FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-653
Putnam Income Fund
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Beth S. Mazor, Vice President
Putnam Income Fund
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy To:
John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000
Date of Fiscal year-end: 10/31/2005
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2005
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Account Number:
Putnam Income Fund| ISSUER NAME | TICKER | CUSIP | MTG DATE | MTG TYPE |
| | | | | Proposal Type | Voted | Vote | For/Agnst Mgmt |
| Putnam Prime Money Market Fund | | 746763432 | 11/11/04 | Special |
| 1.01 | Elect Trustee J.A. Baxter | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.02 | Elect Trustee E.T. Kennan | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.03 | Elect Trustee C.B. Curtis | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.04 | Elect Trustee J.H. Mullin, III | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.05 | Elect Trustee M.R. Drucker | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.06 | Elect Trustee R.E. Patterson | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.07 | Elect Trustee C.E. Haldeman, Jr. | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.08 | Elect Trustee G. Putnam, III | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.09 | Elect Trustee J.A. Hill | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.10 | Elect Trustee A.J.C. Smith | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.11 | Elect Trustee R. J. Jackson | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.12 | Elect Trustee W.T. Stephens | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.13 | Elect Trustee P.L. Joskow | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 1.14 | Elect Trustee R.B. Worley | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 2.00 | Amend fund's fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing | MGMT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2.01 | Amend fund's fundamental investment restriction with respect to making loans | MGMT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2.02 | Amend fund's fundamental investment restriction with respect to diversification of investments | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
| 2.03 | Amend fund's fundamental investment restriction with respect to issuance of senior securities | MGMT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2.04 | Amend fund's fundamental investment restriction with respect to purchasing or selling options, puts, calls, straddles and spreads | MGMT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2.05 | Amend fund's fundamental investment restriction with respect to investments in commodities | MGMT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3.00 | Amend fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust | MGMT | YES | FOR | FOR |
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Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to be have been voted against management's recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' except where management has made no recommendation or has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain.'
Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a ballot voted '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, the abbreviation "N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable recommendation compared to which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management.
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 authorized.
Putnam Income Fund
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(Registrant)
By /s/ Charles E. Porter, Executive Vice President, Associate Treasurer
and Principal Executive Officer
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(Signature & Title)
Date July 28, 2005
