As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 26, 1999
Registration No.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-14
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 [X]
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
617-292-1000
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
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JOHN R. VERANI, Vice President
PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
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Copy to:
JOHN W. GERSTMAYR, Esquire
ROPES & GRAY
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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This Amendment is being filed solely for the purpose of adding the enclosed
exhibits to the Registration Statement.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has
duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston and The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July 26, 1999.
PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
By: Gordon H. Silver, Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement on Form N-14 has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title
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George Putnam President and Chairman of the Trustees;
Principal Executive Officer; Trustee
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John A. Hill Vice Chairman and Trustee
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William F. Pounds Vice Chairman and Trustee
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John D. Hughes Principal Financial Officer; Senior Vice
President; Treasurer
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Paul G. Bucuvalas Principal Accounting Officer; Assistant
Treasurer
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Jameson A. Baxter Trustee
Hans H. Estin Trustee
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Ronald J. Jackson Trustee
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Paul L. Joskow Trustee
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Elizabeth T. Kennan Trustee
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Lawrence J. Lasser Trustee
John H. Mullin, III Trustee
Robert E. Patterson Trustee
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George Putnam, III Trustee
A.J.C. Smith Trustee
W. Thomas Stephens Trustee
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W. Nicholas Thorndike Trustee
*By: Gordon H. Silver, as
Attorney-in-Fact
July 26, 1999
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Exhibit Index
11. Opinion of Ropes & Gray, including consent -- Exhibit 1.
12. Opinion of Ropes & Gray as to Tax Matters, including consent
-- Exhibit 2.
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