FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: File No. 811-4616
Putnam High Yield Advantage 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 High Yield Advantage 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: 11/30
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2003 - 6/30/2004
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Account Number: Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund
ISSUER NAME TICKER CUSIP MTG DATE MTG TYPE
Proposal Type Voted? Vote For/Agnst Mgmt
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Covad Communications Group, Inc COVD 222814204 8/14/03 Annual
1.10 Elect Director Larry Irving MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.20 Elect Director Richard A. Jalkut MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.30 Elect Director Daniel C. Lynch MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
3.00 Ratify Auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Mariner Health Care, Inc. MHCA 56845X108 7/30/03 Annual
1.10 Elect Director Victor L. Lund MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.20 Elect Director C. Christian Winkle MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.30 Elect Director Patrick H. Daugherty MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.40 Elect Director Earl P. Holland MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.50 Elect Director Philip L. Maslowe MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.60 Elect Director Mohsin Y. Meghji MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.70 Elect Director M. Edward Stearns MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Metrocall Holdings, Inc. MTOH 59164X105 9/24/03 Special
1.00 Increase Authorized Common Stock MGMT YES FOR FOR
Increase Authorized Common Stock
2.00 Amend Securities Transfer Restrictions MGMT YES FOR FOR
Amend Securities Transfer Restrictions
3.00 Amend Stock Option Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Amend Stock Option Plan
Metrocall Holdings, Inc. MTOH 59164X204 9/24/03 Special
1.00 Increase Authorized Common Stock MGMT YES FOR FOR
Increase Authorized Common Stock
2.00 Amend Securities Transfer Restrictions MGMT YES FOR FOR
Amend Securities Transfer Restrictions
3.00 Amend Stock Option Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Amend Stock Option Plan
Safety Components International, Inc. SAFY 786474205 10/14/03 Annual
1.10 Elect Director Ben E. Waide III MGMT NO
1.20 Elect Director Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr. MGMT NO
2.00 Ratify Auditors MGMT NO
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. SIRI 82966U103 11/25/03 Annual
1.10 Elect Director Leon D. Black MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.20 Elect Director Joseph P. Clayton MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.30 Elect Director Lawrence F. Gilberti MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.40 Elect Director James P. Holden MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.50 Elect Director Warren N. Lieberfarb MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.60 Elect Director Michael J. McGuiness MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.70 Elect Director James F. Mooney MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
2.00 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Sterling Chemicals, Inc. SCHI 859166AA8 4/16/04 Annual
1.10 Elect Director Richard K. Crump MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.20 Elect Director Peter Ting Kai Wu MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
2.00 Ratify Auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots
marked 'Abstain' are considered to 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 High Yield Advantage 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: August 23, 2004
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* By Jonathan S. Horwitz,
pursuant to a Power-of-Attorney