| UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY | |||||||||
| Investment Company Act File Number: | 811-03897 | ||||||||
| Name of Registrant: | Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund | ||||||||
| Address of Principal Executive Offices: | 100 Federal Street | ||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts 02110 | |||||||||
| Name and address of agent of service: | Robert Burns, Vice President | ||||||||
| Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund | |||||||||
| 100 Federal Street | |||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts 02110 | |||||||||
| CC: | Bryan Chegwidden, Esq. | ||||||||
| Ropes & Gray LLP | |||||||||
| 1211 Avenue of the Americas | |||||||||
| New York, New York 10036 | |||||||||
| Registrant's telephone number including area code: | (617) 292-1000 | ||||||||
| Date of fiscal year end: | 09/30 | ||||||||
| Date of reporting period: | 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019 | ||||||||
| Registrant Name: | Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund | ||||||||
| Fund Name: | Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund | ||||||||
| Date of Fiscal Year End: | 09/30 | ||||||||
The fund did not vote proxies relating to portfolio securities during the period covered by this report. | |||||||||
| Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to have been voted against management's recommendation if management's recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' and for management's recommendation if management's recommendation is 'Abstain.' Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item, a ballot marked 'For' or 'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.' | ||
| Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, 'N/A' is used to indicate that there is no management recommendation that a shareholder may vote 'For' or 'Against.' | ||
| SIGNATURES | ||
| 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 authorised. | ||
| Registrant: | Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund | |
| By: | /s/Jonathan S. Horowitz | |
| Name: | Jonathan S. Horowitz | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison | |
| Date: | August 12, 2019 | |