SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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PUTNAM ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS
PUTNAM CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
PUTNAM CLASSIC EQUITY FUND
PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE INCOME-GROWTH TRUST
PUTNAM DISCOVERY GROWTH FUND
PUTNAM EQUITY INCOME FUND
PUTNAM EUROPE EQUITY FUND
THE GEORGE PUTNAM FUND OF BOSTON
PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
PUTNAM GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
THE PUTNAM FUND FOR GROWTH AND INCOME
PUTNAM HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST
PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
PUTNAM INVESTMENT FUNDS
PUTNAM INVESTORS FUND
PUTNAM NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND
PUTNAM OTC & EMERGING GROWTH FUND
PUTNAM TAX SMART FUNDS TRUST
PUTNAM UTILITIES GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
PUTNAM VISTA FUND
PUTNAM VOYAGER FUND
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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PUTNAM INVESTMENTS
Voting Instructions for Multiple Proxy Ballots
You may cast your votes in one of two ways:
Option 1. If you wish to vote all of your accounts in the same manner,
you may simply indicate that vote on the reverse side of this proxy
ballot, sign in the space provided below and (a) return it in the
enclosed postage paid envelope provided, or (b) fax the front and back
of the voting instruction proxy ballot, toll-free to our proxy agent at
1-877-226-7171.
Option 2. If you wish to vote each account individually, mark your votes
on each account's proxy ballot, sign the ballots and return by using the
enclosed postage paid envelope.
By signing below, you as a Putnam fund shareholder appoint Trustees John
A. Hill and Robert E. Patterson, and each of them separately, with power
of substitution to each, to be your proxies. You are empowering them to
vote your Putnam fund shares on your behalf at a meeting of the
shareholders of the Putnam funds. The meeting will take place on
November 11, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. in Boston, and may be adjourned to later
times or dates. Your vote is being solicited on behalf of the Trustees.
When you complete and sign the proxy ballot, the Trustees will vote
exactly as you have indicated on the other side of this ballot. If you
simply sign the proxy ballot, or don't vote on a specific proposal, your
shares will be automatically voted as the Trustees recommend. The
Trustees are also authorized to vote at their discretion on any other
matter that arises at the meeting or any adjournment of the meeting.
You may vote your proxy ballots all at once, by following the
instructions above and using the information on this ballot, or
individually, by following the instructions on each of the enclosed
proxy ballots.
Please be sure to sign and date here
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Signature(s) Date
Sign your name exactly as it appears on this ballot. If you own shares
jointly, each owner should sign. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee, guardian, or as custodian for a minor,
please give your full title as such. If you are signing for a
corporation, please sign the full corporate name and indicate the
signer's office. If you are a partner, sign in the partnership name.
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Please place an X in the appropriate box(es) using black or blue ink or
number 2 pencil. Please do not use a fine point pen.
Proposals
1 Proposal to elect all The Trustees recommend
nominees for Trustees. voting FOR all proposals
01 J.A. Baxter
02 C.B. Curtis
03 M.R. Drucker
04 C.E. Haldeman, Jr.
05 J.A. Hill
06 R.J. Jackson
07 P.L. Joskow
08 E.T. Kennan
09 J.H. Mullin, III
10 R.E. Patterson
11 G. Putnam, III
12 A.J.C. Smith
13 W.T. Stephens
14 R.B. Worley
FOR electing all the nominees
WITHHOLD authority to vote for all nominees
To withhold authority to vote for specific nominee(s), but to vote for
all other nominees, write the number(s) of the excluded nominee(s) on
the line to the left.
Proposals to approve an amendment to certain funds' fundamental investment
restrictions with respect to
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
2A borrowing.
2B making loans.
2C diversification of investments.
2D issuance of senior securities.
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2E Proposal to approve an amendment to Putnam Equity Income Fund's
investment objective.
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3 Proposal to approve an amendment to your fund's agreement and
declaration of trust. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Refer to pages 6 and 7 in the proxy statement to determine which
proposals apply to your fund. If you have questions on the proposals,
please call 1-877-832-6360.
Please sign and date the other side of this card.
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