TH Lee Putnam Investment Trust N-PX Annual report of proxy voting record

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ICA File Number: 811-10373
Reporting Period: 07/01/2007 - 06/30/2008
TH Lee, Putnam Investment Trust

=============== TH LEE, PUTNAM EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO ================

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
Ticker:	ATK	Security ID:	018804104
Meeting Date:	JUL 31, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	JUN 4, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Frances D. Cook			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Martin C. Faga			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Ronald R. Fogleman			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Cynthia L. Lesher			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director Douglas L. Maine			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director Roman Martinez, IV			For	For	Management
1.7	Elect Director Daniel J. Murphy			For	For	Management
1.8	Elect Director Mark H. Ronald			For	For	Management
1.9	Elect Director Michael T. Smith			For	For	Management
1.10	Elect Director William G. Van Dyke			For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
3	Amend Omnibus Stock Plan			For	For	Management
4	Report on Depleted Uranium Weapons			Against	Against	Shareholder
	Components
AVNET, INC.
Ticker:	AVT	Security ID:	053807103
Meeting Date:	NOV 8, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	SEP 10, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Eleanor Baum			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director J. Veronica Biggins			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Lawrence W. Clarkson			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Ehud Houminer			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director James A. Lawrence			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director Frank R. Noonan			For	For	Management
1.7	Elect Director Ray M. Robinson			For	For	Management

1.8	Elect Director Gary L. Tooker			For	For	Management
1.9	Elect Director Roy Vallee			For	For	Management
2	Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan			For	For	Management
3	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
AVOCENT CORPORATION
Ticker:	AVCT	Security ID:	053893103
Meeting Date:	JUL 26, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	MAY 31, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director William H. Mcaleer			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director David P. Vieau			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Doyle C. Weeks			For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
CHECKFREE CORP.
Ticker:	CKFR	Security ID:	162813109
Meeting Date:	OCT 23, 2007	Meeting Type:	Special
Record Date:	SEP 19, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1	Approve Merger Agreement			For	Did Not	Management
					Vote
2	Adjourn Meeting			For	Did Not	Management
					Vote
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO.
Ticker:	CBI	Security ID:	167250109
Meeting Date:	NOV 16, 2007	Meeting Type:	Special
Record Date:	OCT 17, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1	TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE ACQUISITION			For	For	Management
	OF THE LUMMUS GLOBAL BUSINESS OF ABB ASEA
	BROWN BOVERI LTD. BY CB&I OR DIRECT OR
	INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF
	CB&I.
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Ticker:	CLF	Security ID:	185896107
Meeting Date:	JUL 27, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	JUN 7, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Ronald C. Cambre			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Joseph A. Carrabba			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Susan M. Cunningham			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Barry J. Eldridge			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director Susan M. Green			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director James D. Ireland, III			For	For	Management
1.7	Elect Director Francis R. McAllister			For	For	Management
1.8	Elect Director Roger Phillips			For	For	Management
1.9	Elect Director Richard K. Riederer			For	For	Management
1.10	Elect Director Alan Schwartz			For	For	Management
2	Approve Omnibus Stock Plan			For	For	Management
3	Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan			For	For	Management
4	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.
Ticker:	CMTL	Security ID:	205826209
Meeting Date:	DEC 6, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	OCT 8, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Fred Kornberg			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Edwin Kantor			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Robert G. Paul			For	For	Management
2	Amend Bylaws			For	For	Management
3	Amend Omnibus Stock Plan			For	Against	Management
4	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
DRESS BARN, INC., THE
Ticker:	DBRN	Security ID:	261570105
Meeting Date:	NOV 28, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	OCT 19, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Elliot S. Jaffe			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Burt Steinberg			For	For	Management
FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC.
Ticker:	FCX	Security ID:	35671D857
Meeting Date: JUL 10, 2007		Meeting Type:	Annual

Record Date:	MAY 25, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Richard C. Adkerson			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Robert J. Allison, Jr.			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Robert A. Day			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Gerald J. Ford			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director H. Devon Graham, Jr.			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director J. Bennett Johnston			For	Withhold	Management
1.7	Elect Director Charles C. Krulak			For	For	Management
1.8	Elect Director Bobby Lee Lackey			For	For	Management
1.9	Elect Director Jon C. Madonna			For	For	Management
1.10	Elect Director Dustan E. McCoy			For	For	Management
1.11	Elect Director Gabrielle K. McDonald			For	Withhold	Management
1.12	Elect Director James R. Moffett			For	For	Management
1.13	Elect Director B.M. Rankin, Jr.			For	Withhold	Management
1.14	Elect Director J. Stapleton Roy			For	Withhold	Management
1.15	Elect Director Stephen H. Siegele			For	For	Management
1.16	Elect Director J. Taylor Wharton			For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
3	Amend Omnibus Stock Plan			For	For	Management
FTD GROUP, INC.
Ticker:	FTD	Security ID:	30267U108
Meeting Date:	NOV 14, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	SEP 26, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Peter J. Nolan			For	Withhold	Management
1.2	Elect Director Robert S. Apatoff			For	Withhold	Management
1.3	Elect Director Adam M. Aron			For	Withhold	Management
1.4	Elect Director John M. Baumer			For	Withhold	Management
1.5	Elect Director William J. Chardavoyne			For	Withhold	Management
1.6	Elect Director Timothy J. Flynn			For	Withhold	Management
1.7	Elect Director Ted C. Nark			For	Withhold	Management
1.8	Elect Director Michael J. Soenen			For	Withhold	Management
1.9	Elect Director Thomas M. White			For	Withhold	Management
1.10	Elect Director Carrie A. Wolfe			For	Withhold	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
HARRIS CORP.
Ticker:	HRS	Security ID:	413875105
Meeting Date:	OCT 26, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	AUG 31, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1	Elect Director Thomas A. Dattilo			For	For	Management
2	Elect Director Howard Lance			For	For	Management

3	Elect Director James C. Stoffel			For	For	Management
4	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Ticker:	JKHY	Security ID:	426281101
Meeting Date:	OCT 30, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	SEP 17, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Jerry D. Hall			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Michael E. Henry			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director James J. Ellis			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Craig R. Curry			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director Wesley A. Brown			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director Matthew C. Flanigan			For	For	Management
1.7	Elect Director Marla K. Shepard			For	For	Management
1.8	Elect Director John F. Prim			For	For	Management
2	Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase			For	For	Management
	Plan
3	Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan			For	For	Management
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE, INC.
Ticker:	JTX	Security ID:	468202106
Meeting Date:	SEP 20, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	JUL 25, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Louis P. Salvatore			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Michael D. Lister			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Margeret Milner Richardson			For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
Ticker:	JAKK	Security ID:	47012E106
Meeting Date:	AUG 17, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	JUL 2, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Jack Friedman			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Stephen G. Berman			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Dan Almagor			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director David C. Blatte			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director Robert E. Glick			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director Michael G. Miller			For	For	Management

1.7	Elect Director Murray L. Skala			For	Withhold	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
3	Other Business			For	Against	Management
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP.
Ticker:	PH	Security ID:	701094104
Meeting Date:	OCT 24, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	AUG 31, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Linda S. Harty			For	Withhold	Management
1.2	Elect Director Candy M. Obourn			For	Withhold	Management
1.3	Elect Director Donald E. Washkewicz			For	Withhold	Management
2	Declassify the Board of Directors			For	For	Management
3	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
RESPIRONICS, INC.
Ticker:	RESP	Security ID:	761230101
Meeting Date:	NOV 13, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	SEP 28, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Douglas A. Cotter, Phd			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Gerald E. McGinnis			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Craig B. Reynolds			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Candace L. Littell			For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Ticker:	RFMD	Security ID:	749941100
Meeting Date:	AUG 9, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	JUN 4, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director Dr. Albert E. Paladino			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director Robert A. Bruggeworth			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director Daniel A. Dileo			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Jeffery R. Gardner			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director John R. Harding			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director David A. Norbury			For	For	Management
1.7	Elect Director William J. Pratt			For	For	Management
1.8	Elect Director Erik H. Van Der Kaay			For	For	Management
1.9	Elect Director W.H. Wilkinson, Jr.			For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors			For	For	Management

ULTRAPETROL BAHAMAS LTD
Ticker:	ULTR	Security ID:	P94398107
Meeting Date:	AUG 8, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	JUN 26, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1	TO VOTE FOR, AGAINST OR WITHHOLD FROM			For	For	Management
	VOTING ON THE APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL
	STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE YEAR
	ENDED 31 DECEMBER, 2006 AND THE AUDITORS
	REPORT THEREON. APPROVAL OF THE AUDITED
	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITORS REPORT.
2	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: FELIPE			For	Against	Management
	MENENDEZ ROSS
3	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: RICARDO			For	Against	Management
	MENENDEZ ROSS
4	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: JAMES F.			For	Against	Management
	MARTIN
5	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: KATHERINE A. For				Against	Management
	DOWNS
6	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: LEONARD J.			For	Against	Management
	HOSKINSON
7	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: MICHAEL C.			For	Against	Management
	HAGAN
8	RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR: GEORGE WOOD			For	Against	Management
9	TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM ALL ACTS,			For	For	Management
	TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF
	DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE
	COMPANY FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31
	DECEMBER, 2006 AND INDEMNIFYING THE
	DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AGAINST
	ALL CLAIMS.
WATSON WYATT WORLDWIDE INC
Ticker:	WW	Security ID:	942712100
Meeting Date:	NOV 16, 2007	Meeting Type:	Annual
Record Date:	OCT 1, 2007
#	Proposal			Mgt Rec	Vote Cast	Sponsor
1.1	Elect Director John J. Gabarro			For	For	Management
1.2	Elect Director John J. Haley			For	For	Management
1.3	Elect Director R. Michael Mccullough			For	For	Management
1.4	Elect Director Kevin L. Meehan			For	For	Management
1.5	Elect Director Brendan R. O’Neill			For	For	Management
1.6	Elect Director Linda D. Rabbitt			For	For	Management
1.7	Elect Director C. Ramamurthy			For	For	Management
1.8	Elect Director Gilbert T. Ray			For	For	Management

1.9	Elect Director John C. Wright	For	For	Management
2	Ratify Auditors	For	For	Management
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Pursuant to the requirements of 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.

(Registrant) TH LEE, PUTNAM INVESTMENT TRUST

By (Signature and Title)	/s/ James F. Clark
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	James F. Clark
	Vice President and Assistant Clerk

Date August 14, 2008