0000928816-12-001033.txt : 20120705 0000928816-12-001033.hdr.sgml : 20120704 20120705131754 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-12-001033 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120705 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120705 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120705 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND /MA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000868648 IRS NUMBER: 046661045 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-37214 FILM NUMBER: 12947689 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921471 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND /MA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960805 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM OVERSEAS GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19901107 0000868648 S000006181 PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND /MA/ C000017024 Class A Shares POVSX C000017025 Class B Shares POVBX C000017026 Class C Shares PIGCX C000017027 Class M Shares POVMX C000017028 Class R Shares PIERX C000017029 Class Y Shares POVYX C000118015 Class R5 C000118016 Class R6 497J 1 a_intleqjltr.htm PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND a_intleqjltr.htm
Putnam Investments 
One Post Office Square 
Boston, MA 02109 
July 5, 2012 

 

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549

 

RE: Putnam International Equity Fund (Reg. No. 33- 37214) (811- 06190) (the “Fund”) Post-Effective 
Amendment No. 24 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Fund hereby certifies that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed on behalf of the Fund pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Amendment”) would not have differed from that contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement and was filed electronically on June 28, 2012.

Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be directed to Anne Marie Duffy at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 14824.

  Very truly yours, 
 
  Putnam International Equity Fund 
 
By:  /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
 
 
  Jonathan S. Horwitz 
Executive Vice President, Principal 
  Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison