International Equity Fund (the “fund”) at June 30, 2007, 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, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 9, 2007

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The fund’s portfolio 6/30/07

COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)*
	Shares		Value
Australia (1.4%)
AXS Asia Pacific Holdings, Ltd.	468,208	$	2,939,483
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners	247,618		408,568
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners 144A	68,000		112,200
BHP Billiton, Ltd.	481,696		14,374,305
Macquarie Airports	175,678		599,558
Macquarie Bank, Ltd.	688,093		49,377,761
Macquarie CountryWide Trust	861,086		1,471,141
Macquarie Infrastructure Group	268,194		817,828
National Australia Bank, Ltd.	100,898		3,498,959
QBE Insurance Group, Ltd.	227,968		6,016,052
St. George Bank, Ltd.	161,125		4,827,113
Telstra Corp., Ltd.	127,416		494,775
Westpac Banking Corp.	592,844		12,888,362
Woolworths, Ltd.	75,807		1,731,534
			99,557,639
Austria (0.7%)
Telekom Austria AG	2,088,089		51,974,239
Belgium (1.8%)
Delhaize Group	774,426		76,186,184
InBev NV	684,918		54,431,946
UCB SA (S)	39,849		2,355,739
			132,973,869
Brazil (0.1%)
Brasil Telecom SA (Preference)	124,064		906,859
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) ADR	52,593		2,343,018
LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA †	73,500		955,164
Marfig Frigorificos e Comercio de
Aliementos SA †	40,900		388,503
Marfig Frigorificos e Comercio de
Aliementos SA 144A †	61,600		585,130
Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR (S)	16,439		1,993,558
Tam SA ADR	29,258		968,440
Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos
Brasileiros SA ADR	8,500		959,395
			9,100,067
Canada (0.4%)
Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd.	7,000		255,096
Alcan Aluminum, Ltd.	12,965		1,060,384
Astral Media, Inc.	11,300		449,341
Bank of Montreal	23,997		1,544,842
Bank of Nova Scotia	22,000		1,074,428
Barrick Gold Corp.	15,054		438,939
CAE, Inc.	24,300		324,762
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	16,734		1,511,809
Canadian National Railway Co.	17,101		872,352
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.	10,850		722,789
Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.	7,890		546,322
CGI Group, Inc. †	84,200		947,002
Enbridge, Inc.	10,000		337,882
EnCana Corp.	23,760		1,465,181
Finning International, Inc.	29,728		847,213
Fortis, Inc.	25,000		611,765
Goldcorp, Inc. (New York Exchange)	11,700		278,488
Husky Energy, Inc.	13,001		1,073,118

COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
Canada continued
Imperial Oil, Ltd. (Toronto Exchange)	24,619	$	1,149,041
Magna International, Inc. Class A	5,900		541,412
Manulife Financial Corp.	19,487		730,694
Methanex Corp.	20,694		514,964
National Bank of Canada	17,142		990,122
Nexen, Inc.	8,200		254,682
Open Text Corp. †	25,500		560,160
Petro-Canada	27,441		1,465,672
Research in Motion, Ltd. †	2,572		518,999
Royal Bank of Canada	23,256		1,239,299
Suncor Energy, Inc.	2,000		180,631
Talisman Energy, Inc.	38,978		755,715
Teck Cominco, Ltd. Class B	88,148		3,749,920
Telus Corp.	4,500		270,085
TransCanada Corp.	33,067		1,140,306
Trican Well Service, Ltd.	7,400		151,064
Yamana Gold, Inc.	25,600		285,033
			28,859,512
China (0.9%)
China Construction Bank Corp.	1,994,000		1,372,616
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.	47,382,000		53,022,961
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. ADR	6,800		759,152
China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd.	1,092,000		3,814,551
Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.	2,268,000		1,207,228
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.	372,800		1,142,399
PetroChina Co., Ltd.	82,000		121,766
PetroChina Co., Ltd. ADR	2,700		401,436
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.,
of China, Ltd.	158,500		1,120,544
			62,962,653
Denmark (—%)
Genmab A/S †	4,850		309,106
Egypt (—%)
Telecom Egypt	254,054		786,490
Finland (1.3%)
Metso Corp.	33,400		1,967,217
Nokia OYJ	3,224,785		90,653,210
Sampo OYJ Class A	109,900		3,158,077
			95,778,504
France (9.5%)
Air France-KLM	1,510,909		70,326,881
Alstom †	12,344		2,061,393
Axa SA	3,202,944		137,393,598
BNP Paribas SA	63,563		7,571,090
Bouygues SA	20,349		1,707,589
EDF Energies Nouvelles SA	18,696		1,226,737
Electricite de France	20,437		2,214,061
France Telecom SA	75,670		2,079,777
Lafarge SA	16,444		3,002,853
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA	41,594		4,782,546
Pernod-Ricard SA	21,539		4,758,834
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA	22,043		3,858,168
Renault SA	641,314		102,993,137

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COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
France continued
Sanofi-Aventis	33,363	$	2,694,521
Schneider Electric SA	422,818		59,334,563
Societe Generale	534,094		99,055,222
Sodexho Alliance SA	67,868		4,852,855
SOITEC † (S)	30,419		647,604
Suez SA	223,474		12,791,259
Total SA	2,031,900		164,990,133
			688,342,821
Germany (12.7%)
Adidas-Salomon AG	71,041		4,488,483
Allianz SE	793,136		185,281,632
BASF AG	1,325,543		174,067,329
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG	45,200		2,925,261
Beiersdorf AG	182,197		13,009,146
Commerzbank AG	98,800		4,713,245
Continental AG	648,258		91,391,829
DaimlerChrysler AG	21,622		2,001,073
Deutsche Telekom AG	44,700		826,952
E.On AG	27,227		4,574,401
MAN AG	13,529		1,941,672
Merck KGaA	186,658		25,725,034
Merck KGaA 144A	147,290		20,299,372
MTU Aero Engines Holding AG	63,327		4,115,031
Porsche AG (Preference)	26,381		47,074,123
Praktiker Bau-und
Heimwerkermaerkte AG	411,517		16,686,545
RWE AG	703,579		75,082,518
Salzgitter AG	550,456		106,434,848
SAP AG	50,984		2,618,307
Siemens AG	886,423		127,510,503
ThyssenKrupp AG	130,971		7,800,297
			918,567,601
Greece (2.7%)
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co., SA	53,430		2,456,450
Cosmote Mobile Communications SA	209,410		6,468,765
EFG Eurobank Ergasias ERG 144A	324,180		10,579,202
EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA	2,688,974		87,751,249
Hellenic Telecommunication
Organization (OTE) SA	2,681,953		83,230,866
Hellenic Telecommunication
Organization (OTE) SA 144A	18,500		574,123
National Bank of Greece SA	54,655		3,135,792
			194,196,447
Hong Kong (1.1%)
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.	16,780,000		39,897,029
China Netcom Group Corp., Ltd.	352,000		975,394
Esprit Holdings, Ltd.	282,500		3,597,411
Great Eagle Holdings, Ltd. (R)	7,744,000		27,121,492
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd.	573,000		8,101,533
Hutchinson Telecommunications
International, Ltd.	89,000		114,705
			79,807,564

COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
Hungary (0.4%)
MOL Magyar Olaj-es Gazipari Rt.	191,075	$	28,925,307
Indonesia (—%)
PT Telekomunikasi	1,293,500		1,399,320
Ireland (2.1%)
Allied Irish Banks PLC	3,551,032		96,808,971
CRH PLC	185,054		9,129,359
Experian Group, Ltd.	3,670,526		46,240,279
Experian Group, Ltd. 144A	188,237		2,371,358
Smurfit Kappa PLC †	17,393		436,928
Smurfit Kappa PLC 144A †	5,989		150,449
			155,137,344
Israel (—%)
Bank Hapoalim BM	177,916		865,480
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR	34,330		1,416,113
			2,281,593
Italy (1.0%)
Buzzi Unicem SpA	1,495,974		51,606,533
Enel SpA	561,453		6,059,519
Parmalat SpA	365,777		1,551,028
Saipem SpA	97,097		3,315,447
Saras SpA	668,322		4,266,541
UniCredito Italiano SpA	848,000		7,548,827
			74,347,895
Japan (21.2%)
Aeon Co., Ltd.	1,202,400		22,343,969
Aeon Co., Ltd. 144A	3,900		72,473
Asahi Kasei Corp.	405,000		2,666,100
Astellas Pharma, Inc.	1,844,600		80,235,057
Canon, Inc.	43,942		2,578,553
Chiyoda Corp.	2,056,000		39,198,739
Chubu Electric Power, Inc.	53,600		1,422,748
Credit Saison Co., Ltd.	50,000		1,289,472
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.	2,305,600		61,272,859
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.	1,187,300		56,382,485
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.	213,000		2,255,253
Denso Corp.	1,874,900		73,337,449
Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.	58,000		618,503
East Japan Railway Co.	12,056		92,916,666
Electric Power Development Co.	10,200		405,587
Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd.	40,300		686,504
Fuji Photo Film Cos., Ltd.	1,714,500		76,543,862
Fuji Television Network, Inc.	350		704,619
Glory, Ltd.	49,200		1,078,561
Hogy Medical Co., Ltd.	48,700		2,174,005
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	44,000		1,598,764
Japan Tobacco, Inc.	12,954		63,923,843
JFE Holdings, Inc.	52,000		3,235,330
JSR Corp.	76,100		1,837,462
Kansai Electric Power, Inc.	53,400		1,263,140
KDDI Corp.	161		1,192,798
Komatsu, Ltd.	201,800		5,859,863
Konica Corp.	131,000		1,933,671

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COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
Japan continued
Kubota Corp.	122,000	$	988,037
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.	33,400		875,588
Lawson, Inc.	391,800		13,545,773
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.	4,975,000		98,630,613
Mitsubishi Corp.	1,738,800		45,413,229
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.	819		9,027,748
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.	138,000		2,746,895
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.	149,000		4,180,772
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.	5,223,000		70,915,606
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.	12,505		86,713,246
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	18,100		1,360,101
NET One Systems Co., Ltd. (S)	3,180		3,507,187
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.	3,415,000		60,241,272
Nippon Steel Corp.	533,000		3,763,316
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
(NTT) Corp.	286		1,272,032
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.	878,900		9,429,011
NSK, Ltd.	4,160,000		43,070,412
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.	1,161		1,836,116
Obic Co., Ltd.	7,550		1,490,081
Omron Corp.	1,421,200		37,362,253
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	723,800		38,365,900
Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd.	1,596,000		20,361,435
ORIX Corp.	269,680		71,281,869
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.	12,695,000		47,178,163
Resona Holdings, Inc.	480		1,148,993
Rohm Co., Ltd.	19,600		1,738,216
Shinko Electric Industries	62,700		1,347,089
SMC Corp.	27,200		3,620,254
Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc.	194,000		2,375,351
Sony Corp.	149,000		7,655,808
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.	443,400		6,614,449
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.	755,000		7,162,205
Suzuken Co., Ltd.	36,700		1,147,008
Suzuki Motor Corp.	2,274,500		64,598,312
Terumo Corp.	1,218,200		47,065,689
Tokyo Electric Power Co.	32,600		1,047,748
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.	8,124,000		38,492,032
Toshiba Corp.	631,000		5,505,901
Tostem Inax Holding Corp.	128,600		2,612,656
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.	22,000		396,483
Toyota Industries Corp.	32,900		1,529,492
Toyota Motor Corp.	184,000		11,602,544
Trend Micro, Inc.	1,879,000		60,683,728
			1,538,928,948
Kazakhstan (—%)
Kazkommertsbank GDR †	28,511		624,420
Kazkommertsbank GDR 144A †	35,135		769,492
			1,393,912
Malaysia (0.1%)
Digi.com Berhad	23,400		156,050
Tenaga Nasional Berhad	493,200		1,630,447
Zelan Bhd	361,500		1,257,995
			3,044,492

COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
Mexico (0.1%)
America Movil SA de CV ADR Ser. L	19,600	$	1,213,828
Cemex SA de CV ADR	19,433		717,078
Desarrolladora Homex SA de CV †	18,400		185,022
Desarrolladora Homex SA de CV ADR †	17,800		1,078,502
Wal-Mart de Mexico SA de CV Ser. V	327,900		1,244,806
			4,439,236
Netherlands (1.4%)
Aegon NV	204,269		4,031,359
Akzo Nobel NV	58,638		5,059,820
Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV	112,022		1,860,880
Randstad Holding NV	46,537		3,684,971
TNT NV	1,967,292		88,599,257
Unilever NV	33,131		1,029,838
			104,266,125
New Zealand (—%)
Telecom Corp. of New Zealand, Ltd.	57,824		202,405
Norway (3.1%)
DnB Holdings ASA	5,037,968		64,734,195
Electromagnetic GeoServices AS †	95,664		1,915,302
Electromagnetic GeoServices AS 144A †	15,460		309,527
Fred Olsen Energy ASA (S)	45,300		2,351,347
Schibsted ASA	197,888		9,029,040
Statoil ASA	4,758,930		147,335,123
Telenor ASA †	51,000		997,925
			226,672,459
Philippines (—%)
Globe Telecom, Inc.	34,980		1,024,519
Megaworld Corp. †	9,545,600		821,470
Philippine Long Distance	4,380		250,801
			2,096,790
Poland (—%)
Globe Trade Centre SA †	74,818		1,306,223
Portugal (0.1%)
Banco Comercial Portugues SA	679,725		3,794,087
Russia (0.7%)
Gazprom	448,292		4,635,506
Lukoil ##	344,542		26,164,697
Lukoil ADR	197,760		14,980,320
Mobile Telesystems ADR	20,855		1,263,187
TMK OAO 144A GDR	21,870		797,100
			47,840,810
Singapore (2.0%)
Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing, Ltd. †	45,128,000		39,850,711
SembCorp Industries, Ltd.	147,580		549,299
Singapore Airlines, Ltd.	5,116,000		62,810,941
Singapore Exchange, Ltd.	5,349,000		34,302,336
Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.	537,700		1,193,875
StarHub, Ltd.	1,518,290		3,195,773
StarHub, Ltd. 144A	753,380		1,585,752
			143,488,687

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COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
South Africa (0.1%)
Gold Fields, Ltd.	16,248	$	254,257
Gold Fields, Ltd. ADR	30,851		484,361
Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd.	33,442		1,021,599
Lewis Group, Ltd.	126,132		1,099,620
Standard Bank Investment Corp., Ltd.	80,163		1,115,046
			3,974,883
South Korea (1.5%)
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.	70,330		1,260,881
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	12,780		3,553,309
Hyundai Steel Co.	986,080		54,265,256
Kookmin Bank	16,218		1,421,931
Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.	14,710		1,002,357
LG Engineering & Construction, Ltd.	8,364		999,728
POSCO	2,513		1,206,320
Samsung Corp.	15,480		759,631
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	8,065		4,932,000
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. GDR	372		114,654
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.	577,470		35,242,979
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. ADR	1,900		232,731
SK Corp. (F)	5,150		746,438
			105,738,215
Spain (2.6%)
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA	6,985,781		171,025,951
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA	260,628		4,800,309
Iberdrola SA	91,270		5,094,084
Telefonica SA	382,128		8,513,030
			189,433,374
Sweden (2.7%)
Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B	1,357,217		80,263,779
Lindab International AB	50,000		1,445,615
Sandvik AB	107,200		2,162,948
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
Class B	28,006,487		111,787,422
Volvo AB Class B	54,350		1,078,925
			196,738,689
Switzerland (12.7%)
Arpida, Ltd. †	11,437		353,797
Basilea Pharmaceutica AG †	1,856		407,949
Basilea Pharmaceutica AG 144A †	353		77,589
Credit Suisse Group	2,281,629		161,781,556
Julius Baer Holding, Ltd. Class B	43,041		3,086,511
Nestle SA	295,983		112,284,814
Nobel Biocare Holding AG	345,839		113,135,927
Novartis AG	153,229		8,623,359
Roche Holding AG	921,113		163,287,488
Santhera Pharmaceuticals †	3,528		306,251
Speedel Holding AG †	1,734		257,858
Straumann Holding AG	3,047		855,912
Swisscom AG	266,922		91,362,464
Synthes, Inc.	7,449		893,815
UBS AG	2,265,339		135,390,159
Xstrata PLC (London Exchange)	52,263		3,117,129
Zurich Financial Services AG	395,710		122,216,021
			917,438,599

COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
Taiwan (0.4%)
AU Optronics Corp.	2,757,000	$	4,717,857
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	1,047,000		1,996,043
Compal Electronics, Inc.	11,983,000		12,942,444
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.	435,000		1,003,160
Media Tek, Inc.	50,000		778,739
Mega Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.	2,849,000		1,928,809
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd.	920,000		1,070,553
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	618,639		1,334,167
Vanguard International
Semiconductor Corp.	1,136,000		1,137,288
Wistron Corp.	731,052		1,365,492
			28,274,552
Thailand (—%)
Thai Oil PCL	429,800		877,711
Turkey (—%)
Dogan Yayin Holding AS †	1		4
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmet AS	160,910		1,080,403
			1,080,407
United Arab Emirates (—%)
Emaar Properties	509,338		1,643,384
United Kingdom (13.2%)
BAE Systems PLC	711,486		5,746,871
Barclays PLC	5,572,630		77,753,926
Barratt Developments PLC	2,873,691		56,776,747
BAT Industries PLC	190,047		6,461,714
BHP Billiton PLC	6,109,726		169,358,272
BP PLC	15,208,010		183,143,028
Centrica PLC	566,710		4,401,411
Davis Service Group PLC	381,299		4,745,726
GKN PLC	205,154		1,625,576
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	228,861		5,993,227
HBOS PLC	4,250,080		83,856,213
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC	239,188		2,977,764
Kelda Group PLC	46,968		886,508
Kelda Group PLC Class B †	91,707		368,185
Mecom Group PLC †	1,511,150		2,857,875
Northern Rock PLC	3,747,210		64,785,588
Pennon Group PLC	51,232		630,071
Premier Foods PLC	557,963		3,221,544
Prudential PLC	293,542		4,176,408
Punch Taverns PLC	2,844,163		69,652,037
Reckitt Benckiser PLC	2,285,679		125,154,686
Rio Tinto PLC	143,256		10,940,485
Sage Group (The) PLC	304,542		1,427,897
Scottish and Southern Energy PLC	79,438		2,302,895
SIG PLC	52,857		1,399,131
Standard Chartered PLC	153,745		5,014,841
Sthree PLC	27,666		260,016
Travis Perkins PLC	1,465,849		55,550,044
Vodafone Group PLC	2,345,743		7,890,861
			959,359,547

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COMMON STOCKS (98.0%)* continued
	Shares		Value
United States (—%)
Brookfield Properties Corp.	15,705	$	384,163
IPSCO, Inc.	4,100		649,868
			1,034,031
Total common stocks (cost $5,789,409,157)		$7,108,375,537

WARRANTS (0.1%)* †
	Expiration	Strike
	date	Price	Warrants	Value
Fuji Television
Network, Inc.
Structured Exercise
Call Warrants 144A
(issued by Merrill
Lynch International
& Co.) (Japan)	11/23/07	—	131	$ 263,103
MSCI India Trust USD
Structured USD
Composite European
Style Call Warrants
144A (issued by
Merrill Lynch
International & Co.)	10/06/07	—	2,649	1,196,839
iShares MSCI
Emerging Market
Index 144A Warrants	10/11/07	—	28,000	3,708,376
Total warrants (cost $4,625,700)				$5,168,318

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (1.2%)*
	Principal amount/shares			Value
Short-term investments held as
collateral for loaned securities
with yields ranging from 4.50%
to 5.53% and due dates ranging
from July 2, 2007 to August 20,
2007 (d)	$	6,559,958	$	6,555,734
U.S. Treasury Bills for an
effective yield of 4.18%,
July 19, 2007	2,117,000			2,112,586
U.S. Treasury Bills for an
effective yield of 4.98%,
September 27, 2007	2,116,000			2,090,862
Putnam Prime Money Market Fund (e)	73,101,604			73,101,604
Total short-term investments (cost $83,860,786)			$	83,860,786
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
Total investments (cost $5,877,895,643)			$	7,197,404,641

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $7,253,311,191.

† Non-income-producing security.

(d) See Note 1 to the financial statements.

(e) See Note 5 to the financial statements regarding investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund.

(F) Security is valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. On June 30, 2007, fair value pricing was also used for certain foreign securities in the portfolio (Note 1).

 (R) Real Estate Investment Trust.

(S) Securities on loan, in part or in entirety, at June 30, 2007.

## Forward commitments (Note 1).

At June 30, 2007, liquid assets totaling $95,586,596 have been designated as collateral for open forward commitments and forward contracts.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

ADR or GDR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depository Receipts or Global Depository Receipts, respectively, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank.

The fund had the following industry concentration greater than 10% at June 30, 2007 (as a percentage of net assets):

Banking 13.5%

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS TO BUY at 6/30/07 (aggregate face value $2,140,891,151)
		Aggregate	Delivery	Unrealized
	Value	face value	date	appreciation
Australian Dollar	$871,922,675	$851,542,312	7/18/07	$20,380,363
British Pound	821,618,376	811,502,357	9/19/07	10,116,019
Euro	327,184,008	325,493,080	9/19/07	1,690,928
Japanese Yen	24,981,556	24,898,272	8/15/07	83,284
Norwegian Krone	73,230,024	72,906,244	9/19/07	323,780
Swedish Krona	36,579,656	36,385,282	9/19/07	194,374
Swiss Franc	18,290,021	18,163,604	9/19/07	126,417
Total				$32,915,165

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS TO SELL at 6/30/07 (aggregate face value $2,088,455,701)
				Unrealized
		Aggregate	Delivery	appreciation/
	Value	face value	date	(depreciation)
Australian Dollar	$238,093,923	$233,210,950	7/18/07	$(4,882,973)
British Pound	70,551,162	69,416,547	9/19/07	(1,134,615)
Canadian Dollar	26,190,282	24,209,803	7/18/07	(1,980,479)
Euro	341,063,455	338,248,443	9/19/07	(2,815,012)
Hong Kong Dollar	64,166,273	64,238,911	8/15/07	72,638
Japanese Yen	575,162,006	593,240,888	8/15/07	18,078,882
Norwegian Krone	63,287,425	62,782,621	9/19/07	(504,804)
Swedish Krona	146,403,101	144,417,758	9/19/07	(1,985,343)
Swiss Franc	558,601,665	558,689,780	9/19/07	88,115
Total				$ 4,936,409

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities 6/30/07
ASSETS
Investment in securities, at value, including $6,274,851 of securities on loan (Note 1):
Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $5,804,794,039)	$7,124,303,037
Affiliated issuers (identified cost $73,101,604) (Note 5)	73,101,604
Cash	1,584,859
Foreign currency (cost $10,672,127) (Note 1)	10,798,857
Dividends, interest and other receivables	4,910,871
Receivable for shares of the fund sold	22,773,223
Receivable for securities sold	165,076,796
Receivable for open forward currency contracts (Note 1)	52,947,421
Receivable for closed forward currency contracts (Note 1)	10,028,792
Foreign tax reclaim receivable	5,883,454
Total assets	7,471,408,914
LIABILITIES
Payable for securities purchased	78,208,852
Payable for shares of the fund repurchased	92,438,501
Payable for compensation of Manager (Notes 2 and 5)	11,226,901
Payable for investor servicing fees (Note 2)	1,545,442
Payable for custodian fees (Note 2)	504,196
Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)	620,438
Payable for administrative services (Note 2)	13,429
Payable for distribution fees (Note 2)	3,781,158
Payable for open forward currency contracts (Note 1)	15,095,847
Payable for closed forward currency contracts (Note 1)	7,512,486
Collateral on securities loaned, at value (Note 1)	6,555,734
Other accrued expenses	594,739
Total liabilities	218,097,723
Net assets	$7,253,311,191
REPRESENTED BY
Paid-in capital (Unlimited shares authorized) (Notes 1 and 4)	$5,005,397,983
Undistributed net investment income (Note 1)	114,948,414
Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions (Note 1)	775,455,303
Net unrealized appreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies	1,357,509,491
Total — Representing net assets applicable to capital shares outstanding	$7,253,311,191

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Statement of assets and liabilities (Continued)
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE
Net asset value and redemption price per class A share ($4,223,621,078 divided by 121,008,648 shares)	$34.90
Offering price per class A share (100/94.75 of $34.90)*	$36.83
Net asset value and offering price per class B share ($1,013,821,789 divided by 30,258,851 shares)**	$33.50
Net asset value and offering price per class C share ($300,683,509 divided by 8,801,462 shares)**	$34.16
Net asset value and redemption price per class M share ($96,237,319 divided by 2,805,899 shares)	$34.30
Offering price per class M share (100/96.75 of $34.30)*	$35.45
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class R share ($5,504,421 divided by 159,150 shares)	$34.59
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class Y share ($1,613,443,075 divided by 45,857,877 shares)	$35.18

* 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 6/30/07
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividends (net of foreign tax of $16,575,000)	$ 153,635,681
Interest (including interest income of $2,540,264 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 5)	3,101,335
Securities lending	61,094
Total investment income	156,798,110
EXPENSES
Compensation of Manager (Note 2)	42,589,552
Investor servicing fees (Note 2)	16,956,803
Custodian fees (Note 2)	6,361,412
Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)	241,625
Administrative services (Note 2)	102,413
Distribution fees — Class A (Note 2)	9,823,878
Distribution fees — Class B (Note 2)	10,925,384
Distribution fees — Class C (Note 2)	2,800,888
Distribution fees — Class M (Note 2)	690,685
Distribution fees — Class R (Note 2)	22,279
Other	1,705,716
Non-recurring costs (Notes 2 and 6)	27,382
Costs assumed by Manager (Notes 2 and 6)	(27,382)
Fees waived and reimbursed by Manager (Note 5)	(43,591)
Total expenses	92,177,044
Expense reduction (Note 2)	(3,822,803)
Net expenses	88,354,241
Net investment income	68,443,869
Net realized gain on investments (net of foreign tax of $19,383) (Notes 1 and 3)	1,114,160,949
Net increase from payments by affiliates (Note 2)	36,487
Net realized gain on futures contracts (Note 1)	157,065
Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions (Note 1)	99,932,964
Net unrealized appreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies during the year	40,308,550
Net unrealized appreciation of investments during the year	433,999,321
Net gain on investments	1,688,595,336
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$1,757,039,205

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

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Statement of changes in net assets
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
	Year ended	Year ended
	6/30/07	6/30/06
Operations:
Net investment income	$ 68,443,869	$ 95,149,112
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions	1,214,287,465	944,648,821
Net unrealized appreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies	474,307,871	371,504,900
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	1,757,039,205	1,411,302,833
Distributions to shareholders (Note 1):
From ordinary income
Net investment income
Class A	(85,345,445)	(66,521,442)
Class B	(15,526,112)	(16,227,288)
Class C	(4,066,861)	(3,356,978)
Class M	(1,552,815)	(1,333,118)
Class R	(88,107)	(30,587)
Class Y	(32,963,225)	(26,170,647)
Net realized short-term gain on investments
Class A	(23,774,803)	—
Class B	(6,928,128)	—
Class C	(1,701,798)	—
Class M	(560,739)	—
Class R	(25,953)	—
Class Y	(8,293,973)	—
From net realized long-term gain on investments
Class A	(154,597,178)	—
Class B	(45,050,595)	—
Class C	(11,066,052)	—
Class M	(3,646,238)	—
Class R	(168,761)	—
Class Y	(53,932,089)	—
Redemption fees (Note 1)	307,491	237,700
Decrease from capital share transactions (Note 4)	(427,161,637)	(870,490,033)
Total increase in net assets	880,896,187	427,410,440
NET ASSETS
Beginning of year	6,372,415,004	5,945,004,564
End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $114,948,414 and $85,383,146, respectively)	$7,253,311,191	$6,372,415,004

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:
			Net							Total			Ratio of net
	Net asset		realized and	Total	From	From			Net asset	return	Net	Ratio of	investment
	value,	Net	unrealized	from	net	net realized			value,	at net	assets,	expenses to	income (loss)	Portfolio
	beginning	investment	gain (loss) on	investment	investment	gain on	Total	Redemption	end	asset	end of period	average net	to average	turnover
Period ended	of period	income (loss)(a)	investments	operations	income	investments	distributions	fees	of period	value (%)(b)	(in thousands)	assets (%)(c)	net assets (%)	(%)
CLASS A
June 30, 2007	$28.82	.35(d)	7.89	8.24	(.70)	(1.46)	(2.16)	—(h)	$34.90	29.51	$4,223,621	1.25(d)	1.11(d)	94.85
June 30, 2006	23.39	.45(d,e.f )	5.51	5.96	(.53)	—	(.53)	—(h)	28.82	25.70	3,601,661	1.19(d,e)	1.69(d,e,f)	83.10
June 30, 2005	20.86	.25(d,g)	2.61	2.86	(.33)	—	(.33)	—(h)	23.39	13.71	3,137,593	1.24(d)	1.11(d,g)	74.79
June 30, 2004	17.43	.15(d)	3.63	3.78	(.35)	—	(.35)	—(h)	20.86	21.81	3,677,492	1.23(d)	.74(d)	69.27
June 30, 2003	19.18	.22	(1.93)	(1.71)	(.04)	—	(.04)	—	17.43	(8.93)	6,855,608	1.22	1.33	53.11(i)
CLASS B
June 30, 2007	$27.71	.09(d)	7.60	7.69	(.44)	(1.46)	(1.90)	—(h)	$33.50	28.56	$1,013,822	2.00(d)	.29(d)	94.85
June 30, 2006	22.49	.21(d,e.f )	5.33	5.54	(.32)	—	(.32)	—(h)	27.71	24.77	1,162,723	1.94(d,e)	.81(d,e,f)	83.10
June 30, 2005	20.07	.07(d,g)	2.51	2.58	(.16)	—	(.16)	—(h)	22.49	12.86	1,344,142	1.99(d)	.35(d,g)	74.79
June 30, 2004	16.79	.02(d)	3.47	3.49	(.21)	—	(.21)	—(h)	20.07	20.84	1,577,583	1.98(d)	.12(d)	69.27
June 30, 2003	18.57	.08	(1.86)	(1.78)	—	—	—	—	16.79	(9.59)	1,892,054	1.97	.51	53.11(i)
CLASS C
June 30, 2007	$28.25	.11(d)	7.73	7.84	(.47)	(1.46)	(1.93)	—(h)	$34.16	28.55	$300,684	2.00(d)	.37(d)	94.85
June 30, 2006	22.93	.23(d,e.f )	5.42	5.65	(.33)	—	(.33)	—(h)	28.25	24.77	264,090	1.94(d,e)	.87(d,e,f)	83.10
June 30, 2005	20.44	.08(d,g)	2.55	2.63	(.14)	—	(.14)	—(h)	22.93	12.87	259,993	1.99(d)	.34(d,g)	74.79
June 30, 2004	17.05	—(d,h)	3.55	3.55	(.16)	—	(.16)	—(h)	20.44	20.86	313,496	1.98(d)	.02(d)	69.27
June 30, 2003	18.86	.09	(1.90)	(1.81)	—	—	—	—	17.05	(9.60)	534,933	1.97	.54	53.11(i)
CLASS M
June 30, 2007	$28.35	.19(d)	7.76	7.95	(.54)	(1.46)	(2.00)	—(h)	$34.30	28.89	$96,237	1.75(d)	.61(d)	94.85
June 30, 2006	23.00	.30(d,e.f )	5.44	5.74	(.39)	—	(.39)	—(h)	28.35	25.12	86,932	1.69(d,e)	1.14(d,e,f)	83.10
June 30, 2005	20.51	.13(d,g)	2.56	2.69	(.20)	—	(.20)	—(h)	23.00	13.13	90,499	1.74(d)	.60(d,g)	74.79
June 30, 2004	17.13	.05(d)	3.56	3.61	(.23)	—	(.23)	—(h)	20.51	21.13	109,648	1.73(d)	.28(d)	69.27
June 30, 2003	18.90	.11	(1.88)	(1.77)	—	—	—	—	17.13	(9.37)	187,266	1.72	.73	53.11(i)
CLASS R
June 30, 2007	$28.61	.33(d)	7.77	8.10	(.66)	(1.46)	(2.12)	—(h)	$34.59	29.23	$5,504	1.50(d)	1.05(d)	94.85
June 30, 2006	23.25	.53(d,e.f )	5.33	5.86	(.50)	—	(.50)	—(h)	28.61	25.42	3,354	1.44(d,e)	1.95(d,e,f)	83.10
June 30, 2005	20.77	.26(d,g)	2.52	2.78	(.30)	—	(.30)	—(h)	23.25	13.38	1,125	1.49(d)	1.17(d,g)	74.79
June 30, 2004	17.42	.18(d)	3.55	3.73	(.38)	—	(.38)	—(h)	20.77	21.50	559	1.48(d)	.84(d)	69.27
June 30, 2003†	16.52	.08	.82	.90	—	—	—	—	17.42	5.45*	1	.65*	.47*	53.11(i)
CLASS Y
June 30, 2007	$29.03	.45(d)	7.94	8.39	(.78)	(1.46)	(2.24)	—(h)	$35.18	29.85	$1,613,443	1.00(d)	1.40(d)	94.85
June 30, 2006	23.55	.53(d,e.f )	5.54	6.07	(.59)	—	(.59)	—(h)	29.03	26.05	1,253,655	.94(d,e)	1.95(d,e,f)	83.10
June 30, 2005	21.01	.29(d,g)	2.64	2.93	(.39)	—	(.39)	—(h)	23.55	13.98	1,111,652	.99(d)	1.31(d,g)	74.79
June 30, 2004	17.57	.19(d)	3.67	3.86	(.42)	—	(.42)	—(h)	21.01	22.07	1,282,011	.98(d)	.98(d)	69.27
June 30, 2003	19.33	.28	(1.96)	(1.68)	(.08)	—	(.08)	—	17.57	(8.67)	1,968,996	.97	1.64	53.11(i)

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)

* Not annualized.

† For the period January 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2003.

(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 brokerage services arrangements (Note 2).

(d) Reflects an involuntary contractual expense limitation and waivers of certain fund expenses in connection with investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund during the period. As a result of such limitation and waivers, the expenses of each class reflect a reduction of the following amounts (Note 5):

	Percentage
	of average
	net assets
June 30, 2007	<0.01%
June 30, 2006	<0.01
June 30, 2005	0.06
June 30, 2004	0.03

(e) 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 $0.02 per share and 0.07% of average net assets for the period ended June 30, 2006.

(f) Net investment income (loss) per share and ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets reflects a special dividend received by the fund which amounted to the following amounts:

		Percentage
		of average
	Per share	net assets
Class A	$0.14	0.54%
Class B	0.13	0.51
Class C	0.14	0.52
Class M	0.14	0.53
Class R	0.18	0.66
Class Y	0.15	0.56

(g) Reflects a non-recurring accrual related to Putnam Management’s settlement with the SEC regarding brokerage allocation practices. As a result, the expenses of each class reflect a reduction of the following amounts:

		Percentage
		of average
	Per share	net assets
Class A	<$0.01	0.01%
Class B	<0.01	0.01
Class C	<0.01	0.01
Class M	<0.01	0.01
Class R	<0.01	0.01
Class Y	<0.01	0.01

(h) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

(i) Portfolio turnover excludes impact of assets received from the acquisition of Putnam Asia Pacific Fund and Putnam Emerging Markets Fund.

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

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Notes to financial statements 6/30/07

Note 1: Significant accounting policies

Putnam International Equity Fund (the “fund”), a Massachusetts business trust, 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 primarily in equity securities of companies located outside the United States.

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 5.25% and 3.25%, 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 without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge. 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, ar e 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 sold to certain eligible purchasers including certain defined contribution plans (including corporate IRAs), bank trust departments, trust companies, other Putnam funds and products, and certain college savings plans.

Effective October 2, 2006, a 1.00% redemption fee may apply on any shares purchased on or after such date that are redeemed (either by selling or exchanging into another fund) within 90 days of purchase. The redemption fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in-capital. Prior to October 2, 2006, a 2.00% redemption fee applied to any shares that were redeemed (either by selling or exchanging into another fund) within 5 days of purchase. A 1.00% redemption fee applied to any shares that were redeemed (either by selling or exchanging into another fund) within 6–90 days of purchase.

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 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 reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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. 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. 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. The number of days on which fair value prices will be u sed will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the fund to a significant extent. At June 30, 2007, 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. Certain investments, including certain restricted securities, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. 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 at a given point in time 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 Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”), the fund’s manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam, LLC. These balances may be invested in issues of high-grade 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) Repurchase agreements The fund, or any joint trading account, through its custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the market value of which at the time of purchase is required to be in an amount at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements is held at the counterparty’s custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund and the counterparty. Putnam Management is responsible for determining that the value of these underlying securities is at all times at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest.

D) 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

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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.

E) 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 are 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 represen t net realized exchange gains or losses 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.

The fund may be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The fund accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned.

F) Forward currency contracts The fund may buy and sell forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to protect against a decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar of the currencies in which its portfolio securities are denominated or quoted (or an increase in the value of a currency in which securities a fund intends to buy are denominated, when a fund holds cash reserves and short term investments), or for other investment purposes. The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized ga in or loss. 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. The fund could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the fund is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

G) 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 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 June 30, 2007, the value of securities loaned amounted to $6,274,851. The fund received cash collateral of $6,555,734 which is pooled with collateral of other Putnam funds into 58 issues of high-grade short-term invest ments.

H) Federal taxes It is the policy of the fund to distribute all of its taxable income within the prescribed time and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (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, as amended. Therefore, no provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains.

At June 30, 2007, the fund had a capital loss carryover of $31,958,363 available to the extent allowed by the Code to offset future net capital gain, if any. The amount of the carryover and the expiration dates are:

Loss Carryover	Expiration
$11,737,095	June 30, 2008
20,221,268	June 30, 2011

I) 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 losses on wash sale transactions and foreign currency gains and losses. 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 year ended June 30, 2007, the fund reclassified $100,663,964 to increase undistributed net investment income with a dec rease to accumulated net realized gains of $100,663,964.

The tax basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of June 30, 2007 were as follows:

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Unrealized appreciation	$1,418,009,239
Unrealized depreciation	(110,723,858)
	———————————————
Net unrealized appreciation	1,307,285,381
Undistributed ordinary income	152,727,443
Undistributed short term gain	365,037,769
Undistributed long term gain	454,599,511
Capital loss carryforward	(31,958,363)
Cost for federal income tax purposes	$5,890,119,260

Note 2: Management fee, administrative services and
other transactions

Putnam Management is paid for management and investment advisory services quarterly based on the average net assets of the fund. Such fee is based on the following annual rates: 0.80% of the first $500 million of average net assets, 0.70% of the next $500 million, 0.65% of the next $500 million, 0.60% of the next $5 billion, 0.575% of the next $5 billion, 0.555% of the next $5 billion, 0.54% of the next $5 billion, and 0.53% thereafter.

Putnam Management has agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of the fund through June 30, 2009 to the extent necessary to ensure that the fund’s expenses do 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 is 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. For the year ended June 30, 2007, Putnam Management did not waive any of its management fee from the fund.

Effective August 3, 2007, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. sold its ownership interest in Putnam Management, its parent companies and affiliates to a wholly owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco, Inc. The fund's shareholders have approved a new management contract that became effective upon the sale.

For the year ended June 30, 2007, Putnam Management has assumed $27,382 of legal, shareholder servicing and communication, audit and Trustee fees incurred by the fund in connection with certain legal and regulatory matters (including those described in Note 6).

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.

Effective July 2006, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC ("PAC"), an affiliate of Putnam Management, is authorized by the Trustees to act as a sub-adviser to provide investment recommendations with respect to a portion of the assets of the fund, as designated from time to time by Putnam Management or PIL. Putnam Management or PIL, as applicable, pays a quarterly sub-advisory fee to PAC for its services at the annual rate of 0.10% of the average net assets of the portion of the fund’s assets for which PAC is engaged as sub-adviser.

Putnam Management voluntarily reimbursed the fund $36,487 for a trading error which occurred during the period. The effect of the losses incurred and the reimbursement by Putnam Management of such losses had no impact on total return.

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 were provided by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (“PFTC”), a subsidiary of Putnam, LLC, and by State Street Bank and Trust Company. Custody fees are based on the fund’s asset level, the number of its security holdings and transaction volumes. Putnam Investor Services, a division of PFTC, provided investor servicing agent functions to the fund. Putnam Investor Services received fees for investor servicing, subject to certain limitations, based on the number of shareholder accounts in the fund and the level of defined contribution plan assets in the fund. During the year ended June 30, 2007, the fund incurred $23,106,396 for custody and investor servicing agent functions provided by PFTC.

The fund has entered into arrangements with PFTC and State Street Bank and Trust Company whereby PFTC's and State Street Bank and Trust Company's fees are reduced by credits allowed on cash balances. The fund also reduced expenses through brokerage service arrangements. For the year ended June 30, 2007, the fund's expenses were reduced by $3,822,803 under these arrangements.

Each independent Trustee of the fund receives an annual Trustee fee, of which $1,580, as a quarterly retainer, has been allocated to the fund, and an additional fee for each Trustees meeting attended. Trustees receive additional fees for attendance at certain committee meetings and industry seminars and for certain compliance-related matters. Trustees also are reimbursed for expenses they incur relating to their services as Trustees. George Putnam, III, who was not an independent Trustee during the period, also receives the foregoing fees for his services as Trustee.

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

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under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The purpose of the Plans is to compensate Putnam Retail Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam, 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 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 year ended June 30, 2007, Putnam Retail Management, acting as underwriter, received net commissions of $275,098 and $3,018 from the sale of class A and class M shares, respectively, and received $528,062 and $6, 019 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 year ended June 30, 2007, Putnam Retail Management, acting as underwriter, received $1,155 and no monies on class A and class M redemptions, respectively.

Note 3: Purchases and sales of securities

During the year ended June 30, 2007, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities other than short-term investments aggregated $6,393,229,872 and $7,127,875,713, respectively. There were no purchases or sales of U.S. government securities.

Note 4: Capital shares

At June 30, 2007, there was an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

CLASS A	Shares	Amount
Year ended 6/30/07:
Shares sold	27,141,012	$	859,174,882
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	7,824,864	243,431,373
	34,965,876	1,102,606,255
Shares repurchased	(38,932,724)	(1,234,932,699)
Net decrease	(3,966,848)	$	(132,326,444)
Year ended 6/30/06:
Shares sold	31,824,846	$	859,124,883
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	2,363,576	61,783,710
	34,188,422	920,908,593
Shares repurchased	(43,371,248)	(1,154,597,530)
Net decrease	(9,182,826)	$	(233,688,937)

CLASS B	Shares	Amount
Year ended 6/30/07:
Shares sold	1,876,777	$ 57,109,952
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	1,987,290	59,578,958
	3,864,067	116,688,910
Shares repurchased	(15,561,852)	(472,563,727)
Net decrease	(11,697,785)	$(355,874,817)
Year ended 6/30/06:
Shares sold	2,232,332	$ 57,923,836
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	564,972	14,254,269
	2,797,304	72,178,105
Shares repurchased	(20,607,087)	(528,802,577)
Net decrease	(17,809,783)	$(456,624,472)
CLASS C	Shares	Amount
Year ended 6/30/07:
Shares sold	785,595	$ 24,584,293
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	431,904	13,203,313
	1,217,499	37,787,606
Shares repurchased	(1,764,440)	(54,540,199)
Net decrease	(546,941)	$(16,752,593)
Year ended 6/30/06:
Shares sold	718,393	$ 19,065,351
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	101,427	2,608,692
	819,820	21,674,043
Shares repurchased	(2,810,983)	(73,542,043)
Net decrease	(1,991,163)	$(51,868,000)
CLASS M	Shares	Amount
Year ended 6/30/07:
Shares sold	487,319	$ 15,055,135
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	180,368	5,528,260
	667,687	20,583,395
Shares repurchased	(928,026)	(28,923,653)
Net decrease	(260,339)	$ (8,340,258)
Year ended 6/30/06:
Shares sold	563,159	$ 15,066,847
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	49,435	1,274,437
	612,594	16,341,284
Shares repurchased	(1,480,314)	(38,785,358)
Net decrease	(867,720)	$(22,444,074)

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CLASS R	Shares	Amount
Year ended 6/30/07:
Shares sold	81,386	$ 2,549,252
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	8,822	272,215
	90,208	2,821,467
Shares repurchased	(48,290)	(1,531,788)
Net increase	41,918	$ 1,289,679
Year ended 6/30/06:
Shares sold	100,684	$ 2,762,299
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	1,137	29,541
	101,821	2,791,840
Shares repurchased	(32,968)	(908,415)
Net increase	68,853	$ 1,883,425
CLASS Y	Shares	Amount
Year ended 6/30/07:
Shares sold	16,162,696	$ 520,804,913
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	3,040,220	95,189,287
	19,202,916	615,994,200
Shares repurchased	(16,530,224)	(531,151,404)
Net increase	2,672,692	$ 84,842,796
Year ended 6/30/06:
Shares sold	13,024,491	$ 353,986,997
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	995,460	26,170,647
	14,019,951	380,157,644
Shares repurchased	(18,034,893)	(487,905,619)
Net decrease	(4,014,942)	$(107,747,975)

Note 5: Investment in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund

The fund invests in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund, an open-end management investment company managed by Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Management fees paid by the fund are reduced by an amount equal to the management and administrative services fees paid by Putnam Prime Money Market Fund with respect to assets invested by the fund in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund. For the year ended June 30, 2007, management fees paid were reduced by $43,591 relating to the fund's investment in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as income in the Statement of operations and totaled $2,540,264 for the year ended June 30, 2007. During the year ended June 30, 2007, cost of purchases and proceeds of sales of investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund aggregated $1,946,062,384 and $1,948,126,985, respectively.

Note 6: 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. Payments from Putnam Management will be distributed to certain open-end Putnam funds and their shareholders. 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.

Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management are named as defendants in a civil suit in which the plaintiffs allege that the management and distribution fees paid by certain Putnam funds were excessive and seek recovery under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management have contested the plaintiffs’ claims and the matter is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Based on currently available information, Putnam Management believes that this action is without merit and that it is unlikely to have a material effect on Putnam Management’s and Putnam Retail Management’s ability to provide services to their clients, including the fund.

Note 7: New accounting pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (the “Interpretation”). The Interpretation prescribes a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken by a filer in the filer’s tax return. The Interpretation is not expected to have a material effect on the fund's financial statements. However, the conclusions regarding the Interpretation may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, further implementation guidance expected from the FASB, and on-going analysis of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (the “Standard”). The Standard defines fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The Standard applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. The Standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Putnam Management is currently evaluating what impact the adoption of the Standard will have on the fund’s financial statements.

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Federal tax information and brokerage commissions (unaudited)

Federal tax information

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the fund hereby designates $675,897,886 as long term capital gain, for its taxable year ended June 30, 2007.

For the period, interest and dividends from foreign countries were $170,210,681 for all classes of shares. Taxes paid to foreign countries were $16,594,383 for all classes of shares.

For its tax year ended June 30, 2007, the fund hereby designates 25.73%, or the maximum amount allowable, of its taxable ordinary income distributions as qualified dividends taxed at the individual net capital gain rates.

The Form 1099 you receive in January 2008 will show the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar 2007.

Brokerage commissions

Brokerage commissions are paid to firms that execute trades on behalf of your fund. When choosing these firms, Putnam is required by law to seek the best execution of the trades, taking all relevant factors into consideration, including expected quality of execution and commission rate. Listed below are the largest relationships based upon brokerage commissions for your fund and the other funds in Putnam’s International group for the year ended June 30, 2007. The other Putnam mutual funds in this group are Putnam Europe Equity Fund, Putnam Global Equity Fund, Putnam International Capital Opportunities Fund, Putnam International Growth and Income Fund, Putnam International New Opportunities Fund, Putnam VT Global Equity Fund, Putnam VT International Equity Fund, Putnam VT International Growth and Income Fund, and Putnam VT International New Opportunities Fund.

The top five firms that received brokerage commissions for trades executed for the International group are (in descending order) Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup Global Markets, UBS Warburg, and Merrill Lynch. Commissions paid to these firms together represented approximately 54% of the total brokerage commissions paid for the year ended June 30, 2007.

Commissions paid to the next 10 firms together represented approximately 31% of the total brokerage commissions paid during the period. These firms are (in alphabetical order) ABN AMRO U.S., Deutsche Bank Securities, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Handelsbanken, Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp., JPMorgan Clearing, Lehman Brothers, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Sanford Bernstein.

Additional information about brokerage commissions is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov. Putnam funds disclose commissions by firm to the SEC in semiannual filings on Form N-SAR.

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Shareholder meeting results (unaudited)

May 15, 2007 meeting

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Investment Management, LLC was approved as follows:

Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
123,247,237	3,462,026	3,779,303

All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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About the Trustees

Jameson A. Baxter (Born 1943), Trustee since 1994, Vice Chairman since 2005

Ms. Baxter is the President of Baxter Associates, Inc., a private investment firm.

Ms. Baxter serves as a Director of ASHTA Chemicals, Inc., Ryerson, Inc. (a metals service corporation), the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, and Advocate Health Care. She is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College, having served as Chairman for five years. Until 2007, she was a Director of Banta Corporation (a printing and supply chain management company). Until 2004, she was a Director of BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards), and until 2002, she was a Director of Intermatic Corporation (a manufacturer of energy control products).

Ms. Baxter has held various positions in investment banking and corporate finance, including Vice President and Principal of the Regency Group, and Vice President of and Consultant to First Boston Corporation. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College.

Charles B. Curtis (Born 1940), Trustee since 2001

Mr. Curtis is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (a private foundation dealing with national security issues) and serves as Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation.

Mr. Curtis is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves as a Director of Edison International and Southern California Edison. Until 2006, Mr. Curtis served as a member of the Trustee Advisory Council of the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University. Until 2003, Mr. Curtis was a member of the Electric Power Research Institute Advisory Council and the University of Chicago Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory. Prior to 2002, Mr. Curtis was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Gas Technology Institute and the Board of Directors of the Environment and Natural Resources Program Steering Committee, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Until 2001, Mr. Curtis was a member of the Department of Defense Policy Board and Director of EG&G Technical Services, Inc. (a fossil energy research and development support company).

From August 1997 to December 1999, Mr. Curtis was a Partner at Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., a Washington, D.C. law firm. Prior to May 1997, Mr. Curtis was Deputy Secretary of Energy and Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. He served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 1977 to 1981 and has held positions on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the SEC.

Robert J. Darretta (Born 1946), Trustee since 2007

Mr. Darretta serves as Director of UnitedHealth Group, a diversified health-care conglomerate.

Until April 2007, Mr. Darretta was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson, a diversified health-care conglomerate. Prior to 2007, Mr. Darretta held several accounting and finance positions with Johnson & Johnson, including Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer.

Mr. Darretta received a B.S. in Economics from Villanova University.

Myra R. Drucker (Born 1948), Trustee since 2004

Ms. Drucker is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Commonfund (a not-for-profit firm specializing in asset management for educational endowments and foundations), Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College, and a member of the Investment Committee of the Kresge Foundation (a charitable trust). She is also a director of New York Stock Exchange LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the publicly-traded NYSE Group, Inc., a director of Interactive Data Corporation (a provider of financial market data, analytics, and related services to financial institutions and individual investors), and an advisor to RCM Capital Management (an investment management firm).

Ms. Drucker is an ex-officio member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Pension Managers Advisory Committee, having served as Chair for seven years.

Until August 31, 2004, Ms. Drucker was Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors of General Motors Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer of General Motors Trust Bank. Ms. Drucker also served as a member of the NYSE Corporate Accountability and Listing Standards Committee and the NYSE/NASD IPO Advisory Committee.

Prior to joining General Motors Asset Management in 2001, Ms. Drucker held various executive positions in the investment management industry. Ms. Drucker served as Chief Investment Officer of Xerox Corporation (a technology and service company in the document industry), where she was responsible for the investment of the company’s pension assets. Ms. Drucker was also Staff Vice President and Director of Trust Investments for International Paper (a paper products, paper distribution, packaging and forest products company) and previously served as Manager of Trust Investments for Xerox Corporation. Ms. Drucker received a B.A. degree in Literature and Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College and pursued graduate studies in economics, statistics and portfolio theory at Temple University.

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John A. Hill (Born 1942), Trustee since 1985 and Chairman since 2000

Mr. Hill is Vice Chairman of First Reserve Corporation, a private equity buyout firm that specializes in energy investments in the diversified worldwide energy industry.

Mr. Hill is a Director of Devon Energy Corporation and various private companies controlled by First Reserve Corporation, as well as Chairman of TH Lee, Putnam Investment Trust (a closed-end investment company advised by an affiliate of Putnam Management). He is also a Trustee of Sarah Lawrence College. Until 2005, he was a Director of Continuum Health Partners of New York.

Prior to acquiring First Reserve Corporation in 1983, Mr. Hill held executive positions in investment banking and investment management with several firms and with the federal government, including Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Deputy Director of the Federal Energy Administration. He is active in various business associations, including the Economic Club of New York, and lectures on energy issues in the United States and Europe. Mr. Hill holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University and pursued graduate studies there as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

Paul L. Joskow (Born 1947), Trustee since 1997

Dr. Joskow is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management, and Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Joskow serves as a Director of National Grid (a UK-based holding company with interests in electric and gas transmission and distribution and telecommunications infrastructure), a Director of TransCanada Corporation (an energy company focused on natural gas transmission and power services), a Director of Exelon Corporation (an energy company focused on power services), and a Member of the Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Prior to July 2006, he served as President of the Yale University Council and continues to serve as a Member of the Council. Prior to February 2005, he served on the board of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (a non-profit research institution). Prior to February 2002, he was a Director of State Farm Indemnity Company (an automobile insurance company), and prior to March 2000, he was a Director of New England Electric System (a public utility holding company).

Dr. Joskow has published six books and numerous articles on topics in industrial organization, government regulation of industry, and competition policy. He is active in industry restructuring, environmental, energy, competition and privatization policies — serving as an advisor to governments and corporations worldwide. Dr. Joskow holds a Ph.D. and M. Phil from Yale University and a B.A. from Cornell University.

Elizabeth T. Kennan (Born 1938), Trustee since 1992

Dr. Kennan is a Partner of Cambus-Kenneth Farm (thoroughbred horse and cattle breeding). She is President Emeritus of Mount Holyoke College.

Dr. Kennan served as Chairman and is now Lead Director of Northeast Utilities. She is a Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, of Centre College and of Midway College in Midway, Kentucky. Until 2006, she was a member of The Trustees of Reservations. Prior to 2001, Dr. Kennan served on the oversight committee of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Prior to June 2005, she was a Director of Talbots, Inc., and she has served as Director on a number of other boards, including Bell Atlantic, Chastain Real Estate, Shawmut Bank, Berkshire Life Insurance, and Kentucky Home Life Insurance. Dr. Kennan has also served as President of Five Colleges Incorporated, as a Trustee of Notre Dame University and is active in various educational and civic associations.

As a member of the faculty of Catholic University for twelve years, until 1978, Dr. Kennan directed the post-doctoral program in Patristic and Medieval Studies, taught history and published numerous articles. Dr. Kennan holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle, an M.S. from St. Hilda’s College at Oxford University and an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College. She holds several honorary doctorates.

Kenneth R. Leibler (Born 1949), Trustee since 2006

Mr. Leibler is a founding partner and former Chairman of the Boston Options Exchange, an electronic marketplace for the trading of listed derivative securities.

Mr. Leibler currently serves as a Trustee of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He is also lead director of Ruder Finn Group, a global communications and advertising firm and a director of Northeast Utilities, which operates New England’s largest energy delivery system. Prior to December 2006, he served as a director of the Optimum Funds group. Prior to October 2006, he served as a director of ISO New England, the organization responsible for the operation of the electric generation system in the New England states. Prior to 2000, Mr. Leibler was a director of the Investment Company Institute in Washington, D.C.

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Prior to January 2005, Mr. Leibler served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Stock Exchange. Prior to January 2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Financial Companies, a publicly traded diversified asset management organization. Prior to June 1990, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the American Stock Exchange, and is the youngest person in Exchange history to hold the title of President. Prior to serving as Amex President, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer and headed its management and marketing operations. Mr. Leibler graduated magna cum laude with a degree in economics from Syracuse University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Robert E. Patterson (Born 1945), Trustee since 1984

Mr. Patterson is Senior Partner of Cabot Properties, L.P. and Chairman of Cabot Properties, Inc. (a private equity firm investing in commercial real estate).

Mr. Patterson serves as Chairman Emeritus and Trustee of the Joslin Diabetes Center. Prior to June 2003, he was a Trustee of Sea Education Association. Prior to December 2001, he was President and Trustee of Cabot Industrial Trust (a publicly traded real estate investment trust). Prior to February 1998, he was Executive Vice President and Director of Acquisitions of Cabot Partners Limited Partnership (a registered investment adviser involved in institutional real estate investments). Prior to 1990, he served as Executive Vice President of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Realty Advisors, Inc. (the predecessor company of Cabot Partners).

Mr. Patterson practiced law and held various positions in state government and was the founding Executive Director of the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency. Mr. Patterson is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

George Putnam, III (Born 1951), Trustee since 1984

Mr. Putnam is Chairman of New Generation Research, Inc. (a publisher of financial advisory and other research services), and President of New Generation Advisers, Inc. (a registered investment advisor to private funds). Mr. Putnam founded the New Generation companies in 1986.

Mr. Putnam is a Director of The Boston Family Office, LLC (a registered investment adviser). He is a Trustee of St. Mark’s School. Until 2006, he was a Trustee of Shore Country Day School, and until 2002 was a Trustee of the Sea Education Association.

Mr. Putnam previously worked as an attorney with the law firm of Dechert LLP (formerly known as Dechert Price & Rhoads) in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School.

W. Thomas Stephens (Born 1942), Trustee since 1997

Mr. Stephens is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boise Cascade, L.L.C. (a paper, forest products and timberland assets company).

Mr. Stephens is a Director of TransCanadaPipelines, Ltd. Until 2004, Mr. Stephens was a Director of Xcel Energy Incorporated (a public utility company), Qwest Communications, and Norske Canada, Inc. (a paper manufacturer). Until 2003, Mr. Stephens was a Director of Mail-Well, Inc. (a diversified printing company). He served as Chairman of Mail-Well until 2001 and as CEO of MacMillan-Bloedel, Ltd. (a forest products company) until 1999.

Prior to 1996, Mr. Stephens was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johns Manville Corporation. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Arkansas.

Richard B. Worley (Born 1945), Trustee since 2004

Mr. Worley is Managing Partner of Permit Capital LLC, an investment management firm.

Mr. Worley serves as a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (a philanthropic organization devoted to health care issues), and the National Constitution Center. He is also a Director of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (a historical preservation organization) and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.  Mr. Worley also serves on the investment committees of Mount Holyoke College and World Wildlife Fund (a wildlife conservation organization).

Prior to joining Permit Capital LLC in 2002, Mr. Worley served as Chief Strategic Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management and as a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm. Mr. Worley also was the Chairman of Miller Anderson & Sherrerd, an investment management firm.

Mr. Worley holds a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee and pursued graduate studies in economics at the University of Texas.

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Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.* (Born 1948), Trustee since 2004 and President of the Funds since 2007

Mr. Haldeman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam, LLC (“Putnam Investments”) and President of the Putnam Funds. He is a member of Putnam Investments’ Executive Board of Directors and Advisory Council. Prior to November 2003, Mr. Haldeman served as Co-Head of Putnam Investments’ Investment Division.

Prior to joining Putnam Investments in 2002, Mr. Haldeman held executive positions in the investment management industry. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Delaware Investments and President and Chief Operating Officer of United Asset Management. Mr. Haldeman was also a partner and director of Cooke & Bieler, Inc. (an investment management firm).

Mr. Haldeman currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College. He also serves on the Partners HealthCare Investment Committee, the Tuck School of Business and Dartmouth College Board of Overseers, and the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. Mr. Haldeman is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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

As of June 30, 2007, there were 104 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, death, or removal.

* Trustee who is or may be deemed to be an "interested person" (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the fund, Putnam Management, and/or Putnam Retail Management. Mr. Haldeman is the President of your fund and each of the other Putnam funds, and is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments.

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Officers

In addition to Charles E. Haldeman, Jr., the other officers of the fund are shown below:

Charles E. Porter (Born 1938)
Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer, Associate
Treasurer, and Compliance Liaison
Since 1989

Jonathan S. Horwitz (Born 1955)
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Since 2004

Prior to 2004, Managing Director,
Putnam Investments

Steven D. Krichmar (Born 1958)
Vice President and Principal Financial Officer
Since 2002

Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments

Janet C. Smith (Born 1965)
Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer
Since 2007

Managing Director, Putnam Investments and Putnam Management

Susan G. Malloy (Born 1957)
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Since 2007

Managing Director, Putnam Investments

Beth S. Mazor (Born 1958)
Vice President
Since 2002
Managing Director, Putnam Investments

James P. Pappas (Born 1953)
Vice President
Since 2004

Managing Director, Putnam Investments and Putnam Management. During 2002, Chief Operating Officer, Atalanta/Sosnoff Management Corporation

Richard S. Robie, III (Born 1960)
Vice President
Since 2004

Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments, Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management. Prior to 2003, Senior Vice President, United Asset Management Corporation

Francis J. McNamara, III (Born 1955)
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Since 2004

Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments, Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management. Prior to 2004, General Counsel, State Street Research & Management Company

Robert R. Leveille (Born 1969)
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Since 2007

Managing Director, Putnam Investments, Putnam Management, and Putnam Retail Management. Prior to 2005, member of Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLC. Prior to 2003, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Liberty Funds Group LLC

Mark C. Trenchard (Born 1962)
Vice President and BSA Compliance Officer
Since 2002

Managing Director, Putnam Investments

Judith Cohen (Born 1945)
Vice President, Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
Since 1993

Wanda M. McManus (Born 1947)
Vice President, Senior Associate Treasurer and Assistant Clerk
Since 2005

Nancy E. Florek (Born 1957)
Vice President, Assistant Clerk, Assistant Treasurer
and Proxy Manager
Since 2005

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

48

Fund information

Founded nearly 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 mutual funds in growth, value, blend, fixed income, and international.

Investment Manager	Elizabeth T. Kennan	Mark C. Trenchard
Putnam Investment	Kenneth R. Leibler	Vice President and BSA Compliance Officer
Management, LLC	Robert E. Patterson
One Post Office Square	George Putnam, III	Judith Cohen
Boston, MA 02109	W. Thomas Stephens	Vice President, Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
	Richard B. Worley
Investment Sub-Manager		Wanda M. McManus
Putnam Investments Limited	Officers	Vice President, Senior Associate Treasurer
57-59 St. James’s Street	Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.	and Assistant Clerk
London, England SW1A 1LD	President
		Nancy E. Florek
Investment Sub-Advisor	Charles E. Porter	Vice President, Assistant Clerk, Assistant
The Putnam Advisory	Executive Vice President, Principal	Treasurer and Proxy Manager
Company, LLC	Executive Officer, Associate Treasurer,
One Post Office Square	and Compliance Liaison
Boston, MA 02109	Jonathan S. Horwitz
	Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Marketing Services
Putnam Retail Management	Steven D. Krichmar
One Post Office Square	Vice President and Principal Financial Officer
Boston, MA 02109
	Janet C. Smith
Custodians	Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer
State Street Bank and Trust Company	and Assistant Treasurer
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company
	Susan G. Malloy
Legal Counsel	Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Ropes & Gray LLP
	Beth S. Mazor
Independent Registered Public	Vice President
Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	James P. Pappas
	Vice President
Trustees	Richard S. Robie, III
John A. Hill, Chairman	Vice President
Jameson Adkins Baxter, Vice Chairman
Charles B. Curtis	Francis J. McNamara, III
Robert J. Darretta	Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Myra R. Drucker
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.	Robert R. Leveille
Paul L. Joskow	Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

This report is for the information of shareholders of Putnam International Equity 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 www.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, 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.

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. Stephens, Mr. Leibler, Mr. Hill and Mr. Darretta meets the financial literacy requirements of the New York Stock Exchange's rules and qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" (as such term has been defined by the Regulations) based on their review of his pertinent experience and education. Certain other Trustees, although not on the Audit and Compliance Committee, would also qualify as "audit committee financial experts." The SEC has stated that the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this 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, 2007	$178,955	$724	$18,951	$6,545*
June 30, 2006	$127,390*	$--	$30,846	$ -

* Includes fees of $5,923 and $5,878 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, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively. These fees were reimbursed to the fund by Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”).

For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007and June 30, 2006, the fund’s independent auditor billed aggregate non-audit fees in the amounts of $156,435 and $290,521 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.

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 recordkeeping fees.

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,
2007	$ -	$ 41,129	$ -	$ -
June 30
, 2006	$ -	$ 138,160	$ -	$ -

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 International Equity Fund

By (Signature and Title):

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

Date: August 29, 2007

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/Charles E. Porter
Charles E. Porter
Principal Executive Officer

Date: August 29, 2007

By (Signature and Title):

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

Date: August 29, 2007

EX-99.CERT

Certifications

I, Charles E. Porter, 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 28, 2007

/s/ Charles E. Porter
_______________________
Charles E. Porter
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 28, 2007

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

		Attachment A
		N-CSR
		June 30, 2007
057	Putnam Europe Equity Fund
841	Putnam International Equity Fund
852	Putnam New Opportunities Fund
2HF	Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund
2CE	Putnam International Growth & Income Fund
377	Putnam Discovery Growth Fund
2PX	Putnam VT American Government Income Fund
2TP	Putnam VT Capital Appreciation Fund
23K	Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund
2TJ	Putnam VT Discovery Growth Fund
961	Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
23N	Putnam VT Equity Income Fund
2IS	Putnam VT The George Putnam Fund of Boston
070	Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
016	Putnam VT Global Equity Fund
066	Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
2PU	Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund
2IW	Putnam VT Health Sciences Fund
067	Putnam VT High Yield Fund
068	Putnam VT Income Fund
2DO	Putnam VT International Equity Fund
2DN	Putnam VT International Growth and Income Fund
2DP	Putnam VT International New Opportunities Fund
2IO	Putnam VT Investors Fund
23H	Putnam VT Mid Cap Value Fund
069	Putnam VT Money Market Fund
098	Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund
2DR	Putnam VT New Value Fund
2IP	Putnam VT OTC & Emerging Growth Fund
2LA	Putnam VT Research Fund
2MJ	Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund
152	Putnam VT Utilities Growth and Income Fund
2DQ	Putnam VT Vista Fund
065	Putnam VT Voyager Fund

EX-99.906 CERT

Section 906 Certifications

I, Charles E. Porter, 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, 2007, 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, 2007 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Funds listed on Attachment A.

Date: August 28, 2007

/s/ Charles E. Porter
______________________
Charles E. Porter
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, 2007 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, 2007 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Funds listed on Attachment A.

Date: August 28, 2007

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

		Attachment A
		N-CSR
		June 30, 2007
057	Putnam Europe Equity Fund
841	Putnam International Equity Fund
852	Putnam New Opportunities Fund
2HF	Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund
2CE	Putnam International Growth & Income Fund
377	Putnam Discovery Growth Fund
2PX	Putnam VT American Government Income Fund
2TP	Putnam VT Capital Appreciation Fund
23K	Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund
2TJ	Putnam VT Discovery Growth Fund
961	Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
23N	Putnam VT Equity Income Fund
2IS	Putnam VT The George Putnam Fund of Boston
070	Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
016	Putnam VT Global Equity Fund
066	Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
2PU	Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund
2IW	Putnam VT Health Sciences Fund
067	Putnam VT High Yield Fund
068	Putnam VT Income Fund
2DO	Putnam VT International Equity Fund
2DN	Putnam VT International Growth and Income Fund
2DP	Putnam VT International New Opportunities Fund
2IO	Putnam VT Investors Fund
23H	Putnam VT Mid Cap Value Fund
069	Putnam VT Money Market Fund
098	Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund
2DR	Putnam VT New Value Fund
2IP	Putnam VT OTC & Emerging Growth Fund
2LA	Putnam VT Research Fund
2MJ	Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund
152	Putnam VT Utilities Growth and Income Fund
2DQ	Putnam VT Vista Fund
065	Putnam VT Voyager Fund

EX-99.P CODE ETH

   a_nf69mod5.htm

EX-99.P CODE ETH

working@PUTNAM

DECEMBER 2006

Putnam's Code of Ethics

Graphic Omitted: Portrait of Justice Samuel Putnam

Dear Putnam Employee,

Putnam’s Code of Ethics is an essential component of the “fiduciary mindset” and of our commitment to the maintenance of the highest professional standards. Taking care of other people’s money is a serious responsibility, and we need to ensure that our clients’ interests come first. Firms with a strong fiduciary culture are attractive to clients who are looking for superior money management, and Putnam’s Code is designed to ensure that Putnam preserves that trust.

The rules reflected in the Code are good business practices and were not created simply to meet regulatory standards. If, from time to time, the rules seem burdensome, I ask you to put yourself in the place of our shareholders and clients, who have entrusted us to manage their assets so that they may pursue the goals of saving for retirement or funding their children’s education. We have also provided a guide to use as quick reference to some of the Code’s key provisions.

If you have any questions or concerns at any time, however, I encourage you to contact one of the members of our Code of Ethics staff in the Legal and Compliance Department.

Graphic Omitted: Signature of Ed Haldeman

Ed Haldeman
President and Chief Executive Officer

Table of Contents
Code of Ethics Overview	1
Putnam’s Code Of Ethics	4
Definitions	5
Section I — Personal Securities Rules for All Employees	8
A. Pre-clearance	8
Rule 1: Pre-clearance Requirements	8
Rule 2: Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) System and Restricted List	8
Rule 3: Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Securities	11
B. Prohibited Transactions	12
Rule 1: Short-Selling Prohibition	12
Rule 2: Initial Public Offerings Prohibition	13
Rule 3: Private Placement Pre-approval Requirements	13
Rule 4: Trading with Material Non-public Information	14
Rule 5: No Personal Trading with Client Portfolios	14
Rule 6: Holding Putnam Mutual Fund Shares	15
Rule 7: Putnam Mutual Fund Employee Restrictions	16
Rule 8: Special Orders	17
Rule 9: Excessive Trading	17
Rule 10: Spread Betting	18
C. Discouraged Transaction	18
Rule 1: Naked Options	18
D. Exempted Transactions	19
Rule 1: Involuntary Transactions	19
Rule 2: Special Exemptions	19
Section II — Additional Special Rules for Personal Securities Transactions	20
A. Access Persons and Certain Investment Professionals	20
Rule 1: 90-Day Short-Term Rule	20
B. Certain Investment Professionals	20
Rule 2: 7-Day Rule	20
Rule 3: Blackout Rule	21
Rule 4: Contra-Trading Rule	22
Rule 5: No Personal Benefit	23
Section III — General Rules for All Employees	24
Rule 1: Compliance with All Laws, Regulations, and Policies	24
Rule 2: Conflicts of Interest	24
Rule 3: Gifts and Entertainment Policy	24
Rule 4: Anti-bribery/Kickback Policy	27
Rule 5: Political Activities, Contributions, Solicitations, and Lobbying Policy	27
Rule 6: Confidentiality of Putnam Business Information	29
Rule 7: Outside Business Affiliations	29
Rule 8: Role as Trustee or Fiduciary Outside of Putnam Investments	30
Rule 9: Investment Clubs	30
Rule 10: Business Negotiations for Putnam Investments	30
Rule 11: Accurate Records	31
Rule 12: Family Members’ Conflict Policy	31

Rule 13: Affiliated Entities	32
Rule 14: Computer and Network Use Policy	32
Rule 15: CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct	33
Rule 16: Privacy Policy	33
Rule 17: Anti-money Laundering Policy	34
Rule 18: Record Retention	34
Section IV — Reporting Requirements	35
Reporting of Personal Securities Transactions	35
Rule 1: Broker Confirmations and Statements	35
Rule 2: Access Person — Quarterly Transaction Report	36
Rule 3: Access Person — Initial/Annual Holdings Report	36
Rule 4: Certifications	36
Rule 5: Outside Business Affiliations	36
Rule 6: Reporting of Irregular Activity	37
Rule 7: Ombudsman	37
Section V — Education Requirements	38
Rule 1: Distribution of Code	38
Rule 2: Annual Training Requirement	38
Section VI — Compliance and Appeal Procedures	39
Section VII — Sanctions	41
Appendix A: Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement	43
Appendix A: Definitions: Insider Trading	44
Appendix A — Section I: Rules Concerning Inside Information	45
Rule 1: Inside Information	45
Rule 2: Material Non-public Information	45
Rule 3: Reporting of Material Non-public Information	45
Appendix A — Section II: Overview of Insider Trading	47
Appendix B: Policy Statement Regarding Employee Trades in Shares of Putnam Closed-End Funds	51
Appendix C: Contra-Trading Rule Clearance Form	52
Appendix D: CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct	53
Appendix E: Inducement Policy for Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) Employees	57

Code of Ethics Overview

This overview of Putnam’s Code of Ethics is not intended to substitute for a careful reading of the complete document. As a condition of continued employment, every Putnam employee is required to read, understand, and comply with all of the provisions of the Code of Ethics. Additionally, employees are expected to comply with the policies and procedures contained within the Putnam Employee Handbook, which is available online at www.ibenefitcenter.com.

It is the personal responsibility of every Putnam employee to avoid any conduct that could create a conflict, or even the appearance of a conflict, with our fund shareholders or other clients, or do anything that could damage or erode the trust our clients place in Putnam and its employees. This is the spirit of the Code of Ethics. In accepting employment at Putnam, every employee accepts the absolute obligation to comply with the letter and the spirit of the Code of Ethics. Failure to comply with the spirit of the Code of Ethics is just as much a violation of the Code as failure to comply with the written rules of the Code.

The rules of the Code cover activities, including personal securities transactions, of Putnam employees, certain family members of employees, and entities (such as corporations, trusts, or partnerships) that employees may be deemed to control or influence.

Sanctions will be imposed for violations of the Code of Ethics. Sanctions may include monetary fines, bans on personal trading, reductions in salary increases or bonuses, disgorgement of trading profits, suspension of employment, and termination of employment. The proceeds resulting from monetary sanctions will be given to a charity chosen by the Code of Ethics Officer.

Insider trading

Putnam employees are forbidden to buy or sell any security while either Putnam or the employee is in possession of material, non-public information (inside information) concerning the security or the issuer. A violation of Putnam’s insider trading policies may result in criminal and civil penalties, including imprisonment, disgorgement of profits, and substantial fines. An employee aware of or in possession of inside information must report it immediately to the Code of Ethics Officer. (See Appendix A: Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement.)

Conflicts of interest

The Code of Ethics imposes limits on activities of Putnam employees where the activity may conflict with the interests of Putnam or its clients. These include limits on the receipt and solicitation of gifts and on service as a fiduciary for a person or entity outside of Putnam. For example, Putnam employees generally may not accept gifts over $100 in total value in a calendar year from any entity, or any supplier of goods or services to Putnam. In addition, a Putnam employee may not serve as a director of any corporation or other entity without prior approval of the Code of Ethics Officer.

1

Confidentiality

Information about Putnam clients and Putnam investment activity and research is proprietary and confidential and may not be disclosed or used by any Putnam employee outside Putnam without a valid business purpose.

Putnam mutual funds

All employees and certain family members are subject to a minimum 90-day holding period for shares in Putnam’s open-end mutual funds. This restriction does not apply to Putnam’s Stable Value or money market funds. Except in limited circumstances, all employees must hold Putnam open-end fund shares in accounts at Putnam.

Portfolio managers and others with access to investment information (“Access Persons”) are subject to a minimum one-year holding period for holding Putnam open-end fund shares.

Personal securities trading

Putnam employees may not buy or sell any security for their own account without clearing the proposed transaction in advance. Clearance is facilitated through the Personal Trading Assistant (PTA), the online pre-clearance system for equity securities, and directly with the Code of Ethics Administrator for fixed-income securities and transactions in Putnam closed-end funds. Certain securities are exempted from this pre-clearance requirement (e.g., shares of open-end (not closed-end) mutual funds).

Putnam employees may not buy any securities in an initial public offering or in a private placement, except in limited circumstances when prior written authorization is obtained.

Clearance must be obtained in advance, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the day of the trade. A clearance is valid only for the day it is obtained. Putnam employees are strongly discouraged from engaging in excessive trading for their personal accounts. Employees are prohibited from making more than 10 trades in individual securities each calendar quarter.

Short selling

Putnam employees are prohibited from short selling any security, whether or not it is held in a Putnam client portfolio, although short selling against broad market indexes and “against the box” are permitted. Note, however, that short selling “against the box” or otherwise hedging an investment in shares of Marsh & McLennan (MMC) stock is prohibited.

Confirmations of trading and periodic account statements

All Putnam employees must have their brokers send copies of confirmations and statements of personal securities transactions to the Code of Ethics Administrator. This also applies to members of the immediate family who share the same household as the employee or for whom the employee has investment discretion. Employees must contact the Code of Ethics Administrator to (a) obtain an authorization [407] letter, (b) provide instructions to the broker in establishing a personal brokerage account, and (c) enter a broker account profile into PTA.

2

Quarterly and annual reporting

Employees will be notified if the following requirements apply. Upon commencement of employment and thereafter on an annual basis, Access Persons must disclose in the PTA system all personal securities holdings (even those to which pre-clearance may not apply). On a quarterly basis, Access Persons must disclose all their securities transactions in Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) within 15 days after the end of the quarter.

Personal securities transactions by Access Persons
and certain investment professionals

The Code imposes several special restrictions on personal securities transactions by Access Persons and certain investment professionals, which are summarized as follows. (Refer to Section II for details):

· 90-Day Short-Term Rule. No Access Person shall purchase and then sell at a profit, or sell and then repurchase at a lower price, any security or related derivative security within 90 calendar days.

· 7-Day Rule. Before a portfolio manager places an order to buy a security for any portfolio he manages, he must sell from his personal account any such security or related derivative security purchased within the preceding seven calendar days, and disgorge any profit from the sale.

· Blackout Rule. No portfolio manager may sell any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days after the most recent purchase of that security or related derivative security for any portfolio she manages. No portfolio manager may buy any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days after the most recent sale of that security or related derivative security by any portfolio she manages.

Analysts are also subject to the 7-Day and Blackout rules in connection with a recommendation to buy/outperform or sell/underperform a security.

· Contra-Trading Rule. No portfolio manager may sell out of her personal account any security or related derivative security that is held in any portfolio she manages unless she has received the written approval of an appropriate CIO and the Code of Ethics Officer.

· No portfolio manager may cause a Putnam client to take action for the manager’s personal benefit.

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Putnam’s Code Of Ethics

Putnam Investments is required by law to adopt a Code of Ethics. The purposes of the law are to ensure that companies and their employees comply with all applicable laws and to prevent abuses in the investment advisory business that can arise when conflicts of interest exist between the employees of an investment advisor and its clients. By adopting and enforcing a Code of Ethics, we strengthen the trust and confidence reposed in us by demonstrating that at Putnam, client interests come first.

The Code that follows represents a balancing of important interests. On the one hand, as a registered investment advisor, Putnam owes a duty of undivided loyalty to its clients, and must avoid even the appearance of a conflict that might be perceived as abusing the trust they have placed in Putnam. On the other hand, Putnam does not want to prevent conscientious professionals from investing for their own account where conflicts do not exist or that are immaterial to investment decisions affecting Putnam clients.

When conflicting interests cannot be reconciled, the Code makes clear that, first and foremost, Putnam employees owe a fiduciary duty to Putnam clients. In most cases, this means that the affected employee will be required to forego conflicting personal securities transactions. In some cases, personal investments will be permitted, but only in a manner, which, because of the circumstances and applicable controls, cannot reasonably be perceived as adversely affecting Putnam client portfolios or taking unfair advantage of the relationship Putnam employees have to Putnam clients.

The Code contains specific rules prohibiting defined types of conflicts. Because every potential conflict cannot be anticipated, the Code also contains general provisions prohibiting conflict situations. In view of these general provisions, it is critical that any individual who is in doubt about the applicability of the Code in a given situation seeks a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer about the propriety of the conduct in advance. The procedures for obtaining such a determination are described in Section VI of the Code.

It is critical that the Code be strictly observed. Not only will adherence to the Code ensure that Putnam renders the best possible service to its clients, it will help to ensure that no individual is liable for violations of law.

It should be emphasized that adherence to this policy is a fundamental condition of employment at Putnam. Every employee is expected to adhere to the requirements of this Code of Ethics despite any inconvenience that may be involved. 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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Definitions

The words below are defined specifically for the purpose of Putnam’s Code of Ethics.

Access Persons

Each employee will be informed if he or she is considered an Access Person. The Code of Ethics Officer maintains a list of all Access Persons, categorized as follows:

· All employees of Putnam’s Investment Division

· All employees of Global Operations Services

· All employees of Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) and those based in Europe

· All employees who have access to My Putnam (unless access is limited to the Wall Street Journal via Factiva)

· All members of Putnam’s Executive Board

· Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors of the Transfer Agency

· Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors of Enterprise Services

· Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors of Putnam Retail Management (PRM) and Putnam Global Investment Management (PGIM)

· All directors and officers of a registered investment advisor affiliate, i.e., Putnam Investment Management, LLC, (PIM), The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC), or Putnam Investments Limited (PIL)

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

· Employees who have access to non-public information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Putnam-advised or sub-advised mutual fund

· Others as defined by the Legal and Compliance Department

Closed-end fund A fund with a fixed number of shares outstanding, and that does not redeem shares the way a typical mutual fund does. Closed-end funds typically trade like stocks on exchange.

Code of Ethics Administrator The individual designated by the Code of Ethics Officer to assume responsibility for day-to-day, nondiscretionary administration of this Code. The current Code of Ethics Administrator is Laura Rose, who can be reached at extension 11104.

Code of Ethics Officer The Putnam officer who has been assigned the responsibility of enforcing and interpreting this Code. The Code of Ethics Officer shall be the Chief Compliance Officer or such other person as is designated by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments. If the Code of Ethics Officer is unavailable, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer shall act in his stead. The Code of Ethics Officer is Tony Ruys de Perez. The Deputy Code of Ethics Officer is Kathleen Griffin.

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 approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam.

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Considered Securities Limited Sale Rule This rule permits a sale (but not a purchase) of a security up to 250 shares per day if the market capitalization of the security is $500 million to $5 billion.

Discretionary Account An account for which the holder gives his/her broker or investment advisor (but not an immediate family member) complete authority to make management decisions to buy and sell securities (also called controlled account or managed account).

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) A fund that tracks an index, but can be traded like a stock. ETFs always bundle together the securities that are in an index. Examples include (but are not limited to): SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs.

NOTE:

Excluded from pre-clearance but not from reporting requirements are: exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) containing a portfolio of securities of 25 or more issuers (e.g., SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs), and any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option. Country funds, as well as other funds that are not tied to an index, are considered closed-end funds and are subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements. (See Section I.A, Rule 1: Pre-clearance Requirements for more information.)

Immediate family Spouse, domestic partner, minor children, or other relatives living in the same household as the Putnam employee. All pre-clearance and reporting rules apply to “immediate family members.”

Narrow-based derivative A future, swap, put or call option, or similar derivative instrument whose return is determined by reference to fewer than 25 underlying issuers. Single stock futures and ETFs based on less than 25 issuers are included.

Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) The Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) is an internet application designed for employees to manage personal trading activities, such as pre-clearance, reporting, and certifications, in accordance with regulatory requirements and Putnam’s Code of Ethics.

Policy statements The Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement is attached to the Code as Appendix A and the Policy Statement Regarding Employee Trades in Shares of Putnam Closed-End Funds is attached to the Code as Appendix B.

Private placement Any offering of a security not offered to the public and not requiring registration with the relevant securities authorities.

Purchase or sale of a security Any acquisition or transfer of any interest in the security for direct or indirect consideration; this includes the writing of an option. This definition includes any transfer of a security by an employee as a gift to an individual or a charity.

Putnam Any or all of Putnam, LLC and its subsidiaries, any one of which shall be a Putnam company.

Putnam client Any of the Putnam mutual funds, or any advisor, trust, or other client for whom Putnam manages money.

Putnam employee (or employee) Any employee of Putnam.

Restricted list The list established in accordance with Rule 1 of Section I.A.

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Security The following instruments are defined as “securities” and require pre-clearance:

· Any type or class of equity or debt security, e.g., corporate or municipal bonds.

· Any rights relating to a security, such as warrants and convertible securities

· Closed-end funds

· Any narrow-based derivative, e.g., a put or call option on a single security Pre-clearance and reporting is not required (unless otherwise noted) for:

· Currencies, Treasuries (T-bills), and direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies

· Direct and indirect obligations of any member country in the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), commercial paper, certificates of deposit (CDs), repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments

Selling Short The sale of a security that the investor does not own in order to take advantage of an anticipated decline in the price of the security. In order to sell short, the investor must borrow the security from his broker in order to make delivery to the buyer.

Selling Short Against the Box A short sale where the investor owns the security, but does not want to use the shares for delivery, so he borrows them from the brokerage firm.

Transaction for a personal account Securities transactions: (a) for the personal account of any employee; (b) for the account of a member of the immediate family of any employee; (c) for the account of a partnership in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a general partner or a partner with investment discretion; (d) for the account of a trust in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a trustee with investment discretion; (e) for the account of a closely held corporation in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member holds shares and for which he has investment discretion; and (f ) for any account other than a Putnam client account, which 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.

Rule of construction regarding time periods Unless the context indicates otherwise, time periods used in the Code of Ethics shall be measured inclusively, i.e., beginning on the date from which the measurement is made.

EXCEPTIONS

Unless the context indicates otherwise, there will be no exceptions to the rules.

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Section I — Personal Securities Rules for All Employees

A. Pre-clearance

Rule 1: Pre-clearance Requirements

Pre-clearance is required for the following securities:

· MMC Stock

· Any type or class of equity or debt security, including corporate and municipal bonds

· Any rights relating to a security, such as warrants and convertible securities

· Closed-end funds – including Putnam closed-end funds. Country funds as well as other funds that are not tied to an index are considered closed-end funds and are subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements, e.g., India Fund (INF), Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund (APF), Central Europe and Russia Fund (CEE). Certain closed-end funds which sometimes are referred to as closed-end ETFs, such as Blackrock (BKK), Western Asset Emerging (ESD), or Eaton Vance Muni Trust (EVN), are also subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements.

· Any narrow-based derivative, e.g., a put or call option on a single security

· Any security donated as a gift to an individual or a charity

Pre-clearance is not required for:

· Open-end mutual funds

· Currencies, Treasuries (T-bills), and direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies

· Direct and indirect obligations of any member of the country of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), commercial paper, certificates of deposit (CDs), repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments

The following are excluded from pre-clearance but not from reporting requirements:

· Exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) containing a portfolio of securities of 25 or more issuers (e.g., SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs), and any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option thereon.

Rule 2: Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) System and Restricted List

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell for his personal account any security requiring pre-clearance under Rule 1 without prior clearance obtained through procedures set forth by the Code of Ethics Officer. Equity securities are pre-cleared through the PTA pre-clearance system (under the @Putnam tab at www.ibenefitcenter.com). Fixed-income securities must be pre-cleared by calling the Code of Ethics Administrator. There are special rules for trading in Putnam closed-end funds. (See Appendix B.) Subject to the limited exceptions below, no clearance will be granted for securities appearing on the Restricted List. Securities will be placed on the Restricted List in the following circumstances:

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(a) When orders to purchase or sell such security have been entered for any Putnam client or the security is being actively considered for purchase for any Putnam client, unless the security is a non-convertible investment-grade (rated at least BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody’s) fixed-income investment;

(b) When such a security is a voting security of a corporation in the banking, savings and loan, communications, public utilities, or gaming (i.e., casinos) industries, if holdings of Putnam clients in that corporation exceed 7%;

(c) When, in the judgment of the Code of Ethics Officer, other circumstances warrant restricting personal transactions of Putnam employees in a particular security;

(d) When required under the Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions. (See Appendix A.)

IMPLEMENTATION

An employee wishing to trade any equity securities for his personal account shall first obtain clearance through the Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) system. The system may be accessed online either at www.ibenefitcenter.com by clicking on “Employee Essentials” under the @Putnam tab and selecting “Access PTA,” or at iworkplace. Employees may pre-clear securities between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET. Requests to make personal securities transactions may not be made using the system or presented to the Code of Ethics Administrator before 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. ET.

Pre-clearance must be made by calling the Code of Ethics Administrator for fixed-income (municipal and corporate bonds, including non-convertible investment-grade bonds rated BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody’s).

The PTA system will inform the employee whether the security may be traded and whether trading in the security is subject to the “Large Cap” limitation or the “Considered List –Limited Sale Exception.” The response of the pre-clearance system as to whether a security appears on the Restricted List and, if so, whether it is eligible for the exceptions set forth after this Rule shall be final, unless the employee appeals to the Code of Ethics Officer, using the procedure described in Section VI, regarding the request to trade a particular security.

A clearance is only valid for trading on the day it is obtained. Trades in any security by employees in Asian or European offices of Putnam or trades by any employee in securities listed on Asian or European stock exchanges, however, may be executed within one business day after pre-clearance is obtained.

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 for which permission is being sought for a personal investment.

If the PTA system does not recognize a security, or if an employee is unable to use the system or has any questions with respect to the system or pre-clearance, the employee may consult the Code of Ethics Administrator. The Code of Ethics Administrator shall not have authority to answer any questions about a security other than whether trading is permitted. The response of the Code of Ethics Administrator as to whether a security appears on the Restricted List and, if so, whether it is eligible for any applicable exceptions set forth after this Rule shall be final, unless the employee appeals to the Code of Ethics Officer, using the procedure described in Section VI, regarding the request to trade a particular security.

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EXCEPTIONS

A. Large Cap Exemption. If a security appearing on the Restricted List is an equity security for which the issuer has a market capitalization (defined as outstanding shares multiplied by current price per share) of over $5 billion, then upon clearance approval, the Putnam employee may not trade more than 1,000 shares of the security for the day.

B. Considered List – Limited Sale Rule. As the Putnam list of considered securities is broad and inclusive, employees will be permitted to make limited sales (250 shares) but not purchases of securities held in their accounts if trading is blocked solely by the Considered List of securities.

C. Pre-clearing Transactions Effected by Share Subscription. Trades of securities made by subscription rather than on an exchange are limited to issuers having a market capitalization of $5 billion or more and are subject to the 1,000 share limit. The following are procedures to comply with Rules 1 and 2 when effecting a purchase or sale of shares by subscription:

· The Putnam employee must pre-clear the trade on the day he or she submits a subscription to the issuer rather than on the actual day of the trade since the actual day of the trade typically will not be known to the employee who submits the subscription. The employee must contact the Code of Ethics Administrator at the time of pre-clearance and will be told whether the purchase is permitted (in the case of a corporation having a market capitalization of $5 billion or more) or not permitted (in the case of a smaller capitalization issuer).

· The subscription for any purchase or sale of shares must be reported on the Access Person’s quarterly personal securities transaction report, noting the trade was accomplished by subscription.

· Because no brokers are involved in the transaction, the confirmation requirement will be waived for these transactions, although the Putnam employee must provide the Legal and Compliance Department with any transaction summaries or statements sent by the issuer.

D. Trades in Approved Discretionary Brokerage Accounts. A transaction does not need to be pre-cleared if it takes place in an account that the Code of Ethics Officer has approved in writing as exempt from the pre-clearance requirement. In the sole discretion of the Code of Ethics Officer, accounts that will be considered for exclusion from the pre-clearance requirement are only those for which an employee’s securities broker or investment advisor has complete discretion (a discretionary account). Employees wishing to seek such an exemption must send a written request to the Code of Ethics Administrator and meet the following conditions: (i) the employee certifies annually in writing that the employee has no influence over the transactions in the discretionary account and is not aware of the transactions in the discretionary account prior to their execution; (ii) the compliance department of the emp loyee’s broker or investment advisor certifies annually in writing that the employee has no influence over the transactions in the discretionary account and is not aware of the transactions in the discretionary account prior to their execution; and (iii) each calendar quarter, the broker or investment advisor sends Putnam’s Code of Ethics Administrator copies of each quarterly statement for the discretionary account.

COMMENTS

· Pre-clearance. Subpart (a) of Rule 2 is designed to avoid the conflict of interest that might occur when an employee trades for his personal account a security that currently is being

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traded or is likely to be traded for a Putnam client. Such conflicts arise, for example, when the trades of an employee might have an impact on the price or availability of a particular security, or when the trades of the client might have an impact on price to the benefit of the employee. Thus, exceptions involve situations where the trade of a Putnam employee is unlikely to have an impact on the market.

· Regulatory Limits. Owing to a variety of federal statutes and regulations in the banking, savings and loan, communications, and gaming industries, it is critical that accounts of Putnam clients do not hold more than 10% of the voting securities (7% for public utilities) of any issuer in those industries. Subpart (b) of this rule limits employees’ personal trades to sales of shares in these areas because of the risk that the personal holdings of Putnam employees may be aggregated with Putnam holdings. Putnam’s so-called 7% rule will allow the regulatory limits to be observed.

· Options. For the purposes of this Code, options are treated like the underlying security. Thus, an employee may not purchase, sell, or “write” option contracts for a security that is on the Restricted List. The automatic exercise or assignment of an options contract (the purchase or writing of which was previously pre-cleared) does not have to be pre-cleared. Note, however, that the purchase or sale of securities obtained through the exercise of options must be pre-cleared.

· Involuntary Transactions. Involuntary personal securities transactions are exempted from the Code. Special attention should be paid to this exemption. (See Section I.D.)

· Tender Offers. This Rule does not prohibit an employee from tendering securities from his personal account in response to any and all tender offers, even if Putnam clients are also tendering securities. If tendering a security in response to a “partial tender offer,” an employee must pre-clear the trade on the day she submits instructions to her broker, and she will be prohibited from trading if Putnam clients are also tendering the same security.

· Gifts of Securities. Pre-clearance is required for securities donated as a gift to a charitable organization or to an individual. Employees are required to provide a gift transfer certificate of the transaction (if produced) to the Code of Ethics Administrator along with an account statement reflecting the gift transaction. Receipt of a securities gift should be reported on the Access Person’s Annual Holdings Report. Employees who receive a securities gift must report the gift to the Code of Ethics Administrator to make the necessary adjustments in PTA and Access Persons must disclose this holding in PTA.

Rule 3: Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Securities

All employees trading in MMC securities must be pre-cleared in the PTA system. MMC securities include stock, options, and any other securities such as debt. Trades in the MMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan and in all Putnam and MMC employee benefit and bonus plans, i.e., reallocating, rebalancing, or exchanging in and out of the 401(k)/Profit/Bonus Plan, etc., are included in this requirement.

Pre-clearance of MMC is required when, for example, you:

· Sell MMC out of the Stock Purchase Plan

· Exchange MMC shares into or out of your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan

· Reallocate your Putnam fund choices, which results in a buy or sell of MMC from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan

· Trade in MMC securities in other accounts held outside Putnam

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Pre-clearance is not required when you:

· Increase/decrease the amount of money that is automatically deducted (systematic plan) from your paycheck and used to purchase MMC shares in your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Stock Purchase Plan

· Maintain standing instructions to have money deducted (automatic payroll deductions) and want to increase or decrease the percentage allocated, or instruct to reduce it to “0” in your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Stock Purchase Plan

· Apply for a loan and/or make withdrawals of the stock from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan

COMMENTS

All transactions of MMC require pre-clearance in PTA before you contact your broker to trade shares in an outside brokerage account or before contacting Citigroup Smith Barney to sell shares out of your Stock Purchase Plan. Also, if MMC is one of your choices in the 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, all exchanges in/out must be cleared. Even though clearance is not required for Putnam mutual funds, if you do not wish to include MMC shares when rebalancing any of your fund choices, which will result in an automatic exchange of your MMC shares, you must remember to exclude MMC shares prior to submitting your changes. If you are investing online, check the box to exclude MMC; or if you are investing by telephone with a Putnam representative, ask to exclude MMC before rebalancing the funds.

Additional MMC-related policies:

· MMC securities may from time to time be restricted due to the federal laws that govern trading on inside information. All transactions are prohibited during this period.

· Members of the Executive Board of Directors and members of the Chief Financial Officer’s senior staff may not trade in MMC securities during the period between the calendar quarter-end and the public announcement of MMC’s earnings for the quarter.

· Transactions in MMC securities that are held in Putnam’s internal plans are not subject to the 90-Day Short-Term Rule (applicable to Access Persons only) or to the holding periods that apply to Putnam mutual funds.

B. Prohibited Transactions

Rule 1: Short-Selling Prohibition

Putnam employees are prohibited from short selling any security in their own account, whether or not the security is held in a Putnam client portfolio. Employees are prohibited from hedging investments made in securities of MMC.

EXCEPTION

Short selling against broad market indexes (such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ index, and the S&P 100 and 500 indexes) and short selling against the box are permitted (except that short selling shares of MMC against the box is not permitted).

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Rule 2: Initial Public Offerings Prohibition

No Putnam employee shall purchase any security for her personal account in an initial public offering. Employees are also restricted from participating in Initial Public Offerings via a Discretionary Account.

EXCEPTION

Pre-existing Status Exception. A Putnam employee shall not be barred by this Rule or by Rule 2(a) of Section I.A. from purchasing securities for her personal account in connection with an initial public offering of securities by a bank or insurance company when the employee’s status as a policyholder or depositor entitles her to purchase securities on terms more favorable than those available to the general public, in connection with the bank’s conversion from mutual or cooperative form to stock form, or the insurance company’s conversion from mutual to stock form, provided that the employee has had the status entitling her to purchase on favorable terms for at least two years. This exception is only available with respect to the value of bank deposits or insurance policies that an employee owns before the announcement of the initial public offering. This exception does not apply, however, if the security appears on th e Restricted List in the circumstances set forth in subparts (b), (c), or (d) of Section I.A., Rule 2.

COMMENTS

· The purpose of this Rule is twofold. First, it is designed to prevent a conflict of interest between Putnam employees and Putnam clients who might be in competition for the same securities in a limited public offering. Second, the Rule is designed to prevent Putnam employees from being subject to undue influence as a result of receiving favors in the form of special allocations of securities in a public offering from broker-dealers who seek to do business with Putnam.

· Purchases of securities in the immediate after-market of an initial public offering are not prohibited, provided they do not constitute violations of other provisions of the Code of Ethics. For example, participation in the immediate after-market as a result of a special allocation from an underwriting group would be prohibited by Section III, Rule 3, concerning gifts and other favors.

· Public offerings subsequent to initial public offerings are not deemed to create the same potential for competition between Putnam employees and Putnam clients because of the pre-existence of a market for the securities.

Rule 3: Private Placement Pre-approval Requirements

No Putnam employee shall purchase any security for his personal account in a limited private offering or private placement without prior approval of the Code of Ethics Officer. Privately placed limited partnerships and funds such as private equity or hedge funds are specifically included in this Rule.

COMMENTS

· The purpose of this Rule is to prevent a Putnam employee from investing in securities for his own account pursuant to a limited private offering that could compete with or disadvantage Putnam clients, and to eliminate any incentives Putnam employees might have to favor those who can affect access to limited offerings.

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· Exemptions to the prohibition will generally not be granted where the proposed investment relates directly or indirectly to investments by a Putnam client, or where individuals involved in the offering (including the issuers, broker, underwriter, placement agent, promoter, fellow investors, and affiliates of the foregoing) have any prior or existing business relationship with Putnam or a Putnam employee, or where the Putnam employee believes that such individuals may expect to have a future business relationship with Putnam or a Putnam employee.

· An exemption may be granted, subject to reviewing all the facts and circumstances, for investments in:

(a) Pooled investment funds, including hedge funds, subject to the condition that an employee investing in a pooled investment fund would have no involvement in the activities or decision-making process of the fund except for financial reports made in the ordinary course of the fund’s business, and subject to the condition that the hedge fund does not invest significantly in registered investment companies.

(b) Private placements where the investment cannot relate, or be expected to relate, directly or indirectly to Putnam or investments by a Putnam client.

· Employees who apply for an exemption will be expected to disclose to the Code of Ethics Officer in writing all facts and relationships relating to the proposed investment.

· Applications to invest in private placements will be reviewed by the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee. This review will take into account, among other factors, the considerations described in the preceding comments.

Rule 4: Trading with Material Non-public Information

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell any security for her personal account or for any Putnam client account while in possession of material, non-public information concerning the security or the issuer. Please read Appendix A, Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions.

Rule 5: No Personal Trading with Client Portfolios

No Putnam employee shall purchase from or sell to a Putnam client any securities or other property for his personal account, nor engage in any personal transaction to which a Putnam client is known to be a party, or in which the transaction may have a significant relationship to any action taken by a Putnam client.

IMPLEMENTATION

It is the responsibility of every Putnam employee to make inquiry prior to any personal transaction in order to satisfy himself that the requirements of this Rule have been met.

COMMENT

This Rule is required by federal law. It does not prohibit a Putnam employee from purchasing any shares of an open-end Putnam fund. The policy with respect to employee trading in Putnam closed-end funds is attached as Appendix B.

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Rule 6: Holding Putnam Mutual Fund Shares

Putnam employees may not hold shares of Putnam open-end U.S. mutual funds other than through accounts maintained at Putnam. Employees placing purchase orders in shares of Putnam open-end funds must place such orders through Putnam and not through an outside broker or other intermediary. Employees redeeming or exchanging shares of Putnam open-end funds must place those orders through Putnam and not through an outside broker or other intermediary. For transfer instructions, contact a Putnam Preferred Client Services (PCS) representative at 1-800-634-1590.

REMINDER

For purposes of this Rule, “employee” includes:

· Members of the immediate family of a Putnam employee who share the same household as the employee or for whom the Putnam employee has investment discretion (family member);

· Any trust in which a Putnam employee or family member is a trustee with investment discretion and in which such Putnam employee or any family members are collectively beneficiaries;

· Any closely held entity (such as a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation) in which a Putnam employee and his or her family members hold a controlling interest and with respect to which they have investment discretion; and

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

COMMENTS

These requirements also apply to:

· Self-directed IRA accounts holding Putnam fund shares;

· Variable insurance accounts that invest in Putnam Variable Trusts such as the Putnam/Hartford Capital Manager Programs. Employees must designate Putnam Retail Management as the broker of record for all such accounts and disclose these holdings in the PTA system.

NOTE:

Employees are required to seek permission from the Code of Ethics Officer to hold Putnam funds in variable trusts outside of Putnam.

EXCEPTION

Retirement, pension, deferred compensation, and similar accounts that cannot be legally transferred to Putnam are not subject to the requirement. For example, a spouse of a Putnam employee may have a 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan with her employer that invests in Putnam funds. Any employee who continues to hold shares in open-end Putnam funds outside of Putnam must notify the Code of Ethics Officer in writing of the account information, 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 Administrator.

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Rule 7: Putnam Mutual Fund Employee Restrictions

(a) Employees (defined in Rule 6) 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.

(b) Employees who are Access Persons may not, within a one-year 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 or of shares of any U.S. registered mutual fund to which Putnam acts as advisor or sub-advisor, even if the transactions occur in different accounts.

(c) All employees are required to link their immediate family members’ accounts holding Putnam mutual funds to comply with the disclosure requirements. These accounts are also subject to the 90-day and one-year rules. To link these accounts, log on to www.ibenefitcenter.com, click on @Putnam, and select Employee Essentials/Linked Mutual Fund Accounts. You are required to confirm the information and will be prompted to add any accounts that you or your family members have that should be linked or delink accounts that you or your family members have closed.

COMMENTS

This Rule applies to transactions by a Putnam employee and family members as defined in the Code in any type of account including retail, IRA, variable annuity, and 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, as well as any deferred compensation accounts, and the restrictions apply across all accounts maintained by an employee and family members:

· An employee who buys shares of an open-end Putnam mutual fund may not sell any shares of the same mutual fund until 90 calendar days have passed, or one year for Access Persons.

· Example: If an employee buys shares of a Putnam fund on Day 1 for a retail account and then sells (by exchange) shares of the same fund for his or her 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan accounts on Day 85, the employee has violated the rule.

· Similarly, an employee who sells shares of an open-end Putnam mutual fund may not buy any shares of the same mutual fund until 90 calendar days have passed, or one year for Access Persons.

· The purpose of these blackout period restrictions is to prevent any market timing or the appearance of any market timing activity.

· This Rule applies to transactions by a Putnam employee and his or her family members as defined in the Code in any type of account including retail, IRA, variable annuity, and 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, as well as any deferred compensation accounts.

· The minimum sanction for an initial violation of the blackout period will be disgorgement of any profit made on the transaction. Additional sanctions may apply, including termination of employment.

EXCEPTIONS

A. The restrictions do not apply to Putnam’s money market funds and Putnam Stable Value Fund.

B. 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan Contributions and Payroll Deductions: The 90-day or one year restriction is not triggered by the initial allocation of regular employee or employer contributions or forfeitures to an employee’s account under the terms of Putnam employee

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benefit plans or a Putnam payroll-deduction direct-investment program; later exchanges of these contributions will be subject to either the 90-day or one-year blackout period.

C. Systematic Programs: The restrictions do not apply with respect to shares sold or acquired as a result of participation in a systematic program for contributions, withdrawals, or exchanges, provided that an election to participate in any such program and the participation dates of the program are not changed more often than quarterly after the program is elected by the employee. Access Persons may elect a quarterly or semiannual rebalancing program although it may only be changed on an annual basis.

D. Employee Benefit Plan Withdrawals and Distributions: No restriction applies with respect to shares sold for withdrawals, loans, or distributions under the terms of Putnam employee benefit plans.

E. Dividends, Distributions, Mergers, and Share Class Conversions: No restriction applies with respect to the acquisition of shares as a result of reinvestment of dividends, distributions, mergers, conversions of share classes, or other similar actions. Subsequent transactions with respect to the shares will be covered.

F. College Savings Program: Redemptions from an employee’s college savings 529 plan to pay for qualified educational expenses for the beneficiary of the account (and redemptions due to death or disability) are exempt from the 90-day and one-year restrictions applicable to Putnam mutual funds. Qualified redemptions include:

· Tuition

· School fees

· Books

· Supplies and equipment required for enrollment

· Room and board

· Death

· Disability

G. Special Situations: In special situations as determined from time to time by Putnam’s Code of Ethics Oversight Committee, exceptions may by granted to the blackout periods as a result of death, disability, or special circumstances (such as personal hardship).

Employees may request an exception by submitting a written request to the Code of Ethics Officer.

Rule 8: Special Orders

Good Until Canceled (GTC) Limit Orders are prohibited.

Any order not executed on the day of pre-clearance must be resubmitted for pre-clearance before being executed on a subsequent day. “Good until canceled limit” orders are prohibited because of the potential failure to pre-clear.

EXCEPTION

Same-day limit orders are permitted.

Rule 9: Excessive Trading

Putnam employees are strongly discouraged from engaging in excessive trading for their personal accounts. Employees are prohibited from making more than 10 trades in

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individual securities in any given quarter. For the purpose of this rule, an employee is prohibited from engaging in more than a total of 10 trades in all accounts the employee may hold (including those accounts held by his immediate family members), not 10 trades per individual account.

EXCEPTION

For the purpose of calculating the number of trades in any quarter, trading the same security in the same direction (buy or sell) over a period of five business days will be counted as one transaction.

Trades in ETFs containing 25 or more issuers and trades of MMC stock in Putnam internal plans are not counted towards the 10 trade limit.

COMMENT

Although a Putnam employee’s excessive trading may not itself constitute a conflict of interest with Putnam clients, Putnam believes that its clients’ confidence in Putnam will be enhanced and that the likelihood of Putnam achieving better investment skills results for its clients over the long term will be increased if Putnam employees rely on their investment skills, as opposed to their trading skills in transactions for their own account. Moreover, excessive trading by a Putnam employee for his or her own account diverts an employee’s attention from the responsibility of servicing Putnam clients, and increases the possibilities for transactions that are in actual or apparent conflict with Putnam client transactions. Short-term trading is strongly discouraged, and employees are encouraged to take a long-term view.

Rule 10: Spread Betting

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

COMMENT

Spread betting provides exposure to the movement of an index or security price without holding any form of certificate.

This Rule guards against the danger that a Putnam employee may be in violation of the Code of Ethics by virtue of his spread betting transactions. Please note that this restriction also applies to the spouse of a Putnam employee and any relatives of a Putnam employee living in the same household as the employee, as their transactions are covered by the Code of Ethics. (See page 2.)

C. Discouraged Transaction

Rule 1: Naked Options

Putnam employees are strongly discouraged from engaging in writing (selling) naked options for their personal accounts.

Naked option transactions are particularly dangerous, because a Putnam employee may be prevented by the restrictions in this Code of Ethics from covering the naked option at the appropriate time. All employees should keep in mind the limitations on their personal securities trading imposed by this Code when contemplating such an investment strategy.

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Engaging in naked options transactions on the basis of material, non-public information is prohibited. (See Appendix A, Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions.)

D. Exempted Transactions

Rule 1: Involuntary Transactions

Transactions that are involuntary on the part of a Putnam employee are exempt from the prohibitions set forth in Sections I.A., I.B., and I.C.

COMMENTS

This exemption is based on categories of conduct that the Securities and Exchange Commission does not consider “abusive.”

· Examples of involuntary personal securities transactions include:

(a) Sales out of the brokerage account of a Putnam employee as a result of a bona fide margin call, provided that withdrawal of collateral by the Putnam employee within the ten days previous to the margin call was not a contributing factor to the margin call;

(b) Purchases arising out of an automatic dividend reinvestment program of an issuer of a publicly traded security.

· Transactions by a trust in which the Putnam employee (or a member of his immediate family) holds a beneficial interest, but for which the employee has no direct or indirect influence or control with respect to the selection of investments, are involuntary transactions. In addition, these transactions do not fall within the definition of “personal securities transactions.” (See Appendix A, Definitions.)

· A good-faith belief on the part of the employee that a transaction was involuntary will not be a defense to a violation of the Code of Ethics. In the event of confusion as to whether a particular transaction is involuntary, the burden is on the employee to seek a prior written determination of the applicability of this exemption. The procedures for obtaining such a determination appear in Section VI.

Rule 2: Special Exemptions

Transactions that have been determined, in writing by the Code of Ethics Officer before the transaction occurs, to be no more than remotely harmful to Putnam clients because the transaction would be very unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or because the transaction is clearly not related economically to the securities to be purchased, sold, or held by a Putnam client, are exempt from the prohibitions set forth in Sections I.A., I.B., and I.C.

IMPLEMENTATION

An employee may seek an ad hoc exemption under this Rule by following the procedures in Section VI.

COMMENTS

· This exemption is also based upon categories of conduct that the Securities and Exchange Commission does not consider “abusive.”

· The burden is on the employee to seek a prior written determination that the proposed transaction meets the standards for an ad hoc exemption set forth in this Rule.

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Section II — Additional Special Rules for Personal Securities
Transactions

A. Access Persons and Certain Investment Professionals

Access Persons include all investment professionals and other employees as defined on page 1.

Rule 1: 90-Day Short-Term Rule

Access Persons may not sell a security at a profit within 90 days of purchase or buy a security at a price below which he or she sold it within the past 90 days.

EXCEPTION

None, unless prior written approval from the Code of Ethics Officer is obtained. Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis when no abuse is involved and the equities of the situation support an exemption. For example, although an Access Person may buy a stock as a long-term investment, that stock may have to be sold involuntarily due to unforeseen activity such as a merger.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. The 90-Day Short-Term Rule applies to all Access Persons, as defined in the Definitions section of the Code.

B. Calculation of whether there has been a profit is based upon the market prices of the securities. The calculation includes commissions and other sales charges.

C. As an example, an Access Person would not be permitted to sell a security at $12 that he purchased within the prior 90 days for $10. Similarly, an Access Person would not be permitted to purchase a security at $10 that she had sold within the prior 90 days for $12.

COMMENTS

· The prohibition against short-term trading profits by Access Persons is designed to minimize the possibility that they will capitalize inappropriately on the market impact of trades involving a client portfolio about which they might possibly have information.

· Although Chief Investment Officers, portfolio managers, and analysts may sell securities at a profit within 90 days of purchase in order to comply with the requirements of the 7-Day Rule applicable to them (described below), the profit will have to be disgorged to charity under the terms of the 7-Day Rule.

B. Certain Investment Professionals

Rule 2: 7-Day Rule

(a) Before a portfolio manager (including a Chief Investment Officer with respect to an account he manages) 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.

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(b) Analysts: 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.

COMMENTS

· This Rule applies to portfolio managers (including Chief Investment Officers with respect to accounts they manage) in connection with any purchase, no matter how small, in any client account managed by that portfolio manager or CIO (even so-called “clone accounts”). In particular, it should be noted that the requirements of this Rule also apply with respect to purchases in client accounts, including “clone accounts,” resulting from “cash flows.” To comply with the requirements of this Rule, it is the responsibility of each portfolio manager or CIO to be aware of the placement of all orders for purchases of a security by client accounts that he or she manages for seven days following the purchase of that security for his or her personal account.

· An investment professional who must sell securities to be in compliance with the 7-Day Rule must absorb any loss and disgorge to charity any profit resulting from the sale. The recipient charity will be chosen by the Code of Ethics Officer.

· This Rule is designed to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest between an investment professional and a Putnam client. A greater burden is placed on these professionals given their positions in the organization. Transactions executed for the employee’s personal account must be conducted in a manner consistent with the Code of Ethics and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or perceived conflict of interest or any abuse of the employee’s position of trust and responsibility.

· “Portfolio manager” is used in this Section as a functional label, and is intended to cover any employee with authority to authorize a trade on behalf of a Putnam client, whether or not such employee bears the title “portfolio manager.” “Analyst” is also used in this Section as a functional label, and is intended to cover any employee who is not a portfolio manager but who may make recommendations regarding investments for Putnam clients.

Rule 3: Blackout Rule

(a) Portfolio Managers: No portfolio manager (including Chief Investment Officers with respect to accounts they manage) shall: (i) sell any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed since 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 since the most recent sale of that security or related derivative security from any Putnam client portfolio that she manages or co-manages.

(b) Analysts: No analyst shall: (i) sell any security or related derivative security for his personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed since 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 since 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).

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COMMENTS

· This Rule applies to portfolio managers (including Chief Investment Officers with respect to accounts they manage) in connection with any purchase, no matter how small, in any client account managed by that portfolio manager or CIO (even clone accounts). In particular, it should be noted that the requirements of this rule also apply with respect to transactions in client accounts, including clone accounts, resulting from cash flows. In order to comply with the requirements of this Rule, it is the responsibility of each portfolio manager and CIO to be aware of all transactions in a security by client accounts that he or she manages that took place within the seven days preceding a transaction in that security for his or her personal account.

· This Rule is designed to prevent a Putnam portfolio manager or analyst from engaging in personal investment conduct that appears to be counter to the investment strategy she is pursuing or recommending on behalf of a Putnam client.

Rule 4: Contra-Trading Rule

(a) Portfolio Managers: No portfolio manager shall, without prior clearance and written approval, sell out of his personal account securities or related derivative securities held in any Putnam client portfolio that he manages or co-manages.

(b) Chief Investment Officers: No Chief Investment Officer shall, without prior clearance and written approval, sell out of his personal account securities or related derivative securities held in any Putnam client portfolio managed in his investment group.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. Individuals Authorized to Give Approval. Prior to engaging in any such sale, a portfolio manager shall seek written approval of the proposed sale. In the case of a portfolio manager, prior written approval of the proposed sale shall be obtained from a Chief Investment Officer to whom he reports or, in his absence, another Chief Investment Officer. In the case of a Chief Investment Officer, prior written approval of the proposed sale shall be obtained from another Chief Investment Officer. In addition to the foregoing, prior written approval must also be obtained from the Code of Ethics Officer.

B. Contents of Written Approval. In every instance, use either the attached form of written approval known as ‘Appendix C’ in this Booklet or such other form as the Code of Ethics Officer shall designate. The written approval should be signed by the Chief Investment Officer giving approval and dated when such approval was given, and shall state, briefly, the reasons why the trade was allowed and why the investment conduct pursued by the portfolio manager or Chief Investment Officer was deemed inappropriate for the Putnam client account controlled by the individual seeking to engage in the transaction for his personal account. Such written approval shall be sent by the Chief Investment Officer approving the transaction to the Code of Ethics Officer, for her approval, within 24 hours or as promptly as circumstances permit. Approvals obtained after a transaction has been completed, or while it is in process, will not satisfy the requirements of this Rule.

COMMENT

This Rule, like Rule 3 of this section, is designed to prevent a Putnam portfolio manager from engaging in personal investment conduct that appears to be counter to the investment strategy that he is pursuing on behalf of a Putnam client.

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Rule 5: No Personal Benefit

No portfolio manager shall cause, and no analyst shall recommend, a Putnam client to take action for the portfolio manager’s or analyst’s own personal benefit.

COMMENTS

· 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. Portfolio managers and analysts should be aware that this Rule is not limited to personal transactions in securities (as that word is defined in the Definitions section). Thus, a portfolio manager or analyst who front runs a Putnam client purchase or sale of obligations of the U.S. government is in violation of this Rule. U.S. government obligations are excluded from the definition of security.

· This Rule is not limited to instances when a portfolio manager or analyst has malicious intent. It also prohibits conduct that creates an appearance of impropriety. Portfolio managers and analysts who have questions about whether proposed conduct creates an appearance of impropriety should seek a prior written determination from the Code of Ethics Officer, using the procedures described in Section VI.

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Section III — General Rules for All Employees

Rule 1: Compliance with All Laws, Regulations, and Policies

All employees must comply with applicable laws and regulations as well as company policies. This includes tax, anti-trust, political contribution, and international boycott laws. In addition, no employee at Putnam may engage in fraudulent conduct of any kind.

COMMENTS

· Putnam may report to the appropriate legal authorities conduct by Putnam employees that violates this Rule.

· It should also be noted that the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it a criminal offense to make a payment or offer of payment to any non-U.S. governmental official, political party, or candidate to induce that person to affect any governmental act or decision, or to assist Putnam’s obtaining or retaining business.

Rule 2: Conflicts of Interest

No Putnam employee shall conduct herself in a manner that is contrary to the interests of, or in competition with, Putnam or a Putnam client, or that creates an actual or apparent conflict of interest with a Putnam client.

COMMENTS

· This Rule is designed to recognize the fundamental principle that Putnam employees owe their chief duty and loyalty to Putnam and Putnam clients.

· It is expected that a Putnam employee who becomes aware of an investment opportunity that she believes is suitable for a Putnam client whom she services will present it to the appropriate portfolio manager prior to taking advantage of the opportunity herself.

Rule 3: Gifts and Entertainment Policy

No Putnam employee shall accept anything of material value from any broker-dealer, financial institution, corporation, or other entity; any existing or prospective supplier of goods or services with a business relationship to Putnam; or any company or other entity whose securities are held in or are being considered as investments for the Putnam funds, or any other client account. Included are gifts, favors, preferential treatment, special arrangements, or access to special events.

COMMENTS

This Rule is intended to permit the acceptance of only proper types of customary and limited business amenities.

A Putnam employee may not, under any circumstances, accept anything that could create the appearance of a conflict of interest. For example, acceptance of any consideration is prohibited if it would create the appearance of a reward or inducement for conducting Putnam business either with the person providing the gift or his employer.

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IMPLEMENTATION

A. Gifts. An employee may not accept gifts with an aggregate value of more than $100 in any year from any one source, i.e., entity or firm. Any Putnam employee who is offered or receives an item exceeding $100 in value must report the details to the Code of Ethics Officer and surrender or return the gift. Any entertainment event provided to an employee where the host is not in attendance is treated as a gift and is subject to the $100 per year per source limit.

B. Entertainment. Putnam’s rules are designed to permit reasonable, ordinary business entertainment, but prohibit any events that may be perceived as extravagant or that involve lavish expenditures.

1. Occasional lunches, dinners, cocktail parties, or comparable gatherings conducted for business purposes are permitted.

For example, occasional attendance at group functions sponsored by sell-side firms is permitted where the function relates to investments or other business activity. Occasional attendance at these functions is not required to be counted against the limits described in section (B)(2) below.

2. Other entertainment events, such as sporting events, theater, movies, concerts, or other forms of entertainment conducted for business purposes, are permitted only under the following conditions:

(i) The host must be present for the event.

(ii) The location of the event must be in the metropolitan area in which the office of the employee is located.

(iii) Spouses or other family members of the employee may not attend the entertainment event or any meals before or after the entertainment event.

(iv) The value of the entertainment event provided to the employee may not exceed $150, not including the value of any meals that may be provided to the employee before or after the event.

Acceptance of entertainment events that have a market value materially exceeding the face value of the entertainment, which includes, for example, attendance at sporting event playoff games, is prohibited. This prohibition applies even if the face value of tickets to the events is $150 or less or if the Putnam employee offers to pay for the tickets. If there is any ambiguity about whether to accept an entertainment event in these circumstances, please consult the Code of Ethics Officer.

(v) The employee may not accept entertainment events under this provision in section (B)(2) more than six times a year and not more than two times in any year from any single source.

(vi) The Code of Ethics Officer may grant exceptions to these rules. For example, it may be appropriate for an employee attending a legitimate conference in a location away from the office to attend a business entertainment event in that location. All exceptions must be approved in advance by written request to the Code of Ethics Officer.

3. Any employee attending any entertainment event under the provision in sections (B)(1) or (B)(2) above must disclose a meal or entertainment in the PTA system within 20 business days of the event. Failure to report will be treated as a violation of the Code.

Planned absences, i.e., vacations, leaves (other than certain medical leaves), or business trips, are not valid excuses for providing late reports. Failure to meet the deadline violates the Code’s rules and sanctions may be imposed.

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4. Meals and entertainment that are part of the regular program at an investment conference (i.e., open to all participants) are not subject to the limits of section (B)(2) above. Meals that are part of a meeting and/or a conference do not require reporting. An employee is required to disclose a meal outside of a business meeting or conference setting.

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C. The following items are prohibited:

1. Any entertainment event attendance that would reflect badly on Putnam as a firm of the highest fiduciary and ethical standards. For example, events involving adult entertainment or gambling must be avoided.

2. Entertainment involving travel away from the metropolitan area in which the employee is located. Even if an exception is granted as discussed in section (B)(2)(vi) above, payment by a third party of the cost of transportation to a location outside the employee’s metropolitan area, lodging while in another location, and any meals not specifically approved by the Code of Ethics officer are prohibited.

3. Personal loans to a Putnam employee on terms more favorable than those generally available for comparable credit standing and collateral.

4. Preferential brokerage or underwriting commissions or spreads or allocations of shares or interests in an investment for the personal account of a Putnam employee.

D. As with any of the provisions of the Code of Ethics, a sincere belief by the employee that he was acting in accordance with the requirements of this Rule will not satisfy his obligations under the Rule. Therefore, an employee who is in doubt concerning the propriety of any gift or favor should seek a prior written determination from the Code of Ethics Officer, as provided in Section VI.C.

E. No Putnam employee may solicit any gift or entertainment from any person, even if the gift or entertainment, if unsolicited, would be permitted.

F. The Rule does not prohibit employees on business travel from using local transportation and arrangements customarily supplied by brokers or similar entities. For example, it is customary for brokers in developing markets to make local transportation arrangements. These arrangements are permitted so long as the expense of lodging and air travel are paid by Putnam.

G. Putnam Retail Management (PRM) employees are subject to additional NASD rules on gifts and entertainment, which can be found in the PRM compliance manual.

Rule 4: Anti-bribery/Kickback Policy

No Putnam employee shall pay, offer, or commit to pay any amount of consideration that might be, or appear to be, a bribe or kickback in connection with Putnam’s business.

COMMENT

Although the Rule does not specifically address political contributions (described in Rule 5), Putnam employees should be aware that it is against corporate policy to use company assets to fund political contributions of any sort, even where such contributions may be legal. No Putnam employee should offer or agree to make any political contributions (including political dinners and similar fundraisers) on behalf of Putnam, and no employee will be reimbursed by Putnam for such contributions made by the employee personally.

Rule 5: Political Activities, Contributions, Solicitations, and Lobbying Policy

A. Corporate Contributions. Political activities of corporations such as Putnam are highly regulated, and corporate political contributions are prohibited. No corporate assets, funds, facilities, or personnel may be used to benefit any candidate, campaign, political party, or political committee, including contributions made in connection with fundraisers.

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1. If employees anticipate that any corporate funds or assets (such as corporate facilities or personnel) may be used in connection with any political volunteer activity, they must obtain pre-approval from the Chief Compliance Officer.

2. Employees should not seek or approve reimbursement from Putnam for any political contribution expenses. Any contributions for which employees seek reimbursement from Putnam are considered contributions by Putnam and are subject to the corporate political contribution requirements.

B. Personal Contributions. Employees have the right to make personal contributions. However, if employees choose to participate in the political process, they must do so as individuals, not as representatives of Putnam.

In certain limited circumstances, individual contributions may raise issues under applicable laws regulating political contributions to public officials, or candidates for official positions, who could be in a position to hire Putnam. As a result, the following rules apply to individual contributions by employees.

1. Prior to making any political contribution to a person or entity with whom Putnam has a current or proposed business relationship, or who can make or influence decisions to engage Putnam to provide services, employees must pre-clear the proposed contribution with the Chief Compliance Officer.

2. Employees may not make contributions to candidates or elected officials for the following offices without prior written approval from the Chief Compliance Officer:

· State or local offices in California, New Jersey, Ohio, or West Virginia

· State Treasurer in Connecticut or Vermont

· Any public office in the City of Houston

· Contributions by certain PRM employees to Ohio officials and candidates are also subject to Putnam’s Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Political Contribution Policy.

C. Government Official. Employees must obtain pre-approval from the Code of Ethics Officer prior to providing any gift (including meals, entertainment, transportation, or lodging) to any government official or employee.

D. Lobbying. Federal and state law imposes limits and registration requirements on efforts by individuals and companies to influence the passage of legislation or to obtain business from governments. Accordingly, Putnam employees should not engage in any lobbying activities without approval from Putnam’s Director of Government Relations. Lobbying does not include solicitation of investment management business through the ordinary course of business, such as responding to a Request For Proposal (RFP).

COMMENTS

· Putnam has established a political action committee (PAC) that contributes to worthy candidates for political office. Any request received by a Putnam employee for a political contribution must be directed to Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department.

· This Rule prohibits solicitation on personal letterhead by Putnam employees except as approved by the Code of Ethics Officer.

· Certain officers and employees of Putnam Retail Management (PRM) and other employees involved in Putnam’s College Advantage Section 529 Plan with Ohio Tuition Trust Authority are subject to special rules on political contributions. For questions on these requirements, please call the Director of Compliance for PRM.

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Rule 6: Confidentiality of Putnam Business Information

No unauthorized disclosure may be made by any employee or former employee of any trade secrets or proprietary information of Putnam or of any confidential information. No information regarding any Putnam client portfolio, actual or proposed securities trading activities of any Putnam client, or Putnam research shall be disclosed outside the Putnam organization unless doing so has a valid business purpose and is in accord with relevant procedures established by Putnam relating to such disclosures.

COMMENT

All information about Putnam and Putnam clients is strictly confidential. Putnam research information should not be disclosed without proper approval and never for personal gain.

Rule 7: Outside Business Affiliations

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. Requests for a role at a publicly traded company are especially disfavored and are closely reviewed. Permission will be granted only in extenuating circumstances. [See also Section IV, Rule 5.]

IMPLEMENTATION

A. All employees must provide a written request seeking approval from the Code of Ethics Officer if they wish to serve as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner of a corporation or entity other than Putnam. The details of the outside business affiliation must be disclosed in PTA. Click on Certifications/Disclosures/Outside Business Affiliation/start/complete each question/click Submit. A determination will be sent via e-mail.

B. NASD-licensed employees under PRM also have an obligation to disclose outside business affiliations, new or terminated, in PTA as well.

C. Upon hire, all employees who also hold an outside position must complete an Outside Business Affiliation Disclosure in PTA.

EXCEPTION

Charitable or Non-profit Exception. Putnam employees may serve as an officer, director, or trustee of a charitable or not-for-profit institution, provided that the employee abides by the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements with respect to any investment activity for which she has any discretion or input as 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 an officer, director, or trustee unless the employee is responsible for day-to-day portfolio management of the account.

COMMENTS

· This Rule is designed to ensure that Putnam cannot be deemed an affiliate of any issuer of securities by virtue of service by one of its officers or employees as director or trustee.

· Positions with public companies are especially problematic and will normally not be approved.

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· Certain charitable or not-for-profit institutions have assets (such as endowment funds or employee benefit plans) that require prudent investment. To the extent that a Putnam employee (because of her position as officer, director, or trustee of an outside entity) is charged with responsibility to invest such assets prudently, she may not be able to discharge that duty while simultaneously abiding by the spirit of the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements. Employees are cautioned that they should not accept service as an officer, director, or trustee of an outside charitable or not-for-profit entity where such investment responsibility is involved, without seriously considering their ability to discharge their fiduciary duties with respect to such investments.

Rule 8: Role as Trustee or Fiduciary Outside of Putnam Investments

No Putnam employee shall serve as a trustee, an executor, a custodian, or any other fiduciary, or as an investment advisor or counselor for any account outside Putnam.

EXCEPTIONS

A. Charitable or Religious Exception. Putnam employees may serve as a fiduciary with respect to a religious or charitable trust or foundation, so long as the employee abides by the spirit of the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements with respect to any investment activity over which he has any discretion or input. The pre-clearance and reporting requirements of the Code of Ethics do not apply to the trading activities of such a religious or charitable trust or foundation unless the employee is responsible for day-to-day portfolio management of the account.

B. 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.

COMMENT

The roles permissible under this Rule may carry with them the obligation to invest assets prudently. Once again, Putnam employees are cautioned that they may not be able to fulfill their duties in that respect while abiding by the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements.

Rule 9: Investment Clubs

No Putnam employee may be a member of any investment club.

COMMENT

This Rule guards against the danger that a Putnam employee may be in violation of the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements by virtue of his personal securities transactions in or through an entity that is not bound by the restrictions imposed by this Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements. Please note that this restriction also applies to the spouse of a Putnam employee and any relatives of a Putnam employee living in the same household as the employee, as their transactions are covered by the Code of Ethics. (See page 2.)

Rule 10: Business Negotiations for Putnam Investments

No Putnam employee may become involved in a personal capacity in consultations or negotiations for corporate financing, acquisitions, or other transactions for outside companies (whether or not held by any Putnam client), nor negotiate nor accept a fee in

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connection with these activities without obtaining the prior written permission of the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments.

Rule 11: Accurate Records

No employee may create, alter, or destroy (or participate in the creation, alteration, or destruction of) any record that is intended to mislead anyone or to conceal anything that is, or is reasonably believed to be, improper. In addition, all employees responsible for the preparation, filing, or distribution of any regulatory filings or public communications must ensure that such filings or communications are timely, complete, fair, accurate, and understandable.

COMMENTS

· In many cases, this is not only a matter of company policy and ethical behavior but also required by law. Our books and records must accurately reflect the transactions represented and their true nature. For example, records must be accurate as to the recipient of all payments; expense items, including personal expense reports, must accurately reflect the true nature of the expense. No unrecorded fund or asset shall be established or maintained for any reason.

· All financial books and records must be prepared and maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and Putnam’s existing accounting controls, to the extent applicable.

Rule 12: 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. Investment holdings in public companies that are not material to the employee are excluded from this prohibition. The Code also provides more detailed supplemental rules to address potential conflicts of interests that may arise if members of employees’ families are closely involved in doing business with Putnam.

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 the sales representative in a senior management capacity or has an ownership interest with the supplier firm (excluding normal investment holdings in public companies) without permission from the Director of Procurement and the Code of Ethics Officer. Any employee who is aware of a proposal to purchase goods and services from a firm at which a member of the employee’s immediate family meets one of the previously mentioned conditions must notify the Director of Procurement and the Code of Ethics Officer.

Portfolio Trading — Putnam will not allocate any trades for a portfolio 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.

Definition of Immediate Family (specific to Rule 12) — “Immediate family” of an employee means (1) spouse 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.

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Rule 13: Affiliated Entities

Non-Putnam affiliates (NPAs), listed below in the last comment, provide investment advisory services. No employee shall:

(a) Directly or indirectly seek to influence the purchase, retention or disposition of, or exercise of voting consent, approval, or similar rights with respect to any portfolio security in any account or fund advised by the NPA and not by Putnam;

(b) Transmit any information regarding the purchase, retention or disposition of, or exercise of voting, consent, approval, or similar rights with respect to any portfolio security held in a Putnam or NPA client account to any personnel of the NPA;

(c) Transmit any trade secrets, proprietary information, or confidential information of Putnam to the NPA unless doing so has a valid business purpose and is in accord with any relevant procedures established by Putnam relating to such disclosures;

(d) Use confidential information or trade secrets of the NPA for the benefit of the employee, Putnam, or any other NPA; or

(e) Breach any duty of loyalty to the NPA derived from the employee’s service as a director or officer of the NPA.

COMMENTS

· Sections (a) and (b) of the Rule are designed to help ensure that the portfolio holdings of Putnam clients and clients of the NPA need not be aggregated for purposes of determining beneficial ownership under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act or applicable regulatory or contractual investment restrictions that incorporate such definition of beneficial ownership. Persons who serve as directors or officers of both Putnam and an NPA should take care to avoid even inadvertent violations of Section (b). Section (a) does not prohibit a Putnam employee who serves as a director or officer of the NPA from seeking to influence the modification or termination of a particular investment product or strategy in a manner that is not directed at any specific securities. Sections (a) and (b) do not apply when a Putnam affiliate serves as an advisor or sub-advisor to the NPA or one of its products, in which case normal Putnam aggregation rul es apply.

· As a separate entity, any NPA may have trade secrets or confidential information that it would not choose to share with Putnam. This choice must be respected.

· When Putnam employees serve as directors or officers of an NPA, they are subject to common law duties of loyalty to the NPA, despite their Putnam employment. In general, this means that when performing their duties as NPA directors or officers, they must act in the best interest of the NPA and its shareholders. Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department will assist any Putnam employee who is a director or officer of an NPA and has questions about the scope of his or her responsibilities to the NPA.

· Entities that are currently non-Putnam affiliates within the scope of this Rule are: Nissay Asset Management Co., Ltd., LP and PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (“PanAgora”).

· Putnam and PanAgora also maintain an information barrier between the investment professionals of each organization regarding investment and trading information.

Rule 14: Computer and Network Use Policy

No employee shall use computers, the Internet, e-mail, instant messaging, phones, fax machines and/or the mail service in a manner that is inconsistent with their use as set forth

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in Putnam’s Employee Handbook. No employee shall introduce a computer virus or computer code that may result in damage to Putnam’s information or computer systems.

COMMENT

Putnam’s policy statements relating to these matters are contained in the Computer and Network Use Policy section within the Employee Handbook. The online Employee Handbook is also available directly on the Intranet site at: http://intranet/employee_handbook.

Rule 15: CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct

All employees 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 are set forth in Appendix D.

Rule 16: Privacy Policy

Except as provided below, no employee may disclose to any outside organization or person any non-public personal information about any individual who is a current or former shareholder of any Putnam retail or institutional fund, or current or former client of a Putnam company. All employees shall follow the security procedures as established from time to time by a Putnam company to protect the confidentiality of all shareholder and client account information.

Except as Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department may expressly authorize, no employee shall collect any non-public personal information about a prospective or current shareholder of a Putnam fund or prospective or current client of a Putnam company, other than through an account application (or corresponding information provided by the shareholder’s financial representative) or in connection with executing shareholder or client transactions, nor shall any information be collected other than the following: name, address, telephone number, Social Security number, and investment, broker, and transaction information.

EXCEPTIONS

A. Putnam Employees. Non-public personal information may be disclosed to a Putnam employee in connection with processing transactions or maintaining accounts for shareholders of a Putnam fund and clients of a Putnam company, to the extent that access to such information is necessary to the performance of that employee’s job functions.

B. Shareholder Consent Exception. Non-public personal information about a shareholder’s or client’s account may be provided to a non-Putnam organization at the specific request of the shareholder or client or with the shareholder’s or client’s prior written consent.

C. Broker or Advisor Exception. Non-public personal information about a shareholder’s or client’s account may be provided to the shareholder’s or client’s broker of record.

D. Third-Party Service Provider Exception. Non-public personal information may be disclosed to a service provider that is not affiliated with a Putnam fund or Putnam company only when such disclosure is necessary for the service provider to perform the specific services contracted for, and only (a) if the service provider executes Putnam’s standard confidentiality agreement, or (b) pursuant to an agreement containing a confidentiality provision that has been approved by the Legal and Compliance Department. Examples of

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such service providers include proxy solicitors and proxy vote tabulators, mail services, and providers of other administrative services, and Information Services Division consultants who have access to non-public personal information.

COMMENTS

· Non-public personal information is any information that personally identifies a shareholder of a Putnam fund or client of a Putnam company and is not derived from publicly available sources. This privacy policy applies to shareholders or clients who are individuals, not institutions. However, as a general matter, all information that we receive about a shareholder of a Putnam fund or client of a Putnam company shall be treated as confidential. No employee may sell or otherwise provide shareholder or client lists or any other information relating to a shareholder or client to any marketing organization.

· All Putnam employees with access to shareholder or client account information must be trained in and follow Putnam’s security procedures designed to safeguard that information from unauthorized use. For example, a telephone representative must be trained in and follow Putnam’s security procedures to verify the identity of a caller requesting account information.

· Any questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed to Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department. A violation of this policy will be subject to the sanctions imposed for violations of Putnam’s Code of Ethics.

· Employees must report any violation of this policy or any possible breach of the confidentiality of client information, whether intentional or accidental, to the managing director in charge of the employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of such a violation or possible breach must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer and, in the event of a breach of computerized data, Putnam’s Chief Technology Officer.

Rule 17: Anti-money Laundering Policy

No employee may engage in any money laundering activity or facilitate any money laundering activity through the use of any Putnam account or client account. Any situations giving rise to a suspicion that attempted money laundering may be occurring in any account must be reported immediately to the managing director in charge of the employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of such a suspicion of money laundering activity must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Rule 18: Record Retention

All employees must comply with the record retention requirements applicable to the business unit. Employees should check with their managers or the Chief Administrative Officer of their division to determine what record retention requirements apply to their business unit.

For PIL employees, The Code of Ethics incorporates any relevant requirements of the U.K. regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and will be amended from time to time to reflect any U.K. regulatory changes as required.

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Section IV — Reporting Requirements

Reporting of Personal Securities Transactions

Rule 1: Broker Confirmations and Statements

Each Putnam employee shall ensure that copies of all confirmations for securities transactions for personal brokerage accounts, and brokerage account statements are sent to the Legal and Compliance Department Code of Ethics Administrator. (For the purpose of this Rule, securities shall also include ETFs, futures, and other derivatives on broad-based market indexes excluded from the pre-clearance requirement.) Statements and confirmations are required for Putnam funds not held at Putnam or in a Putnam retirement plan, as well as for U.S. mutual funds sub-advised by Putnam.

Putnam employees must disclose their brokerage accounts in the PTA system and complete all required information, which will facilitate the instructions to the broker.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. Putnam employees should contact the Code of Ethics Administrator for a 407 letter instructing the broker to mail copies of confirmations and statements directly to Putnam. It is the employees’ responsibility to follow up with the broker on a reasonable basis to ensure that instructions are being followed.

B. Upon hire and within a designated time frame, Putnam employees are required to establish their broker profiles in PTA.

C. Specific procedures apply to employees of PIL. Employees of PIL should contact the London Code of Ethics Administrator.

D. Failure of a broker-dealer to comply with the instructions of a Putnam employee to send confirmations and statements shall be a violation by the Putnam employee of this Rule. Similarly, failure by an employee to report the existence of a personal account and, if the account is opened after joining Putnam, failure to obtain proper authorization to establish the account shall be a violation of this Rule.

E. Statements and confirmations must also be sent for members of an employee’s immediate family, including statements from a family member’s 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan at another employer.

F. Employees are not required to provide broker confirmations and statements for MMC transactions in Putnam’s 401(k)/Profit Sharing and Stock Purchase Plan accounts.

COMMENTS

· Transactions for personal accounts is defined broadly to include more than transactions in accounts under an employee’s own name. (See Definitions.)

· Statements and confirmations are required for all personal securities transactions, whether or not exempted or excepted by this Code.

· To the extent that a Putnam employee has investment authority over securities transactions of a family trust or estate, confirmations of those transactions must also be made, unless the employee has received a prior written exception from the Code of Ethics Officer.

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Rule 2: Access Person — Quarterly Transaction Report

Every Access Person shall file a quarterly report within fifteen calendar days of the end of each quarter, recording all purchases and sales of securities for personal accounts as defined in the Definitions section. (For the purpose of this Rule, reportable “securities” also include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), futures, and any option on a security or securities index, including broad-based market indexes excluded from the pre-clearance requirement, and transactions in Putnam open-end funds if the account for the Putnam funds is not held at Putnam or in a Putnam retirement plan and for transactions in U.S. mutual funds sub-advised by Putnam.)

IMPLEMENTATION

It is mandatory that all Access Persons file a quarterly transaction report in the PTA online system. The form shall contain a representation that employees have complied fully with all provisions of the Code of Ethics.

The date for each transaction required to be disclosed in the quarterly report is the trade date for the transaction, not the settlement date.

Planned absences, i.e., vacations, leaves (other than certain medical leaves), or business trips, are not valid excuses for providing late reports. Failure to meet the deadline violates the Code’s rules and sanctions may be imposed.

COMMENT

If the requirement to file a quarterly report applies to you and you fail to report within the required 15-day period, monetary fines or harsher sanctions will be imposed. It is the responsibility of the employee to request an early report if he has knowledge of a planned absence, i.e., vacation, business trip, or leave.

Rule 3: Access Person — Initial/Annual Holdings Report

Access Persons must disclose their personal securities holdings in the Code of Ethics monitoring system, PTA, upon commencement of employment (within ten days of hire) and thereafter on an annual basis. These SEC requirements are mandatory and designed to facilitate the monitoring of personal securities transactions. Putnam’s Code of Ethics Administrator provides Access Persons with instructions regarding their submissions and certifications of these reports in PTA.

Non-Access Persons must disclose their brokerage accounts within 30 days of hire.

Rule 4: Certifications

All employees are required to submit a certification in PTA annually attesting to compliance with all of the conditions of the Code of Ethics.

Rule 5: Outside Business Affiliations

The details of an outside business affiliation must be disclosed in PTA under Certifications/Disclosures/Outside Business Affiliations. (See Section III, Rule 7.)

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Rule 6: Reporting of Irregular Activity

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 the managing director in charge of that employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of any such activity must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Financial Officer and Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer.

An employee who does not feel comfortable reporting this activity to the managing director may instead contact the Chief Compliance Officer, the Putnam or MMC Ethics hotlines, or the Ombudsman.

Contact information for these hotlines is located on the PTA home page and on the Chief Compliance Officer’s intranet site.

Rule 7: Ombudsman

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. The Ombudsman is available on an anonymous basis by calling 1-866-ombuds7 (866-662-8377) or by calling 1-617-760-8246.

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Section V — Education Requirements

Every Putnam employee has an obligation to fully understand the rules and requirements of the Code of Ethics.

Rule 1: Distribution of Code

A copy of the Code of Ethics will be distributed to every Putnam employee at least annually. All Access Persons will be required to certify annually that they have read, understood, and will comply with the provisions of the Code of Ethics, including the Code’s Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions.

Rule 2: Annual Training Requirement

Every employee will be required to complete training on Putnam’s Code of Ethics on an annual basis.

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Section VI — Compliance and Appeal Procedures

A. Restricted List

No employee may engage in a personal securities transaction without prior clearance.

B. Consultation of Restricted List

It is the responsibility of each employee to pre-clear through PTA or consult with the Code of Ethics Administrator, prior to engaging in a personal securities transaction, to determine if the security he proposes to trade is on the Restricted List and, if so, whether it is subject to the large-cap exception.

C. Request for Determination

An employee who has a question concerning the applicability of the Code of Ethics to a particular situation shall request a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer before engaging in the conduct or personal securities transaction about which he has a question.

If the question pertains to a personal securities transaction, the request shall state for whose account the transaction is proposed, the relationship of that account to the employee, the security proposed to be traded, the proposed price and quantity, the entity with whom the transaction will take place (if known), and any other information or circumstances of the trade that could have a bearing on the Code of Ethics Officer’s determination. If the question pertains to other conduct, the request for determination shall give sufficient information about the proposed conduct to assist the Code of Ethics Officer in ascertaining the applicability of the Code. In every instance, the Code of Ethics Officer may request additional information, and may decline to render a determination if the information provided is insufficient.

The Code of Ethics Officer shall make every effort to render a determination promptly.

No perceived ambiguity in the Code of Ethics shall excuse any violation. Any person who believes the Code to be ambiguous in a particular situation should request a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer.

D. Request for Ad Hoc Exemption

Any employee who wishes to obtain an ad hoc exemption under Section I.D., Rule 2, should request from the Code of Ethics Officer an exemption in writing in advance of the conduct or transaction sought to be exempted. In the case of a personal securities transaction, the request for an ad hoc exemption shall give the same information about the transaction required in a request for determination under Section VII.C., and should state why the proposed personal securities transaction would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or is unrelated economically to securities to be purchased, sold, or held by any Putnam client. In the case of other conduct, the request shall give information sufficient for the Code of Ethics Officer to ascertain whether the conduct raises questions of propriety or conflict of interest, real or apparent.

The Code of Ethics Officer shall make reasonable efforts to promptly render a written determination concerning the request for an ad hoc exemption.

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E. Appeal to Code of Ethics Officer with Respect to Restricted List

If an employee ascertains that a security that he wishes to trade for his personal account appears on the Restricted List, and thus the transaction is prohibited, he may appeal the prohibition to the Code of Ethics Officer by submitting a written memorandum containing the same information as would be required in a request for a determination. The Code of Ethics Officer shall make every effort to respond to the appeal promptly.

F. Information Concerning Identity of Compliance Personnel

The names of Code of Ethics personnel are available by contacting the Legal and Compliance Department and will be published on Putnam’s intranet site.

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Section VII — Sanctions

Sanction Guidelines

The Code of Ethics Oversight Committee is responsible for setting sanctions policies for violating the Code. The 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 Officer is authorized to impose the minimum sanction on employees without further Committee action. However, the sanctions noted below are only minimums and the Committee reserves the right to impose additional sanctions such as higher monetary sanctions, trading bans, suspension, or termination of employment as it determines to be appropriate.

A. The minimum sanction per violation of the following Rules is disgorgement of
any profits or payment of avoided losses and the following payments:

Section I.A., Rule 1 (Pre-clearance and Restricted List)

Section I.B., Rule 1 (Short selling)

Section I.B., Rule 2 (IPOs)

Section I.B., Rule 3 (Private Placements)

Section I.B., Rule 4 (Trading with Inside Information)

Section I.B., Rules 6-8 (Holding and Trading of Putnam Funds)

Section II, Rule 2 (7-Day Rule)

Section II, Rule 3 (Blackout Rule)

Section II, Rule 4 (Contra-Trading Rule)

Section II, Rule 5 (Trading for Personal Benefit)

Officer Level	SMD/MD	SVP/VP	AVP/non-officer
1st violation	$ 500	$250	$ 50
2nd	$1,000	$500	$100
3rd	Minimum monetary sanction as above with ban on all new personal
	individual investments.
B. The minimum sanction for violations of all other
Rules in the Code is as follows:
Officer Level	SMD/M	SVP/VP	AVP/non-officer
	D
1st violation	$100	$ 50	$25
Subsequent	$200	$100	$50

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

NOTE

The Committee’s belief that an employee has violated the Code of Ethics intentionally will result in more severe sanctions than outlined in the guidelines above. The Code of Ethics

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Oversight Committee retains the right to increase or decrease the sanctions for a particular violation in light of the circumstances.

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Appendix A: Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement

Putnam has always forbidden trading by its employees on material non-public information (inside information). Tough federal laws make it important for Putnam to state that prohibition in the strongest possible terms, and to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures to prevent the use of material non-public information.

Unlawful trading while in possession of inside information can be a crime. Federal law provides that an individual convicted of trading on inside information may go to jail for a period of time. There is also significant monetary liability for an inside trader; the Securities and Exchange Commission can seek a court order requiring a violator to pay back profits, as well as penalties substantially greater than those profits. In addition private plaintiffs can seek recovery for harm suffered by them. The inside trader is not the only subject to liability. In certain cases, controlling persons of inside traders, including supervisors of inside traders or Putnam itself, can be liable for large penalties.

Section I. of this Policy Statement contains rules concerning inside information. Section II. contains a discussion of what constitutes unlawful insider trading.

Neither material, non-public information nor unlawful insider trading is easy to define. Section II. of this Policy Statement gives a general overview of the law in this area. However, the legal issues are complex and must be resolved by the Code of Ethics Officer. If an employee has any doubt as to whether she has received material, non-public information, she must consult with the Code of Ethics Officer prior to using that information in connection with the purchase or sale of a security for his own account or the account of any Putnam client, or communicating the information to others. A simple rule of thumb is if you think the information is not available to the public at large, don’t disclose it to others and don’t trade securities to which the inside information relates.

An employee aware of, or in possession of, inside information must report it immediately to the Code of Ethics Officer. If an employee has failed to consult the Code of Ethics Officer, Putnam will not excuse employee misuse of inside information on the grounds that the employee claims to have been confused about this Policy Statement or the nature of the information in his possession.

If Putnam determines, in its sole discretion, that an employee has failed to abide by this Policy Statement, or has engaged in conduct that raises a significant question concerning insider trading, he will be subject to disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

There are no exceptions to this policy statement, and no one is exempt.

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Appendix A: Definitions: Insider Trading

Code of Ethics Administrator The individual designated by the Code of Ethics Officer to assume responsibility for day-to-day, non-discretionary administration of this Policy Statement. The Code of Ethics Administrator is Laura Rose.

Code of Ethics Officer The Putnam officer who has been assigned the responsibility of enforcing and interpreting this Code. The Code of Ethics Officer shall be the Chief Compliance Officer or such other person as is designated by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments. If the Code of Ethics Officer is unavailable, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer shall act in his stead. The Code of Ethics Officer is Tony Ruys de Perez. The Deputy Code of Ethics Officer is Kathleen Griffin.

Immediate family Spouse, domestic partner, minor children, or other relatives living in the same household as the Putnam employee.

Purchase or sale of a security Any acquisition or transfer of any interest in the security for direct or indirect consideration, including the writing of an option.

Putnam Any or all of Putnam Investments Trust, and its subsidiaries, any one of which shall be a Putnam company.

Putnam client Any client of the Putnam mutual funds, or any advisory, trust, or other client for whom Putnam manages money.

Putnam employee (or employee) Any employee of Putnam.

Security Anything defined as a security under federal law. The term includes any type of equity or debt security, any interest in a business trust or partnership, and any rights relating to a security, such as put and call options, warrants, convertible securities, and securities indexes. (Note: The definition of security in this Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement varies significantly from that in the Code of Ethics. For example, the definition in this Policy Statement specifically includes all securities of any type.)

Transaction for a personal account (or personal securities transaction) Securities transactions: (a) for the personal account of any employee; (b) for the account of a member of the immediate family of any employee; (c) for the account of a partnership in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a domestic partner with investment discretion; (d) for the account of a trust in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a trustee with investment discretion; (e) for the account of a closely held corporation in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member holds shares and for which he has investment discretion; and (f ) for 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. Officers and employees of PIL must also consult the relevant procedures on compliance with U.K. insider dealing legislation set forth in PIL’s Compliance Manual.

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Appendix A — Section I: Rules Concerning Inside Information

Rule 1: Inside Information

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell any security listed on the Inside Information List (the Red List) either for his personal account or for a Putnam client.

IMPLEMENTATION

When an employee contacts the Code of Ethics Administrator seeking clearance for a personal securities transaction, the Code of Ethics Administrator’s response as to whether a security appears on the Restricted List will include securities on the Red List.

COMMENT

This Rule is designed to prohibit any employee from trading a security while Putnam may have inside information concerning that security or the issuer. Every trade, whether for a personal account or for a Putnam client, is subject to this Rule.

Rule 2: Material Non-public Information

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell any security, either for a personal account or for the account of a Putnam client, while in possession of material, non-public information concerning that security or the issuer, without the prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer.

IMPLEMENTATION

In order to obtain prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer, a Putnam employee should follow the reporting steps prescribed in Rule 3.

COMMENTS

· Rule 1 concerns the conduct of an employee when Putnam possesses material, non-public information. Rule 2 concerns the conduct of an employee who herself possesses material, non-public information about a security that is not yet on the Red List.

· If an employee has any question as to whether information she possesses is material and/or non-public information, she must contact the Code of Ethics Officer immediately in accordance with Rule 3 prior to purchasing or selling any security related to the information or communicating the information to others. The Code of Ethics Officer shall have the sole authority to determine what constitutes material, non-public information for the purposes of this Policy Statement.

Rule 3: Reporting of Material Non-public Information

Any Putnam employee who believes he is aware of or has received material, non-public information concerning a security or an issuer shall immediately report the information to the Code of Ethics Officer, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer, or in their absence, a lawyer in the Putnam Legal and Compliance Department and to no one else. After reporting the information, the Putnam employee shall comply strictly with Rule 2 by not trading in the security without the prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer and shall (a) take

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precautions to ensure the continued confidentiality of the information and (b) refrain from communicating the information in question to any person.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. In order to make any use of potential material non-public information, including purchasing or selling a security or communicating the information to others, an employee must communicate that information to the Code of Ethics Officer in a way designed to prevent the spread of such information. Once the employee has reported potential material non-public information to the Code of Ethics Officer, the Code of Ethics Officer will evaluate whether information constitutes material non-public information, and whether a duty exists that makes use of such information improper. If the Code of Ethics Officer determines either (a) that the information is not material or is public, or (b) that use of the information is proper, he will issue a written approval to the employee specifically authorizing trading while in possession of the information, if the employee so requests. If the Code of Ethics Officer determines (a) that the information may be nonpublic and material, and (b) that use of such information may be improper, he will place the security that is the subject of such information on the Red List.

B. An employee who reports potential inside information to the Code of Ethics Officer should expect that the Code of Ethics Officer will need significant information, and time to gather such information, to make the evaluation, including information about (a) the manner in which the employee acquired the information, and (b) the identity of individuals to whom the employee has revealed the information, or who have otherwise learned the information. In appropriate situations, the Code of Ethics Officer will normally place the affected security or securities on the Red List pending the completion of his evaluation.

C. If an employee possesses documents, disks, or other materials containing the potential inside information, an employee must take precautions to ensure the confidentiality of the information in question. Those precautions include (a) putting documents containing such information out of the view of a casual observer, and (b) securing files containing such documents or ensuring that computer files reflecting such information are secure from viewing by others.

D. Members of the executive board of directors and members of the Chief Financial Officer’s staff may not trade securities of MMC in the period from the end of each calendar quarter to the date of announcement of MMC’s earnings for such quarter.

COMMENT

While all employees must pre-clear trades of MMC securities and make sure they are not in possession of material inside information about MMC when trading, certain employees who may receive information about Putnam’s earnings are subject to the rules above concerning trading blackout periods.

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Appendix A — Section II: Overview of Insider Trading

Introduction

This section of the Policy Statement provides guidelines for employees as to what may constitute inside information. It is possible that in the course of her employment, an employee may receive inside information. No employee should misuse that information, either by trading for her own account or by communicating the information to others.

What constitutes unlawful insider trading?

The basic definition of unlawful insider trading is trading on material non-public information (also called inside information) by an individual who has a duty not to take advantage of the information. The following sections help explain the definition.

What is material information?

Trading on inside information is not a basis for liability unless the information is material. Information is material if a reasonable person would attach importance to the information in determining his course of action with respect to a security. Information that is reasonably likely to affect the price of a company’s securities is material, but effect on price is not the sole criterion for determining materiality. Information that employees should consider material includes, but is not limited to, dividend changes, earnings estimates, changes in previously released earnings estimates, reorganization, recapitalization, asset sales, plans to commence a tender offer, merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, major litigation, liquidity problems, significant contracts, and extraordinary management developments.

Material information does not have to relate to a company’s business. For example, a court considered as material certain information about the contents of a forthcoming newspaper column that was expected to affect the market price of a security. In that case, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal was found criminally liable for disclosing to others the dates that reports on various companies would appear in the Journal’s “Heard on the Street” column and whether those reports would be favorable or not.

What is non-public information?

Information is non-public until it has been effectively communicated to, and sufficient opportunity has existed for it to be absorbed by, the marketplace. One must be able to point to some fact to show that the information is generally public. For example, information found in a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or appearing in Dow Jones, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, or other publications of general circulation would be considered public.

Who has a duty not to “take advantage” of inside information?

Unlawful insider trading occurs only if there is a duty not to take advantage of material non-public information. When there is no such duty, it is permissible to trade while in possession of such information. Questions as to whether a duty exists are complex, are fact specific, and must be answered by a lawyer. If you have any doubt, err on the side of caution.

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Insiders and Temporary Insiders Corporate insiders have a duty not to take advantage of inside information. The concept of insider is broad. It includes officers, directors, and employees of a corporation. In addition, a person can be a temporary insider if she enters into a special confidential relationship with a corporation and, as a result, is given access to information concerning the corporation’s affairs. A temporary insider can include, among others, accounting firms, consulting firms, law firms, banks, and the employees of such organizations. Putnam would generally be a temporary insider of a corporation it advises or for which it performs other services, because typically Putnam clients expect Putnam to keep any information disclosed to it confidential.

EXAMPLE

An investment advisor to the pension fund of a large publicly traded corporation, Acme, Inc., learns from an Acme employee that Acme will not be making the minimum required annual contribution to the pension fund because of a serious downturn in Acme’s financial situation. The information conveyed is material and non-public.

COMMENT

Neither the investment advisor, its employees, nor its clients can trade on the basis of that information, because the investment advisor and its employees could be considered temporary insiders of Acme.

Misappropriators Certain people who are not insiders (or temporary insiders) also have a duty not to deceptively take advantage of inside information. Included in this category is an individual who misappropriates (or takes for his own use) material non-public information in violation of a duty owed either to the corporation that is the subject of inside information or some other entity. Such a misappropriator can be held liable if he trades while in possession of that material non-public information.

EXAMPLE

The Chief Investment Officer of Acme, Inc., is aware of Acme’s plans to engage in a hostile takeover of Profit, Inc. The proposed hostile takeover is material and non-public.

COMMENT

The Chief Investment Officer of Acme cannot trade in Profit, Inc.’s stock for his own account. Even though he owes no duty to Profit, Inc., or its shareholders, he owes a duty to Acme not to take advantage of the information about the proposed hostile takeover by using it for his personal benefit.

Tippers and Tippees A person (the tippee) who receives material non-public information from an insider or misappropriator (the tipper) has a duty not to trade while in possession of that information if he knew, or should have known, that the information was provided by the tipper for an improper purpose and in breach of a duty owed by the tipper. In this context, it is an improper purpose for a person to provide such information for personal benefit.

EXAMPLE

The Chief Executive Officer of Acme, Inc., tells his daughter that negotiations concerning a previously announced acquisition of Acme have been terminated. This news is material and, at the time the father tells his daughter, non-public. The daughter sells her shares of Acme.

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COMMENT

The father is a tipper because he has a duty to Acme and its shareholders not to take advantage of the information concerning the breakdown of negotiations, and he has conveyed the information for an improper purpose. The daughter is a tippee and is liable for trading on inside information because she knew, or should have known, that her father was conveying the information to her for his personal benefit, and that her father had a duty not to take advantage of Acme information.

A person can be a tippee even if he did not learn the information directly from the tipper, but learned it from a previous tippee.

EXAMPLE

An employee of a law firm that works on mergers and acquisitions learns at work about impending acquisitions. She tells her friend and her friend’s stockbroker about the upcoming acquisitions on a regular basis. The stockbroker tells the brother of a client on a regular basis, who in turn tells two friends, A and B. A and B buy shares of the companies being acquired before the public announcement of the acquisition, and regularly profit from such purchases. A and B do not know the employee of the law firm. They do not, however, ask about the source of the information.

COMMENT

A and B, although they have never heard of the tipper, are tippees because they did not ask about the source of the information, even though they were experienced investors, and were aware that the “tips” they received from this particular source were accurate.

Who can be liable for insider trading?

The categories of individuals discussed above (insiders, temporary insiders, misappropriators, or tippees) can be liable if they trade while in possession of material non-public information.

In addition, individuals other than those who actually trade on inside information can be liable for trades of others. A tipper can be liable if (a) he provided the information in exchange for a personal benefit in breach of a duty, and (b) the recipient of the information (the tippee) traded while in possession of the information.

Most importantly, a controlling person can be liable if the controlling person knew or recklessly disregarded the fact that the controlled person was likely to engage in misuse of inside information and failed to take appropriate steps to prevent it. Putnam is a controlling person of its employees. In addition, certain supervisors may be controlling persons of those employees they supervise.

EXAMPLE

A supervisor of an analyst learns that the analyst has, over a long period of time, secretly received material inside information from Acme, Inc.’s Chief Investment Officer. The supervisor learns that the analyst has engaged in a number of trades for his personal account on the basis of the inside information. The supervisor takes no action.

COMMENT

Even if he is not liable to a private plaintiff, the supervisor can be liable to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a civil penalty of up to three times the amount of the analyst’s profit.

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Penalties for insider trading

Penalties for misuse of inside information are severe, both for individuals involved in such unlawful conduct and their employers. A person who violates the insider trading laws can be subject to some or all of the types of penalties below, even if he does not personally benefit from the violation. Penalties include:

· Jail sentences, criminal monetary penalties

· Injunctions permanently preventing an individual from working in the securities industry

· Injunctions ordering an individual to disgorge profits obtained from unlawful insider trading

· Civil penalties substantially greater than the profit gained or loss avoided by the trader, even if the individual paying the penalty did not trade or did not benefit personally

· Civil penalties for the employer or other controlling person

· Damages in the amount of actual losses suffered by other participants in the market for the security at issue

Regardless of whether penalties or money damages are sought by others, Putnam will take whatever action it deems appropriate, including dismissal, if Putnam determines, in its sole discretion, that an employee appears to have committed any violation of this Policy Statement, or to have engaged in any conduct that raises significant questions about whether an insider trading violation has occurred.

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Appendix B: Policy Statement Regarding Employee Trades in
Shares of Putnam Closed-End Funds

Pre-clearance

Any purchase or sale of Putnam closed-end fund shares by a Putnam employee must be pre-cleared. A list of the closed-end funds can be obtained from the Code of Ethics Administrator.

Reporting

As with any purchase or sale of a security, duplicate confirmations and statements of all such purchases and sales must be forwarded to the Code of Ethics Administrator by the broker-dealer utilized by an employee. If you are required to file a quarterly report of all personal securities transactions, this report should include all purchases and sales of closed-end fund shares.

Special Rules Applicable to Managing Directors of Putnam Investment
Management, LLC and officers of the Putnam Funds

Please be aware that managing directors of Putnam Investment Management, Inc., the investment manager of the Putnam mutual funds, 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; no sales of fund shares should be made if you intend to purchase additional shares of that same fund within six months.

Certain forms are also required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with purchases and sales of Putnam closed-end funds. You will be notified by the Code of Ethics Administrator if this applies to you. Please contact the Code of Ethics Officer Administrator for further information.

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Appendix C: Contra-Trading Rule Clearance Form

To: Code of Ethics Officer

From:
Date:
Re: Personal Securities Transaction of
This serves as prior written approval of the personal securities transaction described below:
Name of portfolio manager contemplating personal trade:
Security to be traded:
Amount to be traded:
Fund holding securities:
Amount held by fund:
Reason for personal trade:
Specific reason sale of securities is inappropriate for fund:
(Please attach additional sheets if necessary.)
CIO approval:	Date:
Legal/compliance approval:	Date:

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Appendix D: CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of
Professional Conduct

The CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct (Code and Standards) are fundamental to CFA Institute’s values and essential to achieving its mission to lead the investment profession globally by setting high standards of education, integrity, and professional excellence. High ethical standards are critical to maintaining the public’s trust in financial markets and in the investment profession.

Since their creation in the 1960s, the Code and Standards have promoted the integrity of CFA Institute members and served as a model for measuring the ethics of investment professionals globally, regardless of job function, cultural differences, or local laws and regulations. All CFA Institute members (including holders of the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation) and CFA candidates must abide by the Code and Standards and are encouraged to notify their employer of this responsibility. Violations may result in disciplinary sanctions by CFA Institute. Sanctions can include revocation of membership, candidacy in the CFA Program, and the right to use the CFA designation.

The Code of Ethics

Members of CFA Institute (including Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) charterholders) and candidates for the CFA designation (“Members and Candidates”) must:

· Act with integrity, competence, diligence, and respect, and in an ethical manner with the public, clients, prospective clients, employers, employees, colleagues in the investment profession, and other participants in the global capital markets.

· Place the integrity of the investment profession and the interests of clients above their own personal interests.

· Use reasonable care and exercise independent professional judgment when conducting investment analysis, making investment recommendations, taking investment actions, and engaging in other professional activities.

· Practice and encourage others to practice in a professional and ethical manner that will reflect credit on themselves and the profession.

· Promote the integrity of, and uphold the rules governing, capital markets.

· Maintain and improve their professional competence and strive to maintain and improve the competence of other investment professionals.

Standards of Professional Conduct

I. PROFESSIONALISM

A. Knowledge of the Law. Members and Candidates must understand and comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations (including the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct) of any government, regulatory organization, licensing agency, or professional association governing their professional activities. In the event of conflict, Members and Candidates must comply with the more strict law, rule, or regulation. Members and Candidates must not knowingly participate or assist in and must dissociate from any violation of such laws, rules, or regulations.

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B. Independence and Objectivity. Members and Candidates must use reasonable care and judgment to achieve and maintain independence and objectivity in their professional activities. Members and Candidates must not offer, solicit, or accept any gift, benefit, compensation, or consideration that reasonably could be expected to compromise their own or another’s independence and objectivity.

C. Misrepresentation. Members and Candidates must not knowingly make any misrepresentations relating to investment analysis, recommendations, actions, or other professional activities.

D. Misconduct. Members and Candidates must not engage in any professional conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit, or commit any act that reflects adversely on their professional reputation, integrity, or competence.

II. INTEGRITY OF CAPITAL MARKETS

A. Material Non-public Information. Members and Candidates who possess material, non-public information that could affect the value of an investment must not act or cause others to act on the information.

B. Market Manipulation. Members and Candidates must not engage in practices that distort prices or artificially inflate trading volume with the intent to mislead market participants.

III. DUTIES TO CLIENTS

A. Loyalty, Prudence, and Care. Members and Candidates have a duty of loyalty to their clients and must act with reasonable care and exercise prudent judgment. Members and Candidates must act for the benefit of their clients and place their clients’ interests before their employer’s or their own interests. In relationships with clients, Members and Candidates must determine applicable fiduciary duty and must comply with such duty to persons and interests to whom it is owed.

B. Fair Dealing. Members and Candidates must deal fairly and objectively with all clients when providing investment analysis, making investment recommendations, taking investment action, or engaging in other professional activities.

C. Suitability.

1. When Members and Candidates are in an advisory relationship with a client, they must:

a) Make a reasonable inquiry into a client’s or prospective clients’ investment experience, risk and return objectives, and financial constraints prior to making any investment recommendation or taking investment action, and must reassess and update this information regularly.

b) Determine that an investment is suitable to the client’s financial situation and consistent with the client’s written objectives, mandates, and constraints before making an investment recommendation or taking investment action.

c) Judge the suitability of investments in the context of the client’s total portfolio.

2. When Members and Candidates are responsible for managing a portfolio to a specific mandate, strategy, or style, they must only make investment recommendations or take investment actions that are consistent with the stated objectives and constraints of the portfolio.

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D. Performance Presentation. When communicating investment performance information, Members or Candidates must make reasonable efforts to ensure that it is fair, accurate, and complete.

E. Preservation of Confidentiality. Members and Candidates must keep information about current, former, and prospective clients confidential unless:

1. The information concerns illegal activities on the part of the client or prospective client.

2. Disclosure is required by law.

3. The client or prospective client permits disclosure of the information.

IV. DUTIES TO EMPLOYERS

A. Loyalty. In matters related to their employment, Members and Candidates must act for the benefit of their employer and not deprive their employer of the advantage of their skills and abilities, divulge confidential information, or otherwise cause harm to their employer.

B. Additional Compensation Arrangements. Members and Candidates must not accept gifts, benefits, compensation, or consideration that competes with, or might reasonably be expected to create a conflict of interest with, their employer’s interest unless they obtain written consent from all parties involved.

C. Responsibilities of Supervisors. Members and Candidates must make reasonable efforts to detect and prevent violations of applicable laws, rules, regulations, and the Code and Standards by anyone subject to their supervision or authority.

V. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ACTION

A. Diligence and Reasonable Basis. Members and Candidates must:

1. Exercise diligence, independence, and thoroughness in analyzing investments, making investment recommendations, and taking investment actions.

2. Have a reasonable and adequate basis, supported by appropriate research and investigation, for any investment analysis, recommendation, or action.

B. Communication with Clients and Prospective Clients. Members and Candidates must:

1. Disclose to clients and prospective clients the basic format and general principles of the investment processes used to analyze investments, select securities, and construct portfolios, and must promptly disclose any changes that might materially affect those processes.

2. Use reasonable judgment in identifying which factors are important to their investment analysis, recommendations, or actions and include those factors in communications with clients and prospective clients.

3. Distinguish between fact and opinion in the presentation of investment analysis and recommendations.

C. Record Retention. Members and Candidates must develop and maintain appropriate records to support their investment analysis, recommendations, actions, and other investment-related communications with clients and prospective clients.

VI. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

A. Disclosure of Conflicts. Members and Candidates must make full and fair disclosure of all matters that could reasonably be expected to impair their independence and objectivity or interfere with respective duties to their clients, prospective clients, and employer.

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Members and Candidates must ensure that such disclosures are prominent, are delivered in plain language, and communicate the relevant information effectively.

B. Priority of Transactions. Investment transactions for clients and employers must have priority over investment transactions in which a Member or Candidate is the beneficial owner.

C. Referral Fees. Members and Candidates must disclose to their employer, clients, and prospective clients, as appropriate, any compensation, consideration, or benefit received by, or paid to, others for the recommendation of products or services.

VII. RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CFA INSTITUTE MEMBER OR CFA CANDIDATE

A. Conduct as Members and Candidates in the CFA Program. Members and Candidates must not engage in any conduct that compromises the reputation or integrity of the CFA Institute or the CFA designation or the integrity, validity, or security of the CFA examinations.

B. Reference to the CFA Institute, the CFA designation, and the CFA Program. When referring to the CFA Institute, CFA Institute membership, the CFA designation, or candidacy in the CFA Program, Members and Candidates must not misrepresent or exaggerate the meaning or implications of membership in the CFA Institute, holding the CFA designation, or candidacy in the CFA Program.

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Appendix E: Inducement Policy for Putnam Investments
Limited (PIL) Employees

Inducements

Putnam Investments Limited has adopted the following procedures to enable it to comply with, and demonstrate compliance with, the requirements in this area:

Gifts, business meals, or entertainment events that are given or received (“inducements”) and that exceed a value of £25 (40 euros or equivalent) must be reported through the PTA system within 20 days.

PIL’s policy limits gifts to a value of £100 (150 euros or equivalent) per item.

No limit is applied to meals provided such meals are for business purposes, reasonable, and not lavish.

Entertainment provided to, or received from, suppliers (including brokers) is limited to a value of £150 (225 euros or equivalent). When receiving or providing entertainment to clients or potential clients, the limit of £150 (150 euros or equivalent) may be exceeded provided that such event is for business purposes, reasonable, and not lavish. Pre-clearance must be obtained from the PIL Compliance Officer.

Inducements exceeding these limits should be politely declined, explaining that PIL’s internal policies will not permit their acceptance.

There may be rare occasions where you are unexpectedly offered a gift or are entertained where the value exceeds the limits and it would be very discourteous to decline, or difficult to pay part of the bill yourself (such as in a members’ dining club). In these circumstances the gift should be handed in to the PIL Compliance Officer, who will arrange to give it to charity, or the entertainment reported immediately to the PIL Compliance Officer with an explanation of the circumstances.

Where the gift is below £100 (150 euros or equivalent) or the entertainment is below £150 (225 euros or equivalent) for any individual, no pre-clearance is necessary. Above these levels, pre-clearance is required from the PIL Compliance Officer. If you are in doubt as to whether limits might be exceeded, please err on the side of caution and seek pre-clearance.

Employees must disclose inducements in PTA where the value is above £25 (40 euros or equivalent).

Inducements below £25 (40 euros or equivalent), e.g., an umbrella, a casual drink, or a snack, need not be reported.

No more than six entertainment events per year, and no more than two events may be accepted from a single source. Meals are not included in this limit.

Where breaches of the inducement policy occur, sanctions may apply.

Employees are required to make an annual declaration that they have reported all inducements given and received, or that they have not given or received any inducements during the course of the year.

Further detailed guidance on PIL’s Inducement Policy is available in the PIL Compliance Manual.

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407 Letter	2, 34
7-Day Rule	3, 20, 21
90-Day Short-Term Rule	3, 12, 20
Access Person
definition	5
reporting requirements for	35
reporting transactions/holdings	35
Ad Hoc Exemption	38
Affiliated Entities	30
Analysts
special rules	20, 21, 22
Annual Holdings Report	11, 35
Anti-bribery/Kickback Policy	26
Anti-money Laundering Policy	33
Anti-trust and other laws	24
Appeal Procedures	38-39
Blackout Rule
trading by portfolio managers,
analysts, and CIOs	3, 22
Boycott laws	24
Bribes	26
Broker accounts	2, 34
CFA Institute Code of Ethics	32
Standards of Professional Conduct	51-54
Chief Investment Officer
special rules on trading	22
Closed-end fund	2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 49
Code of Ethics Administrator	5
Code of Ethics Officer	5
Deputy Code of Ethics Officer	5
Code of Ethics
Oversight Committee	5, 13, 16, 40
College Savings 529 Plan	16
Compliance and Appeal Procedures	38-39
Computer and Network Use Policy	31
Confidentiality	1, 28
Confirmations and broker statements	2, 34
Conflicts of interest	1, 4, 24, 57
Considered List – Limited Sale Rule	10
Contra-Trading Rule	3, 22
clearance form	50
Corporate/political contributions	26-27

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Corporate purchase of goods and services	30
Currencies	6
Director, prohibited to serve for another entity	28
Discretionary account	6, 10, 12
Dividend reinvestment program	18
Education Requirements	37
Employees
general rules for	24-33
personal political contributions	27
Entertainment Policy	24-26
Excessive trading
(over 10 trades) prohibited	2, 17
Exchange traded index funds
(ETFs)	6, 7, 8, 17, 34, 35
Exempted transactions	18
Family member accounts	15
Family Members’ Conflict Policy	30
Fiduciary	29
Fraudulent or irregular activities reporting	35-36
Gifts and Entertainment Policy	24-26
Gifts donated as securities	11
Good Until Canceled (GTC) Limit orders	16-17
Goods and services, purchasing	30
Initial holdings report	35
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)	12-13
Inside Information	43-44
material, non-public information	14, 43, 44, 52
policy statement	41
reporting of material non-public Information	44
rules concerning	43-44
sanctions for	40, 47
Inside Information List (Red List)	43-44
Insider Trading
definitions	42
explanations of	45-48
liability for	47
penalties for	47-48
policy statement	41
prohibitions policy statement	41
Investment clubs	29
Involuntary transactions	11, 18
Irregular activity reporting	35-36
Kickback Policy	26
Large Cap Exemption	9
Limit Orders	16-17
Linked accounts	15
Lobbying Policy	27
Market timing prohibition	15

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Marsh & McLennan (MMC)
securities	2, 8, 11, 12, 34, 44
Material information	1, 14, 18, 41, 43-47, 52
Naked options	18
Negotiations prohibition	29
Non-public information	1, 5, 14, 18, 41, 43-47, 52
Non-Putnam affiliates (NPAs)	30
Officer, prohibited to serve for another entity	28
Ombudsman	36
Options
defined as securities	11, 42
naked	18
relationship to securities on
Restricted or Red Lists	11
Outside business affiliations	28, 35
Partner, prohibited to serve for another entity	28
Personal securities transactions	3
partnerships, covered in	7, 42
Personal Trading Assistant (PTA)
2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 25, 28, 34, 35, 36, 38, 55
Political activities, contributions, lobbying	26-27
Portfolio managers, special rules on trading	20-23
Portfolio Trading	20-23, 30
Pre-clearance	2, 8-12
sanctions for failure to pre-clear properly	40
Privacy Policy	32-33
Private offerings and
private placement pre-approval	13
Prohibited transactions	12-17
Putnam mutual fund restrictions	2, 15-16
90-Day Rule	15
One-Year Rule	15-16
Quarterly Report of Securities Transactions	2, 35
Records
accurate records policy	29
retention policy	33
Red List	43-44
Reporting Requirements	34-35
Restricted List	6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 38, 39, 40, 43
Sanctions	1, 16, 25, 33, 35, 40, 55
Securities, donated	11
Shares by subscription, pre-clearance	10
Short selling	2
Special rules for investment professionals	3, 20-23
Spread betting	17
Tender Offers	11
Trustee	7, 14, 28, 29, 42
Trusts	7, 42

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U.S. government obligations	6
Violations reporting	35
Warrants	42

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EX-99.P CODE ETH

Amendments to Putnam Investments
Code of Ethics dated December, 2005

Effective June 16, 2006 the following amendment was made to the Putnam Investments Code of Ethics:

Section III - Rule 5: Political Activities, Contributions, Solicitations, and Lobbying Policy

Under Employee Contributions (item #1):
The office of the State Treasurer of Connecticut, Vermont, or West Virginia
(Note: The State of West Virginia was added to this policy).

Effective July 17, 2006 the following amendment was made to the Putnam Investments Code of Ethics:

Section III - Rule 3: Gifts and Entertainment Policy

3. Any employee attending any entertainment event under the provision in sections (B)(1) or (B)(2) above must file a Report of Entertainment Form (attached as Appendix E) with the Code of Ethics Officer within 20 business days following the date of the entertainment event. Failure to file the notice is a violation of the Code of Ethics.

Appendix E

PUTNAM INVESTMENTS CODE OF ETHICS
REPORT OF ENTERTAINMENT

This form must be filed with the Putnam Legal and Compliance Department within
20 business days of date of entertainment.

Please e-mail to Putnam_Code_of_Ethics@putnam.com
Or return to Legal and Compliance Department, Mailstop A-16

Name of Employee: 

Name of Party Providing Entertainment – firm and person: 

Date of Entertainment: 

Describe entertainment provided: (e.g., name & location of 

restaurant, sporting or cultural event) 

Value of entertainment (excluding meals): 

Signature: 

Date: 

EX-99.P CODE ETH

Amendments to Putnam’s Code of Ethics – August 2007

The following sections are rewritten in their entirety to read as follows:

Code of Ethics Overview

Short selling (page 2)

Putnam employees are prohibited from short selling any security, whether or not it is held in a Putnam client portfolio, although short selling against broad market indexes and “against the box” is permitted. Note, however, that short selling “against the box” or otherwise hedging an investment in shares of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc. stock is prohibited.

Section 1- Personal Securities Rules for All Employees

A. Pre-Clearance (page 8)

Rule 1: Pre-Clearance Requirements

Pre-clearance is required for the following securities:

● Stock of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc.

● MMC stock

● Any type or class of equity or debt security, including corporate and municipal bonds

● Any rights relating to a security, such as warrants and convertible securities

● Closed-end funds – including Putnam closed-end funds. Country funds, as well as other funds that are not tied to an index, are considered closed-end funds and are subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements, e.g., India Fund (INF), Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund (APF), and Central Europe and Russia Fund (CEE). Certain closed-end funds which sometimes are referred to as closed-end ETFs, such as Blackrock (BKK), Western Asset Emerging (ESD), or Eaton Vance Muni Trust (EVN), are also subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements.

● Any narrow-based derivative, e.g., a put-or-call option on a single security

● Any security donated as a gift to an individual or a charity

Pre-clearance is not required for:

● Open-end mutual funds

● Currencies, Treasuries (T-bills), and direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies

● Direct and indirect obligations of any member of the country of the Organization for Economic CoOperation and Development (OECD), commercial paper, certificates of deposit (CDs), repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments

The following are excluded from pre-clearance but not from reporting requirements:

● Exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) containing a portfolio of securities of 25 or more issuers (e.g., SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs), and any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option thereon.

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Rule 3: Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Securities (page 11)

All employees trading MMC securities must pre-clear the trades in the PTA system. MMC securities include stock, options, and any other securities such as debt. Sales out of the MMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan and transactions in all Putnam and MMC employee benefit and bonus plans, i.e., rebalancing or exchanging out of the 401(k)/Profit Sharing//Bonus Plan, are included in this requirement.

Pre-clearance of MMC is required when, for example, you:

● Sell MMC out of the Stock Purchase Plan

● Exchange MMC shares out of your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan

● Rebalance your Putnam fund choices, which results in a buy or sell of MMC from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan

● Trade in MMC securities in other accounts held outside Putnam Investments

Pre-clearance is not required when you:

● Apply for a loan and/or make withdrawals of the stock from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan

COMMENTS

All transactions of MMC require pre-clearance in PTA before you contact your broker to trade shares in an outside brokerage account or before contacting Citigroup Smith Barney to sell shares out of your Stock Purchase Plan. Also, if MMC is one of your choices in the 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, all exchanges out must be cleared. Even though clearance is not required for Putnam mutual funds, if you do not wish to include MMC shares when rebalancing any of your fund choices, which will result in an automatic exchange of your MMC shares, you must remember to exclude MMC shares prior to submitting your changes. If you are investing online, check the box to exclude MMC; or if you are investing by telephone with a Putnam representative, ask to exclude MMC before rebalancing the funds.

Additional MMC-related policies:

● Transactions in MMC securities that are held in Putnam’s internal plans are not subject to the 90-Day Short-Term Rule (applicable to Access Persons only) or to the holding periods that apply to Putnam mutual funds.

B. Prohibited Transactions (page 12)

Rule 1: Short-Selling Prohibition

Putnam employees are prohibited from short selling any security in their own account, whether or not the security is held in a Putnam client portfolio. Employees are prohibited from hedging investments made in securities of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc.

EXCEPTION

Short selling against broad market indexes (such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ index, and the S&P 100 and 500 indexes) and short selling against the box are permitted (except that short selling shares of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc. against the box is not permitted).

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Section IV – Reporting Requirements

Reporting of Personal Securities Transactions

Rule 6: Reporting of Irregular Activity (pages 35 and 36)

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 the managing director in charge of that employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of any such activity must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Financial Officer and Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer.

An employee who does not feel comfortable reporting this activity to the managing director may instead contact the Chief Compliance Officer, the Putnam Ethics hotline, or Putnam’s Ombudsman.

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Appendix A — Section I: Rules Concerning Inside Information (pages 43 and 44)

Rule 3: Reporting of Material Non-Public Information

Any Putnam employee who believes he is aware of or has received material, non-public information concerning a security or an issuer shall immediately report the information to the Code of Ethics Officer, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer, or in their absence, a lawyer in the Putnam Legal and Compliance Department and to no one else. After reporting the information, the Putnam employee shall comply strictly with Rule 2 by not trading in the security without the prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer and shall (a) take precautions to ensure the continued confidentiality of the information, and (b) refrain from communicating the information in question to any person.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. In order to make any use of potential material non-public information, including purchasing or selling a security or communicating the information to others, an employee must communicate that information to the Code of Ethics Officer in a way designed to prevent the spread of such information. Once the employee has reported potential material non-public information to the Code of Ethics Officer, the Code of Ethics Officer will evaluate whether such information constitutes material non-public information, and whether a duty exists that makes use of such information improper. If the Code of Ethics Officer determines either (a) that the information is not material or is public, or (b) that use of the information is proper, he will issue a written approval to the employee specifically authorizing trading while in possession of the information, if the employee so requests. If the Code of Ethics Officer determines (a) that the infor mation may be non-public and material, and (b) that use of such information may be improper, he will place the security that is the subject of such information on the Red List.

B. An employee who reports potential inside information to the Code of Ethics Officer should expect that the Code of Ethics Officer will need significant information, and time to gather such information, to make the evaluation, including information about (a) the manner in which the employee acquired the information, and (b) the identity of individuals to whom the employee has revealed the information, or who have otherwise learned the information. In appropriate situations, the Code of Ethics Officer will normally place the affected security or securities on the Red List pending the completion of his evaluation.

C. If an employee possesses documents, disks, or other materials containing the potential inside information, an employee must take precautions to ensure the confidentiality of the information in question. Those precautions include (a) putting documents containing such information out of the view of a casual observer, and (b) securing files containing such documents or ensuring that computer files reflecting such information are secure from viewing by others.

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