N-CSR 1 a_assetalloc.htm PUTNAM ASSE ALLOCATION: EQUITY PORTFOLIO
UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
FORM N-CSR 
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED 
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES 
 
Investment Company Act file number: (811-07513) 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Putnam Funds Trust 
 
Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
 
Name and address of agent for service:  Beth S. Mazor, Vice President 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
   
Copy to:  John W. Gerstmayr, Esq. 
  Ropes & Gray LLP 
  One International Place 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 292-1000   
 
Date of fiscal year end: May 31, 2010   
 
Date of reporting period: June 1, 2009 — May 31, 2010 

 

Item 1. Report to Stockholders:

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940:






Putnam
Asset Allocation:
Equity Portfolio

Annual report
5 | 31 | 10

Message from the Trustees  1 
Performance snapshot  2 
Interview with your fund’s portfolio manager  3 
Your fund’s performance  8 
Your fund’s expenses  10 
Terms and definitions  12 
Other information for shareholders  13 
Financial statements  14 
Shareholder meeting results  57 

 



Message from the Trustees

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

The U.S. economy is on the mend, albeit at a slower pace than we would like. Economic growth continues despite the serious national debt issues of a handful of European nations. In the United States, the outlook is one of guarded optimism, with most economists agreeing that a second recession is unlikely and that growth will continue for the balance of the year.

During the spring and early summer, volatility returned to both fixed-income and equity markets. Compared with the solid rebound of 2009, the investment environment for 2010 has become somewhat more challenging — one that requires analysis, insight, innovation, and expertise. We believe these attributes form the very core of Putnam’s analytic, active-management approach.

In other developments, Barbara M. Baumann has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds, effective July 1, 2010. Ms. Baumann is president and owner of Cross Creek Energy Corporation of Denver, Colorado, a strategic consultant to domestic energy firms and direct investor in energy assets. We also want to thank Elizabeth T. Kennan, who recently retired from the Board of Trustees, for her many years of dedicated and thoughtful leadership.




Performance
snapshot

Annualized total return (%) comparison as of 5/31/10


Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance of class A shares assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Fund returns in the bar chart do not reflect a sales charge of 5.75%; had they, returns would have been lower. See pages 3 and 8–9 for additional performance information. For a portion of the periods, this fund may have limited expenses, without which returns would have been lower. A 1% short-term trading fee may apply. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, visit putnam.com.

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Interview with your
fund’s portfolio manager

Jeffrey Knight

Jeff, how did the fund perform during its
fiscal year that ended May 31, 2010?

Putnam Asset Allocation: Equity Portfolio performed strongly with an 18.34% return, but this result lagged the 23.20% return of its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. This margin in part reflects the fund’s global diver-sification, as international markets generally lagged the U.S. market. Highlighting this impact, the fund’s custom benchmark, the Asset Allocation: Equity Custom Index, which includes international developed and emerging markets, returned 19.87% for the fiscal year. Since there were no large overweights or underweights within the areas of the equity markets where we invest — large caps, small caps, international, and our thematic strategy — the fund’s relative results primarily reflect the impact of our stock-selection decisions.

How did the different areas of the
portfolio perform?

In absolute performance terms, small-cap value stocks had the best results, but on a relative basis, our stock selections fared best within small-cap growth and large-cap stocks. We saw less impressive results in international markets and within our thematic portfolio, though there was a significant disparity in the results of different themes. For example, our cloud-computing [virtual data and software programming] theme performed very well, whereas the defense and security theme lagged the market.

What are the key elements of your stock-
selection strategy, and are they the same
across all of these areas?

The main attribute we look for in a stock is a high free-cash-flow yield relative to valuation.

Broad market index and fund performance


This chart shows the performance of broad market indexes for the 12 months ended 5/31/10. See the previous page and pages 8–9 for fund performance information. Index descriptions can be found on page 12.

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In our view, the ability to generate substantial cash flow is one of the strongest determinants of business success, and it propels capital appreciation.

We analyze valuation by determining a company’s enterprise value and adjust these values for market cap. We do not expect a small-cap stock to have the same general valuation as a large cap, because of the difference in risk premia — that is, the difference between the expected return on a security and the “riskless rate of interest” [the return on a nearly risk-free security, such as Treasury bills].

Generally we avoid making the portfolio’s U.S. sector weightings significantly different from those of the benchmark index. We also try to steer clear of companies subject to a lot of short-selling pressure by other investors.

What were the reasons for the
underperformance in the fiscal year?

We saw underperformance in large-cap stocks, small-cap value stocks, and international stocks. In absolute terms, international stocks had the worst results, because of the downturn in recent months caused primarily by the European sovereign debt crisis. The debt crisis in Greece resulted in volatility that spread across a number of other markets including Spain, Portugal, and Ireland.

The portfolio’s relative underweight to Switzerland, as well as poor results from holdings in Italy and the United Kingdom had an adverse impact on results. The United Kingdom’s shaky finances also hurt the performance of British stocks. During the period, Switzerland provided a refuge from the problems of other European markets and from the weakness of the euro, but the fund had an underweight position in Switzerland. The areas of strength in the international portfolio were primarily Japan and Singapore.

Among large-cap U.S. stocks, we saw weak results from Symantec and Dean Foods, which were overweight positions versus the benchmark. Symantec, a cyber security company known for its Norton anti-virus products, has faced increasing competition. Dean Foods had disappointing earnings and has increased its debt leverage. We continue to own both stocks because of their attractive free-cash-flow yields.

Top 10 holdings     
 
HOLDING (percentage of fund’s net assets)  SECTOR  INDUSTRY 

S&P 500 Index Depository Receipts  N/A (multiple sectors)  N/A (multiple sectors) 
(SPDR Trust Series 1) (3.3%)     
Exxon Mobil Corp. (1.4%)  Energy  Oil and gas 
Microsoft Corp. (1.4%)  Technology  Software 
IBM Corp. (1.1%)  Technology  Computers 
Apple, Inc. (1.0%)  Technology  Computers 
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.0%)  Financials  Banking 
Chevron Corp. (0.9%)  Energy  Oil and gas 
General Electric Co. (0.8%)  Conglomerates  Conglomerates 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (0.8%)  Consumer cyclicals  Retail 
Pfizer, Inc. (0.7%)  Health care  Pharmaceuticals 

 

This table shows the fund’s top 10 holdings and the percentage of the fund’s net assets that each represented as of 5/31/10. Short-term holdings are excluded. Holdings will vary over time.

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We think stock selection will
become even more important in
the months ahead.

Jeffrey Knight

Also, among small-cap value stocks there were disappointing results in a few sectors, including industrials and consumer cyclicals.

Where did the fund see
positive contributions?

Among large-cap stocks, some of the top performers were VMware, Ashland, and Ford, which were all overweight positions versus the benchmark. VMware is a software company that specializes in virtualization programs that can be used on a range of computers to help solve information technology problems. There is strong demand for its services, and profits have been rising. Ford saw a big rebound from the depressed levels the stock reached in the midst of the recession in early 2009. Ashland is a chemicals company in the basic materials sector, with motor oils, including Valvoline, among its brands. Like Ford, Ashland has performed better with the economic recovery.

In addition, results benefited from our decisions to have underweight positions in Qualcomm and Monsanto, which performed poorly after disappointing earnings reports. Qualcomm has been hurt by the downturn in the semiconductor industry, and Monsanto was hurt by lower profits forherbicides. We sold the position in Monsanto during the period because we no longer favored its prospects given other investment opportunities in this area.

What were the results of the
thematic portfolio?

The cloud-computing theme performed very well for the fund. Examples of holdings in this area include VMware, which I have discussed as a large-cap holding but is also part of this strategy, and Amazon. In terms of cloud computing, Amazon provides virtual storage services for a number of small businesses and is seeing strong growth in this area. The stock has performed well.

Portfolio composition comparison


This chart shows how the fund’s top weightings have changed over the past six months. Weightings are shown as a percentage of net assets. Holdings will vary over time.

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One theme that we had in the portfolio that we decided to close out during the fiscal year was gold. The reason for closing out this theme was that the recession and financial crisis had caused widespread market fear. We believed that, by November and December of 2009, investors had gained greater confidence and gold prices would fall. We sold a number of positions in gold stocks, and though gold prices fell temporarily, they rose once again during the European sovereign debt crisis in April and May.

The nanotechnology theme performed well early in the year, but has struggled lately with the broader downturn in the technology sector.

The alternative energy theme has been disappointing lately as well. These stocks performed well early in the fiscal year, but many companies in this field, particularly in Europe, rely on government subsidies. As pressure has grown on governments to reduce their budget deficits, investors have anticipated that subsidies to alternative energy companies might be eliminated. We are sticking with this theme because many governments have mandated the use of more alternative and renewable sources of energy over the next 10 years or so, and we believe that demand will support these stocks.

Have you introduced any new themes?

Yes, we are now investing in stocks that benefit from demand for rare earth metals. An example of such metals is lithium, which is used in making batteries for computers and for electric cars.

A second new theme involves life sciences, and the application of genetic science in researching diseases and chronic conditions.

What is your outlook for the fund in the
coming months, particularly given the
recent volatility in the markets?

We have been closely analyzing market trends and their influence on the economy. The recent volatility demonstrates that we are still investing in the long shadows of the 2008 market crisis. The issue of government indebtedness is real, but the volatility shows that investors are still nervous, and markets are vulnerable to sudden swings.

Economic indicators that we watch have been less positive than they were sixmonths ago. The forces that have driven the economic recovery to this point are waning. Fiscal stimulus was concentrated in the first half of 2010, and the inventory replenishment trend has run its course. However, our fundamental view is that the economic recovery should remain on track and support further appreciation for stocks.

That said, we think stock selection will become even more important in the months ahead than it was during the broad market recovery from March 2009 to March 2010. In our view, the qualities that we look for in stocks should help the fund outperform its benchmark over long-term periods. That’s because the ability to generate large amounts of free cash flow provides a cushion that helps to protect companies during a cyclical downturn in demand. We are maintaining our long-term positioning with regard to large caps, small caps, international stocks, and thematic investments.

Jeff, thanks for discussing the fund today.

The views expressed in this report are exclusively those of Putnam Management. They are not meant as investment advice.

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Please note that the holdings discussed in this report may not have been held by the fund for the entire period. Portfolio composition is subject to review in accordance with the fund’s investment strategy and may vary in the future. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

Consider these risks before investing:

International investing involves certain risks, such as currency fluctuations, economic instability, and political developments. Additional risks may be associated with emerging-market securities, including illiquidity and volatility. The fund may invest a portion of its assets in small and/or midsize companies. Such investments increase the risk of greater price fluctuations. The use of derivatives involves special risks and may result in losses. The fund involves the risk that the stock prices of the companies in the portfolio will fall or will fail to rise. Many factors can adversely affect a stock’s performance, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific company or industry.


Portfolio Manager Jeffrey Knight is Head of Global Asset Allocation at Putnam. He holds an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. from Colgate University. A CFA charterholder, he joined Putnam in 1993 and has been in the investment industry since 1987.

In addition to Jeff, your fund’s portfolio managers are Jim Fetch, Robert Kea, Robert Schoen, and Jason Vaillancourt.

IN THE NEWS

Despite headlines about market volatility and a slow economic recovery, cash on U.S. corporate balance sheets has hit a record high. The Federal Reserve recently reported that nonfinancial companies were holding $1.84 trillion in cash and other liquid assets as of the end of March. The amount of cash is up 26% from a year ago, the largest increase on record, according to the central bank. Many firms implemented cost-cutting measures and other efficiencies in 2009. Concerned about the strength of the economic recovery and the debt crisis in Europe, companies have been reluctant to spend in recent months. Ultimately, that cash may be deployed on hiring, dividends, mergers, stock repurchases, and other shareholder-friendly activities.

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Your fund’s performance

This section shows your fund’s performance, price, and distribution information for periods ended May 31, 2010, the end of its most recent fiscal year. In accordance with regulatory requirements for mutual funds, we also include performance as of the most recent calendar quarter-end and expense information taken from the fund’s current prospectus. Performance should always be considered in light of a fund’s investment strategy. Data represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. More recent returns may be less or more than those shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance information does not reflect any deduction for taxes a shareholder may owe on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares. For the most recent month-end performance, please call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581. Class Y shares are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs. See the Terms and Definitions section in this report for definitions of the share classes offered by your fund.

Fund performance Total return for periods ended 5/31/10

  Class A  Class Y 
(inception dates)  (1/23/09)  (1/23/09) 

  NAV  POP  NAV 

Life of fund  40.23%  32.17%  40.23% 
Annual average  28.28  22.81  28.28 

1 year  18.34  11.56  18.34 

 

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. After-sales-charge returns (public offering price, or POP) for class A shares reflect a maximum 5.75% load. Class Y shares have no initial sales charge or CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge).

For a portion of the periods, this fund may have limited expenses, without which returns would have been lower.

A 1% short-term trading fee may be applied to shares exchanged or sold within 7 days of purchase.

Comparative index returns For periods ended 5/31/10

    Asset Allocation:  Lipper Multi-Cap Growth 
  Russell 3000 Index  Equity Custom Index  Funds category average* 

Life of fund  39.52%  40.40%  43.83% 
Annual average  27.80  28.40  30.69 

1 year  23.20  19.87  22.50 

 

Index and Lipper results should be compared to fund performance at net asset value.

* Over the 1-year and life-of-fund periods ended 5/31/10, there were 450 and 443 funds, respectively, in this Lippercategory.

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Change in the value of a $10,000 investment ($9,425 after sales charge)

Cumulative total return from 1/23/09 to 5/31/10


Past performance does not indicate future results. At the end of the same time period, a $10,000 investment in the fund’s class Y shares would have been valued at $14,023.

Fund price and distribution information For the 12-month period ended 5/31/10

Distributions  Class A  Class Y 

Number  1  1 

Income  $0.955  $0.955 

Capital gains — Long-term     

Capital gains — Short-term  1.553  1.553 

Total  $2.508  $2.508 

Share value  NAV  POP  NAV 

5/31/09  $11.85 $12.57   $11.85 

5/31/10  11.53   12.23  11.53 

 

The classification of distributions, if any, is an estimate. Final distribution information will appear on your year-end tax forms.

Fund performance as of most recent calendar quarter

Total return for periods ended 6/30/10

  Class A  Class Y 
(inception dates)  (1/23/09)  (1/23/09) 

  NAV  POP  NAV 

Life of fund  34.03%  26.32%  34.03% 
Annual average  22.59  17.64  22.59 

1 year  13.49  6.96  13.39 

 

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Your fund’s expenses

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees, distribution fees (12b-1 fees), and other expenses. In the most recent six-month period, your fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. Using the following information, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds. You may also pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial representative.

Expense ratios     
 
  Class A  Class Y 

Net expenses for the fiscal year ended 5/31/09*  1.36%  1.11% 

Total annual operating expenses for the fiscal year ended 5/31/09†  1.55%  1.30% 

Annualized expense ratio for the six-month period ended 5/31/10‡  1.06%  1.06% 

 

Fiscal-year expense information in this table is taken from the most recent prospectus, is subject to change, and may differ from that shown for the annualized expense ratio and in the financial highlights of this report. Expenses are shown as a percentage of average net assets.

* Reflects Putnam Management’s decision to contractually limit expenses through 7/31/10.

† Annual operating expenses reflect projected expenses based on new expense limitations and the fund’s 6/30/09 asset level.

‡ For the fund’s most recent fiscal half year; may differ from expense ratios based on one-year data in the financial highlights.

Expenses per $1,000

The following table shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Putnam Asset Allocation: Equity Portfolio from December 1, 2009, to May 31, 2010. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

  Class A  Class Y 

Expenses paid per $1,000*†  $5.29  $5.29 

Ending value (after expenses)  $1,000.90  $1,000.20 

 

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 5/31/10. The expense ratio may differ for each share class.

† Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

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Estimate the expenses you paid

To estimate the ongoing expenses you paid for the six months ended May 31, 2010, use the following calculation method. To find the value of your investment on December 1, 2009, call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581.


Compare expenses using the SEC’s method

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the following table shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total costs) of investing in the fund with those of other funds. All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

  Class A  Class Y 

Expenses paid per $1,000*†  $5.34  $5.34 

Ending value (after expenses)  $1,019.65  $1,019.65 

 

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 5/31/10. The expense ratio may differ for each share class.

† Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

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Terms and definitions

Important terms

Total return shows how the value of the fund’s shares changed over time, assuming you held the shares through the entire period and reinvested all distributions in the fund.

Net asset value (NAV) is the price, or value, of one share of a mutual fund, without a sales charge. NAVs fluctuate with market conditions. NAV is calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.

Public offering price (POP) is the price of a mutual fund share plus the maximum sales charge levied at the time of purchase. POP performance figures shown here assume the 5.75% maximum sales charge for class A shares.

Share classes

Class A shares are generally subject to an initial sales charge and no CDSC (except on certain redemptions of shares bought without an initial sales charge).

Class Y shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC, and carry no 12b-1 fee. They are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs.

Comparative indexes

Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. investment-grade fixed-income securities.

BofA (Bank of America) Merrill Lynch U.S.

3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that seeks to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury bills available in the marketplace.

Asset Allocation: Equity Custom Index is an unmanaged index representing global stock market performance, and comprises 75% the Russell 3000 Index, 19% the MSCI EAFE Index, and 6% the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) World Index is an unmanaged index of equity securities from developed countries.

Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies.

S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of common stock performance.

Indexes assume reinvestment of all distributions and do not account for fees. Securities and performance of a fund and an index will differ. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Lipper is a third-party industry-ranking entity that ranks mutual funds. Its rankings do not reflect sales charges. Lipper rankings are based on total return at net asset value relative to other funds that have similar current investment styles or objectives as determined by Lipper. Lipper may change a fund’s category assignment at its discretion. Lipper category averages reflect performance trends for funds within a category.

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Other information for shareholders

Important notice regarding
Putnam’s privacy policy

In order to conduct business with our shareholders, we must obtain certain personal information such as account holders’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. Using this information, we are able to maintain accurate records of accounts and transactions.

It is our policy to protect the confidentiality of our shareholder information, whether or not a shareholder currently owns shares of our funds. In particular, it is our policy not to sell information about you or your accounts to outside marketing firms. We have safeguards in place designed to prevent unauthorized access to our computer systems and procedures to protect personal information from unauthorized use.

Within the Putnam organization, your information is shared with those who need it to service your account or provide you with information about other Putnam products or services. Under certain circumstances, we must also share account information with outside vendors who provide services to us, such as mailings and proxy solicitations. In these cases, the service providers enter into confidentiality agreements with us, and we provide only the information necessary to process transactions and perform other services related to your account. Finally, it is our policy to share account information with your financial representative, if you’ve listed one on your Putnam account.

Proxy voting

Putnam is committed to managing our mutual funds in the best interests of our shareholders. The Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures, as well as information regarding how your fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2009, are available in the Individual Investors section at putnam.com, and on the SEC’s Web site, www.sec.gov. If you have questions about finding forms on the SEC’s Web site, you may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain the Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures at no charge by calling Putnam’s Shareholder Services at 1-800-225-1581.

Fund portfolio holdings

The fund will file a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Shareholders may obtain the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC’s Web site or the operation of the Public Reference Room.

Trustee and employee
fund ownership

Putnam employees and members of the Board of Trustees place their faith, confidence, and, most importantly, investment dollars in Putnam mutual funds. As of May 31, 2010, Putnam employees had approximately $335,000,000 and the Trustees had approximately $57,000,000 invested in Putnam mutual funds. These amounts include investments by the Trustees’ and employees’ immediate family members as well as investments through retirement and deferred compensation plans.

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Financial statements

These sections of the report, as well as the accompanying Notes, preceded by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, constitute the fund’s financial statements.

The fund’s portfolio lists all the fund’s investments and their values as of the last day of the reporting period. Holdings are organized by asset type and industry sector, country, or state to show areas of concentration and diversification.

Statement of assets and liabilities shows how the fund’s net assets and share price are determined. All investment and non-investment assets are added together. Any unpaid expenses and other liabilities are subtracted from this total. The result is divided by the number of shares to determine the net asset value per share, which is calculated separately for each class of shares. (For funds with preferred shares, the amount subtracted from total assets includes the liquidation preference of preferred shares.)

Statement of operations shows the fund’s net investment gain or loss. This is done by first adding up all the fund’s earnings — from dividends and interest income — and subtracting its operating expenses to determine net investment income (or loss). Then, any net gain or loss the fund realized on the sales of its holdings — as well as any unrealized gains or losses over the period — is added to or subtracted from the net investment result to determine the fund’s net gain or loss for the fiscal year.

Statement of changes in net assets shows how the fund’s net assets were affected by the fund’s net investment gain or loss, by distributions to shareholders, and by changes in the number of the fund’s shares. It lists distributions and their sources (net investment income or realized capital gains) over the current reporting period and the most recent fiscal year-end. The distributions listed here may not match the sources listed in the Statement of operations because the distributions are determined on a tax basis and may be paid in a different period from the one in which they were earned.

Financial highlights provide an overview of the fund’s investment results, per-share distributions, expense ratios, net investment income ratios, and portfolio turnover in one summary table, reflecting the five most recent reporting periods. In a semiannual report, the highlights table also includes the current reporting period.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Putnam Funds Trust and Shareholders of
Putnam Asset Allocation: Equity Portfolio:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Asset Allocation: Equity Portfolio (the “fund”) at May 31, 2010, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of investments owned at May 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 12, 2010

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The fund’s portfolio 5/31/10

COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)*  Shares  Value 

Advertising and marketing services (—%)     
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A  159  $4,573 

    4,573 
Aerospace and defense (1.8%)     
AAR Corp. †  244  4,807 

Argon ST, Inc. †  180  4,329 

GenCorp, Inc. †  829  4,311 

General Dynamics Corp.  131  8,895 

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.  1,242  102,626 

Lockheed Martin Corp.  2,101  167,912 

Northrop Grumman Corp.  1,905  115,233 

Raytheon Co.  866  45,387 

United Technologies Corp.  2,268  152,818 

    606,318 
Agriculture (0.4%)     
Andersons, Inc. (The)  659  21,569 

Archer Daniels Midland Co.  3,446  87,080 

Austevoll Seafood ASA (Norway) †  857  5,354 

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. †  287  1,406 

Pescanova SA (Spain)  186  4,540 

    119,949 
Airlines (0.1%)     
Alaska Air Group, Inc. †  242  11,301 

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. †  704  5,012 

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. †  1,165  6,815 

UAL Corp. †  195  3,902 

US Airways Group, Inc. †  630  5,563 

    32,593 
Automotive (1.1%)     
ArvinMeritor, Inc. †  969  14,089 

Ford Motor Co. †  10,766  126,285 

Navistar International Corp. †  1,451  78,615 

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (Japan)  1,000  12,449 

Oshkosh Corp. †  1,774  63,030 

Peugeot SA (France) †  2,833  67,684 

Valeo SA (France) †  670  18,664 

    380,816 
Banking (5.9%)     
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. (Australia)  6,335  119,676 

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (Italy) †  20,052  22,046 

Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones SA Class E (Panama)  895  11,563 

Banco Popolare SC (Italy)  6,901  37,790 

Bank of America Corp.  15,248  240,004 

Bank of Hawaii Corp.  992  47,646 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)  1,360  36,992 

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.  285  10,058 

Bankinter SA (Spain)  3,885  22,286 

Bar Harbor Bankshares  83  2,212 

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)  22,998  100,426 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Banking cont.     
BNP Paribas SA (France)  1,468  $83,368 

Citigroup, Inc. †  15,418  61,055 

Credit Agricole SA (France)  1,367  14,704 

Danske Bank A/S (Denmark) †  2,479  49,945 

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd. (Singapore)  11,000  107,924 

EFG Eurobank Ergasias (Greece) †  2,258  11,303 

Financial Institutions, Inc.  339  6,468 

First Bancorp  257  4,148 

First Financial Bancorp  391  6,215 

Flushing Financial Corp.  581  7,867 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.  7,866  99,190 

International Bancshares Corp.  411  8,117 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.  8,131  321,825 

Merchants Bancshares, Inc.  158  3,613 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. (Singapore)  4,000  23,833 

Park National Corp.  89  5,758 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.  827  51,894 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.  300  6,075 

State Street Corp.  335  12,787 

Suffolk Bancorp  119  3,751 

U.S. Bancorp  4,164  99,769 

UniCredito Italiano SpA (Italy)  28,829  60,471 

Wells Fargo & Co.  6,647  190,702 

Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)  5,566  109,168 

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.  451  4,591 

    2,005,240 
Basic materials (0.1%)     
AMCOL International Corp.  266  7,171 

Ameron International Corp.  110  7,129 

Avalon Rare Metals, Inc. (Canada) †  662  1,456 

Canada Lithium Corp. (Canada) †  2,411  1,262 

China Rare Earth Holdings, Ltd. (China) †  6,000  1,303 

Extract Resources, Ltd. (Australia) †  231  1,424 

Lynas Corp., Ltd. (Australia) †  5,587  2,361 

Orocobre, Ltd. (Australia) †  637  1,157 

Paladin Energy, Ltd. (Australia) †  911  2,950 

STR Holdings, Inc. †  137  2,906 

    29,119 
Beverage (0.7%)     
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (Belgium)  990  47,438 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)  1,897  97,506 

Heineken Holding NV (Netherlands)  632  23,416 

PepsiCo, Inc.  1,193  75,028 

    243,388 
Biotechnology (1.5%)     
Affymetrix, Inc. †  152  996 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  265  8,438 

Amgen, Inc. †  3,427  177,450 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Biotechnology cont.     
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  169  $2,792 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  107  3,079 

Biogen Idec, Inc. †  1,692  80,252 

BioInvent International AB (Sweden) †  247  1,021 

BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  163  3,182 

Celera Corp. †  179  1,266 

Compugen, Ltd. (Israel) †  243  1,038 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  161  3,462 

Dendreon Corp. †  131  5,685 

Enzo Biochem, Inc. †  198  1,051 

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  497  5,318 

Exelixis, Inc. †  632  3,274 

Genomic Health, Inc. †  62  930 

Genzyme Corp. †  1,270  61,786 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. †  2,647  95,080 

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. †  307  1,121 

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. †  157  3,887 

Illumina, Inc. †  60  2,522 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  214  2,512 

Martek Biosciences Corp. †  564  10,485 

Nanosphere, Inc. †  271  1,488 

QIAGEN NV (Netherlands) †  106  2,234 

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. †  409  6,781 

United Therapeutics Corp. †  109  5,583 

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  370  2,705 

Viropharma, Inc. †  715  8,702 

    504,120 
Broadcasting (0.6%)     
DISH Network Corp. Class A  4,464  93,074 

EchoStar Corp. Class A †  1,025  21,556 

M6-Metropole Television (France)  617  12,405 

Mediaset SpA (Italy)  12,863  79,877 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Class A †  896  5,945 

    212,857 
Building materials (0.4%)     
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Japan)  11,000  115,348 

Geberit International AG (Switzerland)  136  20,593 

    135,941 
Cable television (1.1%)     
Comcast Corp. Class A  6,839  123,718 

DIRECTV Class A †  3,299  124,339 

HSN, Inc. †  196  5,282 

IAC/InterActiveCorp. †  1,498  35,136 

Liberty Global, Inc. Class A †  3,280  84,624 

Mediacom Communications Corp. Class A †  2,373  12,648 

    385,747 
Chemicals (2.3%)     
Albemarle Corp.  312  13,435 

Ashland, Inc.  1,536  82,345 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Chemicals cont.     
Celanese Corp. Ser. A  2,230  $63,934 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.  1,083  74,283 

Dow Chemical Co. (The)  1,310  35,252 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.  2,829  102,325 

Eastman Chemical Co.  471  28,444 

FMC Corp.  44  2,664 

Hawkins, Inc.  260  6,994 

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Japan)  2,700  52,579 

Huntsman Corp.  2,493  24,880 

Innophos Holdings, Inc.  266  7,592 

Koninklijke DSM NV (Netherlands)  635  25,275 

Koppers Holdings, Inc.  636  17,229 

Lubrizol Corp. (The)  948  83,964 

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Japan)  30,000  91,723 

Nitto Denko Corp. (Japan)  200  7,114 

OM Group, Inc. †  232  6,925 

Quaker Chemical Corp.  178  4,918 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. †  94  2,438 

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.  50  2,664 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR (Chile)  65  2,181 

W.R. Grace & Co. †  1,036  26,553 

    765,711 
Coal (0.5%)     
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. †  717  27,511 

China Coal Energy Co. (China)  2,000  2,716 

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd. (China)  1,000  3,988 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.  1,056  38,523 

Massey Energy Co.  28  927 

Peabody Energy Corp.  1,062  41,376 

South Australian Coal Corp. (Australia) (acquired 1/23/09,     
cost $3) F ‡ †  116  10 

Walter Industries, Inc.  792  62,829 

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd. (China)  2,000  4,679 

    182,559 
Commercial and consumer services (0.8%)     
Alliance Data Systems Corp. †  102  7,207 

Bunzl PLC (United Kingdom)  1,653  17,099 

Compass Group PLC (United Kingdom)  1,548  11,966 

Deluxe Corp.  441  9,468 

Emergency Medical Services Corp. Class A †  115  6,161 

EZCORP, Inc. Class A †  1,122  20,544 

HMS Holdings Corp. †  260  14,108 

Landauer, Inc.  56  3,412 

Lender Processing Services, Inc.  1,027  34,856 

PHH Corp. †  276  6,086 

Plexus Corp. †  137  4,665 

Randstad Holding NV (Netherlands) †  143  5,966 

Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc. Class A  141  4,583 

Stantec, Inc. (Canada) †  332  8,206 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Commercial and consumer services cont.     
Swire Pacific, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  6,000  $64,664 

URS Corp. †  639  28,487 

Visa, Inc. Class A  429  31,085 

Wheelock and Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)  2,000  5,247 

    283,810 
Communications equipment (1.3%)     
ARRIS Group, Inc. †  604  6,626 

Cisco Systems, Inc. †  10,509  243,388 

F5 Networks, Inc. †  913  64,211 

Harris Corp.  1,364  63,985 

Netgear, Inc. †  260  5,905 

Qualcomm, Inc.  1,534  54,549 

    438,664 
Computers (4.8%)     
Acme Packet, Inc. †  316  9,262 

Anixter International, Inc. †  265  12,588 

ANSYS, Inc. †  119  5,204 

Apple, Inc. †  1,299  334,051 

Black Box Corp.  249  7,343 

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. †  558  11,110 

Dell, Inc. †  1,813  24,167 

EMC Corp. †  1,744  32,473 

Emdeon, Inc. Class A †  604  8,166 

Emulex Corp. †  910  9,537 

F-Secure OYJ (Finland)  710  1,769 

Fortinet, Inc. †  595  9,710 

Fujitsu, Ltd. (Japan)  16,000  102,437 

Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. †  432  6,208 

Hewlett-Packard Co.  4,814  221,492 

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) †  26,000  107,938 

IBM Corp.  3,030  379,538 

Ixia †  980  9,800 

Juniper Networks, Inc. †  1,041  27,711 

Lexmark International, Inc. Class A †  264  9,913 

Magma Design Automation, Inc. †  1,268  3,918 

NCI, Inc. †  157  3,445 

NetApp, Inc. †  1,090  41,071 

Netezza Corp. †  442  5,759 

NetSuite, Inc. †  596  8,392 

Network Engines, Inc †  1,232  3,610 

Polycom, Inc. †  567  17,027 

Quantum Corp. †  3,214  7,553 

Quest Software, Inc. †  1,367  26,458 

Seagate Technology †  5,590  85,862 

Sigma Designs, Inc. †  270  2,813 

Silicon Graphics International Corp. †  1,321  10,779 

SMART Modular Technologies WWH, Inc. †  932  5,722 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Computers cont.     
Super Micro Computer, Inc. †  432  $5,940 

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. †  417  8,523 

Teradata Corp. †  1,545  49,347 

Xyratex, Ltd. (Bermuda) †  511  8,294 

    1,624,930 
Conglomerates (1.8%)     
3M Co.  1,451  115,079 

Danaher Corp.  154  12,225 

General Electric Co.  16,954  277,198 

Marubeni Corp. (Japan)  5,000  27,931 

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan)  7,500  107,709 

Silex Systems, Ltd. (Australia) †  399  1,833 

SPX Corp.  882  52,126 

    594,101 
Construction (0.2%)     
Acciona SA (Spain)  121  9,581 

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. †  653  24,481 

Broadwind Energy, Inc. †  866  1,914 

Fletcher Building, Ltd. (New Zealand)  2,882  15,815 

Impregilo SpA (Italy) †  2,946  6,998 

Insituform Technologies, Inc. †  341  6,977 

Layne Christensen Co. †  429  10,729 

    76,495 
Consumer (0.1%)     
Helen of Troy, Ltd. (Bermuda) †  298  7,676 

Sony Corp. (Japan)  1,300  40,438 

    48,114 
Consumer finance (0.6%)     
American Express Co.  2,352  93,774 

Capital One Financial Corp.  513  21,187 

Cardtronics, Inc. †  292  3,781 

Dollar Financial Corp. †  206  4,161 

Nelnet, Inc. Class A  694  13,741 

Ocwen Financial Corp. †  924  11,236 

SLM Corp. †  2,663  29,586 

World Acceptance Corp. †  303  10,826 

    188,292 
Consumer goods (1.8%)     
Central Garden & Pet Co. Class A †  504  4,768 

Clorox Co.  272  17,087 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.  998  77,934 

Energizer Holdings, Inc. †  138  7,754 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A  1,699  99,001 

Inter Parfums, Inc.  283  4,423 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.  2,251  136,636 

Libbey, Inc. †  578  8,109 

National Presto Industries, Inc.  45  4,376 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. †  1,257  9,704 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)  3,643  222,551 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Consumer goods cont.     
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (United Kingdom)  124  $5,813 

Unilever NV (Netherlands)  978  26,731 

    624,887 
Consumer services (0.1%)     
Avis Budget Group, Inc. †  1,704  20,192 

SRA International, Inc. Class A †  348  7,506 

WebMD Health Corp. Class A †  443  20,170 

    47,868 
Containers (0.1%)     
Crown Holdings, Inc. †  1,631  38,345 

Graham Packaging Co., Inc. †  577  7,230 

    45,575 
Distribution (0.3%)     
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. †  696  14,616 

Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc. †  154  4,170 

Wolseley PLC (United Kingdom) †  3,748  89,107 

    107,893 
Electric utilities (2.7%)     
Allegheny Energy, Inc.  1,530  31,304 

BKW FMB Energie AG (Switzerland)  71  4,428 

Chubu Electric Power, Inc. (Japan)  1,400  32,421 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.  1,938  68,566 

DTE Energy Co.  1,282  58,344 

EDF (France)  252  11,136 

Edison International  962  31,130 

Enel SpA (Italy)  5,362  24,603 

Energias de Portugal (EDP) SA (Portugal)  26,254  81,155 

Entergy Corp.  113  8,483 

Exelon Corp.  1,873  72,298 

FirstEnergy Corp.  1,542  54,294 

FPL Group, Inc.  344  17,176 

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (Japan)  300  6,053 

Hokuriku Electric Power Co. (Japan)  300  6,068 

Huaneng Power International, Inc. (China)  2,000  1,119 

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.  1,093  49,425 

Kansai Electric Power, Inc. (Japan)  400  9,147 

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Japan)  300  6,114 

National Grid PLC (United Kingdom)  12,225  92,480 

National Grid PLC NPR (United Kingdom) †  4,890  9,714 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.  1,152  40,447 

PPL Corp.  2,148  55,440 

Public Power Corp. SA (Greece) †  2,188  34,033 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.  453  13,875 

Red Electrica Corp. SA (Spain)  1,253  49,483 

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Japan)  200  5,253 

Terna SPA (Italy)  10,395  38,923 

TransAlta Corp. (Canada)  107  2,080 

    914,992 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Electrical equipment (0.9%)     
Capstone Turbine Corp. †  5,225  $6,009 

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (China)  4,000  9,149 

Conergy AG (Germany) †  1,745  1,604 

Emerson Electric Co.  1,995  92,648 

Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (China) †  555  5,517 

GrafTech International, Ltd. †  341  5,664 

Harbin Electric, Inc. (China) †  194  3,849 

Legrand SA (France)  696  20,467 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan) †  15,000  122,047 

Powell Industries, Inc. †  232  6,820 

SMA Solar Technology AG (Germany)  28  2,834 

Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA (Spain) †  393  784 

Solon AG Fuer Solartechnik (Germany) †  96  470 

Sunpower Corp. Class A †  196  2,593 

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark) †  244  11,645 

WESCO International, Inc. †  260  9,724 

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., Ltd. ADR (China) †  202  1,850 

    303,674 
Electronics (2.9%)     
A123 Systems, Inc. †  229  2,084 

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. †  914  2,998 

Agilent Technologies, Inc. †  723  23,396 

Arrow Electronics, Inc. †  1,140  31,099 

Avnet, Inc. †  1,542  44,286 

Badger Meter, Inc.  189  7,479 

BYD Co., Ltd. (China) †  1,500  12,143 

Cavium Networks, Inc. †  472  12,546 

China BAK Battery, Inc. (China) † S  1,300  2,509 

Ener1, Inc. †  798  2,777 

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. †  281  1,561 

EnerSys †  582  13,095 

Fairchild Semiconductor Intl.,, Inc. †  1,149  11,490 

FEI Co. †  2,569  53,178 

Greatbatch, Inc. †  193  4,068 

GS Yuasa Corp. (Japan)  1,000  6,716 

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. †  3,446  20,125 

Integrated Silicon Solutions, Inc. †  914  8,610 

Intel Corp.  11,319  242,453 

Jabil Circuit, Inc.  3,255  44,561 

Johnson Matthey PLC (United Kingdom)  1,822  40,276 

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ADR (China) †  489  2,968 

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. †  2,161  41,016 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. †  342  3,882 

Motech Industries, Inc. (Taiwan)  1,000  2,874 

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. †  138  3,647 

National Semiconductor Corp.  5,622  78,989 

NVE Corp. †  110  5,114 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Electronics cont.     
PMC — Sierra, Inc. †  712  $5,767 

PV Crystalox Solar PLC (United Kingdom)  1,227  896 

QLogic Corp. †  381  6,904 

Renesola, Ltd. ADR (China) †  300  1,851 

Renewable Energy Corp. AS (Norway) †  976  2,376 

Roth & Rau AG (Germany) †  67  1,727 

Saft Groupe SA (France)  130  4,004 

Sanmina-SCI Corp. †  471  7,183 

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. †  200  9,086 

Simplo Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)  1,000  5,523 

STMicroelectronics NV (France)  9,998  78,000 

Texas Instruments, Inc.  709  17,314 

TTM Technologies, Inc. †  1,141  13,201 

Ultralife Batteries, Inc. †  406  1,868 

Valence Technology, Inc. †  1,616  1,519 

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. †  3,805  34,435 

Volterra Semiconductor Corp. †  181  4,244 

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Class A  319  10,336 

Xilinx, Inc.  1,720  42,054 

    974,228 
Energy (oil field) (1.3%)     
Cameron International Corp. †  1,360  49,232 

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas SA (France) †  2,738  62,318 

Complete Production Services, Inc. †  383  4,983 

Halliburton Co.  2,208  54,825 

Noble Corp. (Switzerland)  1,356  39,419 

Rowan Cos., Inc. †  1,786  44,221 

Saipem SpA (Italy)  1,919  59,618 

Schlumberger, Ltd.  1,689  94,837 

T-3 Energy Services, Inc. †  297  7,921 

TETRA Technologies, Inc. †  398  4,004 

Tidewater, Inc.  203  8,487 

    429,865 
Energy (other) (0.2%)     
Areva SA (France)  10  4,328 

Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (Canada) †  2,071  4,018 

Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada) †  200  2,590 

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. ADR (China) †  400  1,532 

Covanta Holding Corp. †  662  10,215 

E-Ton Solar Tech Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)  1,000  1,250 

EDP Renovaveis SA (Spain) †  879  5,036 

Evergreen Energy, Inc. †  8,756  1,672 

Evergreen Solar, Inc. †  893  848 

Fersa Energias Renovables SA (Spain)  1,477  2,044 

FuelCell Energy, Inc. †  1,679  3,610 

Gamesa Corp Tecnologica SA (Spain)  735  7,090 

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. †  257  2,855 

GT Solar International, Inc. †  295  1,611 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Energy (other) cont.     
Gushan Environmental Energy, Ltd. ADR (China)  3,283  $2,758 

Headwaters, Inc. †  631  2,492 

Iberdrola Renovables SA (Spain)  2,273  6,995 

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (China) †  486  2,367 

Magma Energy Corp. (Canada) †  780  973 

Nordex AG (Germany) †  506  4,504 

PNE Wind AG (Germany) †  547  1,407 

PNE Wind AG (Rights) (Germany) F   547  2 

PNE Wind AG (Rights) (Germany) F   547  1 

Q-Cells AG (Germany) †  210  1,262 

Ram Power Corp. (Canada) †  391  953 

Solar Millennium AG (Germany) †  82  1,617 

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (China) †  394  2,939 

Theolia SA (France) †  523  1,563 

Trina Solar, Ltd. ADR (China) †  236  4,130 

    82,662 
Engineering and construction (0.2%)     
Abengoa SA (Spain)  356  6,415 

Aecom Technology Corp. †  483  12,259 

EMCOR Group, Inc. †  630  15,731 

Shaw Group, Inc. †  954  32,541 

Stanley, Inc. †  172  6,354 

    73,300 
Environmental (0.2%)     
Bio-Treat Technology, Ltd. (China) †  30,000  1,712 

Energy Recovery, Inc. †  694  2,485 

Epure International, Ltd. (China) †  1,000  557 

Fuel Tech, Inc. †  650  3,985 

Hyflux, Ltd. (Singapore)  2,279  4,593 

Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. (Japan)  200  5,182 

Met-Pro Corp.  171  1,614 

Nalco Holding Co.  1,444  32,721 

Tetra Tech, Inc. †  620  14,052 

    66,901 
Financial (0.6%)     
AerCap Holdings NV (Netherlands) †  2,487  29,819 

Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corp. Class C  354  5,653 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. †  363  42,155 

Kinnevik Investment AB Class B (Sweden)  5,000  78,148 

MGIC Investment Corp. †  465  4,352 

NYSE Euronext  1,140  32,684 

    192,811 
Food (1.9%)     
Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom)  4,545  62,826 

Cermaq ASA (Norway) †  770  6,985 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.  3,341  80,785 

Cosan, Ltd. Class A (Brazil) †  995  8,587 

Dean Foods Co. †  2,629  27,999 

Del Monte Foods Co.  3,036  44,265 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Food cont.     
Delhaize Group SA (Belgium)  332  $26,600 

H.J. Heinz Co.  2,228  98,433 

Kellogg Co.  635  33,928 

Kerry Group PLC Class A (Ireland)  760  20,779 

Leroy Seafood Group ASA (Norway)  200  4,249 

Marine Harvest (Norway) †  21,004  16,852 

Nestle SA (Switzerland)  148  6,692 

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. (Japan)  2,000  22,075 

Nutreco Holding NV (Netherlands)  51  2,759 

Sara Lee Corp.  4,717  66,840 

SunOpta, Inc. (Canada) †  1,705  8,048 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (Japan)  3,000  65,482 

Yamazaki Baking Co., Inc. (Japan)  2,000  24,478 

    628,662 
Forest products and packaging (0.6%)     
Boise, Inc. †  809  4,967 

Clearwater Paper Corp. †  134  8,205 

International Paper Co.  2,246  52,175 

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. †  737  8,144 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. †  556  4,726 

MeadWestvaco Corp.  1,938  46,318 

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. R  544  19,051 

Rayonier, Inc. R  727  32,628 

Rock-Tenn Co. Class A  207  10,652 

Sealed Air Corp.  1,326  27,634 

    214,500 
Gaming and lottery (0.1%)     
Greek Organization of Football Prognostics (OPAP) SA (Greece)  1,633  24,749 

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. †  574  5,717 

    30,466 
Health-care services (3.2%)     
Aetna, Inc.  3,006  87,655 

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan)  600  27,889 

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. †  545  10,251 

Amedisys, Inc. †  149  7,408 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.  2,085  65,219 

AmSurg Corp. †  179  3,544 

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. Class A †  371  12,299 

athenahealth, Inc. †  273  6,759 

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A †  19  1,778 

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. †  1,179  20,739 

Cardinal Health, Inc.  2,197  75,775 

Cerner Corp. †  165  13,812 

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. †  182  6,104 

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.  162  6,968 

Continucare Corp. †  1,032  3,994 

Eclipsys Corp. †  547  10,478 

Emeritus Corp. †  729  14,791 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Health-care services cont.     
Ensign Group, Inc. (The)  128  $2,333 

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. †  335  9,256 

Health Management Associates, Inc. Class A †  6,563  61,036 

Healthsouth Corp. †  268  5,322 

HealthSpring, Inc. †  365  6,340 

Humana, Inc. †  1,794  82,614 

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. †  804  12,470 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings †  562  42,493 

LHC Group, Inc. †  112  3,450 

Lincare Holdings, Inc. †  1,737  81,326 

Magellan Health Services, Inc. †  166  6,755 

McKesson Corp.  2,206  154,420 

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. †  1,618  93,278 

Providence Service Corp. (The) †  137  2,245 

Quality Systems, Inc.  167  9,860 

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  942  3,269 

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Class A †  242  1,992 

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. †  1,161  10,577 

Suzuken Co., Ltd. (Japan)  700  24,561 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  2,049  59,564 

WellPoint, Inc. †  816  41,861 

    1,090,485 
Homebuilding (0.2%)     
D.R. Horton, Inc.  3,528  43,006 

KB Home  1,889  27,353 

Standard Pacific Corp. †  1,884  9,514 

    79,873 
Household furniture and appliances (0.3%)     
Electrolux AB Class B (Sweden)  1,493  33,160 

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. †  150  4,980 

Whirlpool Corp.  544  56,815 

    94,955 
Insurance (2.4%)     
Aflac, Inc.  1,437  63,659 

Allianz SE (Germany)  46  4,601 

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)  708  31,796 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.  1,240  11,668 

American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. †  423  6,755 

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)  1,245  31,449 

Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Italy)  4,321  78,527 

Assured Guaranty, Ltd. (Bermuda)  254  4,267 

CNA Surety Corp. †  316  5,189 

CNO Financial Group, Inc. †  895  5,021 

Everest Re Group, Ltd.  487  35,395 

First Mercury Financial Corp.  271  3,322 

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA (Bermuda)  636  7,518 

Fortis (Belgium) †  5,979  15,312 

Insurance Australia Group, Ltd. (Australia)  5,756  17,698 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Insurance cont.     
Loews Corp.  1,158  $37,647 

Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)  870  6,038 

MetLife, Inc.  2,803  113,493 

Old Mutual PLC (South Africa) †  9,651  15,864 

Pico Holdings, Inc. †  300  9,987 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)  154  5,669 

Principal Financial Group  1,722  46,821 

Protective Life Corp.  264  5,681 

Prudential Financial, Inc.  723  41,724 

QBE Insurance Group, Ltd. (Australia)  302  4,978 

Swiss Life Holding AG (Switzerland) †  429  45,637 

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.  422  19,847 

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)  2,633  130,255 

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.  785  3,713 

    809,531 
Investment banking/Brokerage (1.3%)     
3i Group PLC (United Kingdom)  3,903  16,051 

Affiliated Managers Group †  302  21,638 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.  505  20,094 

BlackRock, Inc.  295  49,525 

Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland)  1,538  59,713 

E*Trade Financial Corp. †  2,606  3,857 

Evercore Partners, Inc. Class A  325  10,595 

Franklin Resources, Inc.  311  30,506 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)  859  123,919 

Investment Technology Group, Inc. †  1,043  17,585 

Morgan Stanley  815  22,095 

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. Class A  388  10,837 

Resolution, Ltd. (Guernsey)  14,919  13,408 

SWS Group, Inc.  318  3,193 

Uranium Participation Corp. (Canada) †  322  1,738 

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Class A  939  25,175 

    429,929 
Leisure (—%)     
Multimedia Games, Inc. †  588  2,711 

    2,711 
Machinery (0.8%)     
Alamo Group, Inc.  182  4,233 

Altra Holdings, Inc. †  531  6,627 

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.  248  6,840 

Bucyrus International, Inc. Class A  27  1,446 

Caterpillar, Inc.  1,004  61,003 

CLARCOR, Inc.  141  5,113 

Deere (John) & Co.  363  20,938 

Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd.     
(South Korea)  220  12,466 

DXP Enterprises, Inc. †  249  3,887 

Ebara Corp. (Japan) †  3,000  13,041 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Machinery cont.     
Franklin Electric Co., Inc.  152  $4,432 

Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) †  13,000  35,437 

Gardner Denver, Inc.  80  3,643 

GLV, Inc. Class A (Canada) †  426  3,634 

Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)  201  5,698 

Joy Global, Inc.  767  39,117 

Lindsay Corp.  134  4,579 

NACCO Industries, Inc. Class A  47  3,974 

Raser Technologies, Inc. †  3,154  1,861 

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (United Kingdom)  507  10,459 

Tanfield Group PLC (United Kingdom) †  1,737  727 

Timken Co.  1,147  33,022 

    282,177 
Manufacturing (0.8%)     
AZZ, Inc.  108  3,987 

Dover Corp.  1,106  49,648 

EnPro Industries, Inc. †  143  4,516 

Exide Technologies †  881  3,753 

Federal Signal Corp.  405  2,758 

General Cable Corp. †  1,566  48,797 

ITT Corp.  597  28,823 

John Bean Technologies Corp.  316  5,432 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.  823  19,159 

LSB Industries, Inc. †  574  9,385 

Mueller Water Products, Inc. Class A  1,217  5,270 

Pentair, Inc.  373  12,816 

Roper Industries, Inc.  212  12,300 

Smith (A.O.) Corp.  256  11,935 

Standex International Corp.  141  3,667 

Thomas & Betts Corp. †  1,002  38,417 

Trimas Corp. †  728  7,346 

Valmont Industries, Inc.  129  10,219 

    278,228 
Media (0.5%)     
News Corp., Ltd. (The) Class A  3,257  42,992 

Time Warner, Inc.  3,588  111,192 

    154,184 
Medical technology (0.9%)     
AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. †  152  2,137 

Alliance Imaging, Inc. †  1,327  7,378 

Baxter International, Inc.  566  23,902 

Beckman Coulter, Inc.  17  976 

Bruker BioSciences Corp. †  587  7,475 

C.R. Bard, Inc.  436  35,303 

Cepheid, Inc. †  76  1,359 

Coloplast A/S Class B (Denmark)  224  22,947 

Gen-Probe, Inc. †  41  1,802 

Helicos BioSciences Corp. †  1,387  583 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Medical technology cont.     
Hospira, Inc. †  1,088  $56,641 

Kensey Nash Corp. †  218  5,036 

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. †  310  12,834 

Life Technologies Corp. †  1,224  61,273 

Medical Action Industries, Inc. †  488  5,553 

Medtronic, Inc.  544  21,314 

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. †  20  2,291 

OraSure Technologies, Inc. †  1,025  4,633 

Pall Corp.  205  6,980 

PerkinElmer, Inc.  83  1,883 

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. †  97  3,432 

Steris Corp.  221  7,034 

Techne Corp.  29  1,756 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. †  38  1,978 

Waters Corp. †  26  1,779 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.  86  3,384 

Young Innovations, Inc.  250  6,068 

    307,731 
Metal fabricators (—%)     
Haynes International, Inc.  101  3,207 

    3,207 
Metals (1.7%)     
Arafura Resources, Ltd. (Australia) †  2,644  985 

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg)  3,406  102,798 

BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia)  2,334  75,721 

Cameco Corp. (Canada)  139  3,397 

Century Aluminum Co. †  234  2,459 

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. †  225  3,398 

Denison Mines Corp. (Canada) †  939  1,278 

Elementos, Ltd. (Australia) †  157  26 

Energy Resources of Australia, Ltd. (Australia)  151  1,818 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B  1,370  95,969 

Hecla Mining Co. †  626  3,368 

Horsehead Holding Corp. †  914  9,533 

JFE Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  500  16,473 

Lithium Corp. †  967  706 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Japan) †  12,000  34,502 

Northwest Pipe Co. †  146  2,999 

OneSteel, Ltd. (Australia)  11,447  30,849 

Quest Uranium Corp. (Canada) †  491  1,197 

Rare Element Resources, Ltd. (Canada) †  343  885 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.  495  22,725 

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom)  1,861  85,843 

Tantalus Rare Earths AG (Germany) †  12  963 

Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. (Canada) †  1,146  11,288 

UEX Corp. (Canada) †  1,320  1,081 

Umicore NV/SA (Belgium)  378  11,402 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Metals cont.     
Uranium One, Inc. (Canada) †  700  $1,446 

USEC, Inc. †  382  2,017 

voestalpine AG (Austria)  1,640  45,926 

Western Lithium Canada Corp. (Canada) †  876  1,001 

    572,053 
Natural gas utilities (0.4%)     
Energen Corp.  727  32,184 

Gaz de France SA (France)  476  14,835 

NiSource, Inc.  2,125  31,790 

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. (Japan)  4,000  19,803 

UGI Corp.  998  26,088 

    124,700 
Office equipment and supplies (0.2%)     
ACCO Brands Corp. †  666  4,702 

Canon, Inc. (Japan)  1,500  61,463 

    66,165 
Oil and gas (6.1%)     
Apache Corp.  767  68,677 

BP PLC (United Kingdom)  6,114  43,738 

Canadian Oil Sands Trust (Unit) (Canada)  200  5,364 

Chevron Corp.  3,943  291,269 

Connacher Oil and Gas, Ltd. (Canada) †  1,500  2,128 

ConocoPhillips  2,628  136,288 

Contango Oil & Gas Co. †  109  5,481 

ENI SpA (Italy)  6,199  116,608 

Ensco International PLC ADR (United Kingdom)  1,451  54,267 

Exxon Mobil Corp.  7,784  470,621 

Hess Corp.  1,813  96,452 

Inpex Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  1  6,246 

Marathon Oil Corp.  2,089  64,947 

Nabors Industries, Ltd. †  2,194  41,752 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.  2,085  172,033 

Oil States International, Inc. †  828  32,325 

Oilsands Quest, Inc. (Canada) †  1,286  925 

OPTI Canada, Inc. (Canada) †  519  924 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.  2,896  40,631 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR (Brazil)  823  29,315 

Petroleum Development Corp. †  511  10,527 

Petroquest Energy, Inc. †  583  3,661 

Repsol YPF SA (Spain)  910  18,709 

Rosetta Resources, Inc. †  410  8,991 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom)  2,337  59,033 

Sasol, Ltd. ADR (South Africa)  202  7,272 

StatoilHydro ASA (Norway)  5,742  114,963 

Stone Energy Corp. †  672  9,005 

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)  268  8,163 

Swift Energy Co. †  231  6,387 

Tesoro Corp.  3,523  41,219 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Oil and gas cont.     
Unit Corp. †  149  $6,093 

UTS Energy Corp. (Canada) †  953  2,096 

Vaalco Energy, Inc.  780  4,165 

W&T Offshore, Inc.  642  6,253 

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)  3,175  62,706 

    2,049,234 
Pharmaceuticals (4.7%)     
Abbott Laboratories  2,902  138,019 

Actelion NV (Switzerland) †  361  13,070 

Allergan, Inc.  1,496  90,044 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)  3,373  141,373 

Biovail Corp. (Canada)  295  4,428 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  5,311  123,268 

Cephalon, Inc. †  672  39,554 

Eli Lilly & Co.  1,252  41,053 

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. †  483  10,114 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. †  595  15,399 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom)  6,754  112,980 

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. †  210  4,826 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  1,043  8,459 

Johnson & Johnson  3,530  205,799 

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  2,890  25,056 

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Class A  466  10,807 

Merck & Co., Inc. †  1,829  61,619 

Novartis AG (Switzerland)  1,392  63,119 

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. †  447  5,681 

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc. †  669  18,571 

Perrigo Co.  826  49,073 

Pfizer, Inc.  16,546  251,996 

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  528  5,000 

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland)  182  24,993 

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. †  125  4,491 

Sanofi-Aventis (France)  1,374  82,475 

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. †  675  3,935 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International †  836  38,857 

    1,594,059 
Power producers (0.3%)     
AES Corp. (The) †  4,664  47,899 

International Power PLC (United Kingdom)  4,211  17,659 

Ormat Technologies, Inc.  70  1,994 

SembCorp Industries, Ltd. (Singapore)  12,000  34,240 

    101,792 
Publishing (0.2%)     
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.  2,420  46,367 

Scholastic Corp.  544  14,226 

    60,593 
Railroads (0.4%)     
Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan)  9  71,289 

Union Pacific Corp.  751  53,644 

    124,933 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Real estate (1.4%)     
Agree Realty Corp. R  255  $6,072 

American Campus Communities, Inc. R  872  23,343 

American Capital Agency Corp. R  202  5,305 

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. R  696  4,719 

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A R  1,212  25,004 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. † R  1,628  12,943 

CapLease, Inc. R  739  3,776 

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Class A †  3,382  53,537 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. R  681  9,731 

CFS Retail Property Trust (Australia) R  23,486  38,310 

Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  1,000  11,340 

Chimera Investment Corp. R  5,358  21,111 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. R  544  30,959 

First Industrial Realty Trust † R  466  3,118 

Glimcher Realty Trust R  1,310  9,118 

Hang Lung Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  2,000  9,437 

HRPT Properties Trust R  6,943  46,588 

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.  631  47,085 

Lexington Realty Trust R  968  6,011 

LTC Properties, Inc. R  371  9,531 

National Health Investors, Inc. R  400  16,472 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. R  273  5,422 

PS Business Parks, Inc. R  181  9,758 

Public Storage R  635  58,858 

Saul Centers, Inc. R  131  5,024 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust R  87  2,834 

UOL Group, Ltd. (Singapore)  3,000  8,261 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. Class A R  277  4,637 

    488,304 
Regional Bells (1.2%)     
AT&T, Inc.  9,926  241,202 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. †  1,807  5,746 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.  14,238  74,607 

Verizon Communications, Inc.  3,107  85,505 

    407,060 
Restaurants (0.9%)     
AFC Enterprises †  1,302  13,619 

Brinker International, Inc.  2,368  42,103 

CEC Entertainment, Inc. †  162  6,551 

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. †  1,332  17,316 

McDonald’s Corp.  2,085  139,424 

Papa John’s International, Inc. †  188  4,668 

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. †  743  3,596 

Starbucks Corp.  2,825  73,139 

    300,416 
Retail (5.7%)     
Aeropostale, Inc. †  538  14,908 

Amazon.com, Inc. †  112  14,052 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont..  Shares  Value 

Retail cont.     
Best Buy Co., Inc.  537  $22,688 

Big Lots, Inc. †  1,303  46,035 

Buckle, Inc. (The)  106  3,768 

Cash America International, Inc.  125  4,619 

Childrens Place Retail Stores, Inc. (The) †  87  4,100 

Coach, Inc.  941  38,685 

Deckers Outdoor Corp. †  75  10,854 

Dillards, Inc. Class A  289  8,291 

Dollar Tree, Inc. †  727  45,503 

Dress Barn, Inc. †  547  14,982 

DSW, Inc. Class A †  326  9,415 

Gap, Inc. (The)  4,534  98,841 

Guess ?, Inc.  609  23,136 

Herbalife, Ltd. (Cayman Islands)  1,366  61,675 

Home Depot, Inc. (The)  2,407  81,501 

JC Penney Co., Inc. (Holding Co.)  2,511  69,027 

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. †  150  9,102 

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. Class A †  237  2,789 

Koninklijke Ahold NV (Netherlands)  5,351  67,478 

Limited Brands, Inc.  3,175  78,931 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.  1,905  47,149 

Macy’s, Inc.  3,112  69,118 

NBTY, Inc. †  695  23,797 

Next PLC (United Kingdom)  3,865  115,929 

OfficeMax, Inc. †  1,028  18,329 

PETsMART, Inc.  1,572  49,927 

RadioShack Corp.  173  3,536 

Ross Stores, Inc.  1,468  76,923 

Safeway, Inc.  2,481  54,929 

Sonic Automotive, Inc. †  531  5,252 

Stage Stores, Inc.  408  5,781 

Steven Madden, Ltd. †  366  12,345 

Supervalu, Inc.  2,767  37,271 

Target Corp.  1,383  75,415 

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)  721  32,777 

Toro Co. (The)  760  40,652 

Tractor Supply Co.  64  4,337 

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. †  96  3,595 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.  5,351  270,547 

Walgreen Co.  3,693  118,324 

Wesfarmers, Ltd. (Australia)  4,550  110,611 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.  158  4,535 

World Fuel Services Corp.  166  4,321 

    1,915,780 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont..  Shares  Value 

Schools (0.1%)     
Bridgepoint Education, Inc. †  95  $2,049 

Career Education Corp. †  198  5,544 

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. †  736  9,855 

Lincoln Educational Services Corp. †  651  15,513 

    32,961 
Semiconductor (0.2%)     
Cirrus Logic, Inc. †  653  9,282 

Entegris, Inc. †  1,028  5,551 

Ultratech, Inc. †  361  5,032 

Veeco Instruments, Inc. †  1,280  48,858 

    68,723 
Shipping (0.5%)     
CAI International, Inc. †  717  10,167 

Con-way, Inc.  948  32,251 

FedEx Corp.  494  41,244 

SembCorp Marine, Ltd. (Singapore)  10,000  28,526 

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B  514  32,259 

Wabtec Corp.  288  12,485 

    156,932 
Software (3.8%)     
Adobe Systems, Inc. †  604  19,376 

Akamai Technologies, Inc. †  1,144  45,440 

ArcSight, Inc. †  488  10,570 

BMC Software, Inc. †  1,834  67,876 

Citrix Systems, Inc. †  859  37,461 

Concur Technologies, Inc. †  578  24,449 

Intuit, Inc. †  1,187  42,423 

JDA Software Group, Inc. †  70  1,870 

Mantech International Corp. Class A †  260  12,020 

McAfee, Inc. †  2,041  64,904 

Microsoft Corp.  17,759  458,182 

MicroStrategy, Inc. †  138  10,634 

Omnicell, Inc. †  599  7,847 

Oracle Corp.  7,293  164,603 

Symantec Corp. †  8,493  120,346 

TIBCO Software, Inc. †  1,457  16,624 

Trend Micro, Inc. (Japan)  300  8,731 

VMware, Inc. Class A †  2,442  161,685 

Websense, Inc. †  206  4,310 

    1,279,351 
Technology (0.3%)     
Amkor Technologies, Inc. †  508  3,459 

CACI International, Inc. Class A †  133  6,150 

ON Semiconductor Corp. †  4,156  30,380 

Solarworld AG (Germany)  182  1,922 

Tech Data Corp. †  1,172  47,642 

Unisys Corp. †  471  10,927 

    100,480 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Technology services (1.6%)     
3PAR, Inc. †  982  $10,439 

Acxiom Corp. †  345  6,006 

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. †  300  6,441 

Check Point Software Technologies (Israel) †  407  12,483 

Computershare Ltd. (Australia)  4,355  39,797 

Convergys Corp. †  3,404  37,172 

CSG Systems International, Inc. †  716  14,692 

eBay, Inc. †  1,286  27,533 

Fair Isaac Corp.  304  7,053 

Google, Inc. Class A †  398  193,102 

HealthStream, Inc. †  1,063  4,890 

Infospace, Inc. †  821  6,757 

Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A †  1,805  30,613 

LivePerson, Inc. †  732  4,729 

SAIC, Inc. †  616  10,589 

Salesforce.com, Inc. †  553  47,851 

SAVVIS, Inc. †  459  8,609 

SonicWall, Inc. †  547  4,983 

Sourcefire, Inc. †  470  9,701 

United Online, Inc.  1,200  8,178 

VeriSign, Inc. †  437  12,197 

Western Union Co. (The)  1,789  28,552 

Zix Corp. †  546  1,283 

    533,650 
Telecommunications (1.3%)     
ADTRAN, Inc.  301  8,256 

Applied Signal Technology, Inc.  180  3,175 

Aruba Networks, Inc. †  574  7,692 

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom)  39,890  73,054 

Earthlink, Inc.  425  3,651 

France Telecom SA (France)  2,639  50,369 

Iridium Communications, Inc. †  1,035  9,377 

j2 Global Communications, Inc. †  250  5,785 

KDDI Corp. (Japan)  17  77,629 

Loral Space & Communications, Inc. †  127  5,072 

NeuStar, Inc. Class A †  338  7,230 

NII Holdings, Inc. †  1,417  51,678 

PCCW, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  42,000  11,229 

Sprint Nextel Corp. †  16,985  87,133 

USA Mobility, Inc. †  387  5,449 

Windstream Corp.  3,446  36,769 

    443,548 
Telephone (0.4%)     
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.  216  9,031 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) Corp. (Japan)  2,700  110,606 

    119,637 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Textiles (0.2%)     
Carter’s, Inc. †  116  $3,545 

Gymboree Corp. (The) †  141  6,286 

Maidenform Brands, Inc. †  334  7,729 

Perry Ellis International, Inc. †  354  8,517 

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.  638  34,918 

Unifirst Corp.  99  4,455 

Warnaco Group, Inc. (The) †  240  10,222 

    75,672 
Tire and rubber (0.1%)     
Cooper Tire & Rubber  380  7,186 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The) †  1,995  23,741 

    30,927 
Tobacco (0.6%)     
Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Japan)  11  34,554 

Philip Morris International, Inc.  4,081  180,054 

    214,608 
Toys (0.2%)     
Mattel, Inc.  2,858  61,904 

    61,904 
Transportation (0.1%)     
Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte SA (Spain)  1,816  12,075 

TAL International Group, Inc.  279  6,693 

    18,768 
Transportation services (0.1%)     
HUB Group, Inc. Class A †  372  11,383 

TNT NV (Netherlands)  633  15,959 

    27,342 
Trucks and parts (0.2%)     
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Japan)  1,200  33,737 

GUD Holdings, Ltd. (Australia)  384  2,654 

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Japan)  2,000  31,639 

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. †  3,200  2,176 

Tenneco Automotive, Inc. †  303  6,714 

Westport Innovations, Inc. (Canada) †  207  3,390 

    80,310 
Utilities and power (—%)     
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners (Australia)  5,978  4,219 

EDF Energies Nouvelles SA (France)  90  3,239 

    7,458 
Waste Management (—%)     
Calgon Carbon Corp. †  245  3,643 

EnergySolutions, Inc.  348  2,175 

    5,818 
Water Utilities (0.2%)     
American States Water Co.  137  4,709 

Aqua America, Inc.  366  6,387 

California Water Service Group  120  4,300 

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR (Brazil)  229  8,661 

Consolidated Water Co., Inc. (Cayman Islands)  135  1,619 

Guangdong Investment, Ltd. (China)  20,000  9,405 

Severn Trent PLC (United Kingdom)  475  8,225 

SJW Corp.  154  3,724 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (83.5%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Water Utilities cont.     
Southwest Water Co.  271  $2,791 

Veolia Environnement (France)  459  11,756 

    61,577 
Total common stocks (cost $25,045,627)    $28,259,387 
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES (4.5%)*  Shares  Value 

American Capital, Ltd.  1,395  $7,435 

Ares Capital Corp.  335  4,536 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.  504  5,292 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. †  2,567  10,833 

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund  2,321  112,151 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund  2,998  114,224 

iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund  241  17,205 

MCG Capital Corp. †  2,301  12,540 

Midcap SPDR Trust Series 1  822  114,003 

NGP Capital Resources Co.  633  4,615 

S&P 500 Index Depository Receipts (SPDR Trust Series 1)  10,146  1,110,378 

Total investment companies (cost $1,467,121)    $1,513,212 
   

 

WARRANTS (—%)* †  Expiration  Strike     
  date  Price  Warrants  Value 

Aventine Renewable         
Energy Holdings, Inc. F  3/15/15  $40.94  19  $— 

Total warrants (cost $881)        $— 
 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (11.6%)*  Principal amount/shares  Value 

Short-term investments held as collateral for loaned     
securities with yields ranging from 0.07% to 0.28% and due     
dates ranging from June 1, 2010 to June 21, 2010 d  $2,200  $2,200 

Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund e  3,043,507  3,043,507 

U.S. Treasury Bills for an effective yield of 0.26%,     
March 10, 2011 ##  147,000  146,638 

U.S. Treasury Bills with effective yields ranging from     
0.24% to 0.35%, November 18, 2010 # ##  593,001  591,889 

U.S. Treasury Cash Management Bills for an effective yield     
of 0.22%, July 15, 2010 # ##  154,001  153,959 

Total short-term investments (cost $3,938,512)    $3,938,193 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     

Total investments (cost $30,452,141)    $33,710,792 

 

Key to holding’s abbreviations

ADR American Depository Receipts

NPR Nil Paid Rights

Notes to the fund’s portfolio

Unless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the fund’s reporting period, which ran from June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010 (the reporting period).

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $33,826,353.

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† Non-income-producing security.

‡ Restricted, excluding 144A securities, as to public resale. The total market value of restricted securities held at the close of the reporting period was $10, or less than 0.1% of net assets.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period.

## These securities, in part or in entirety, were pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivatives contracts at the close of the reporting period.

d See Note 1 to the financial statements regarding securities lending.

e See Note 7 to the financial statements regarding investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period.

F Is valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Securities may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 for Accounting Standards Codification ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) based on the securities valuation inputs. At the close of the reporting period, fair value pricing was also used for certain foreign securities in the portfolio (Note 1).

R Real Estate Investment Trust.

S Securities on loan, in part or in entirety, at the close of the reporting period.

At the close of the reporting period, liquid assets totaling $151,027 have been segregated to cover certain derivatives contracts.

ADR after the name of a foreign holding represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank.

DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY

Distribution of investments by country of risk at the close of the reporting period (as a percentage of Portfolio Value):

United States  80.5%  Italy  1.6% 


Japan  4.7  Switzerland  0.8 


United Kingdom  3.5  Singapore  0.6 


Australia  1.7  Netherlands  0.6 


France  1.6  Other  4.4 


    Total  100.0% 
 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS TO BUY at 5/31/10 (aggregate face value $9,100,539)

        Unrealized 
    Aggregate  Delivery  appreciation/ 
  Value  face value  date  (depreciation) 

Australian Dollar  $404,283  $442,121  6/17/10  $(37,838) 

Brazilian Real  59,029  59,804  6/17/10  (775) 

British Pound  1,596,805  1,650,021  6/17/10  (53,216) 

Canadian Dollar  1,617,691  1,653,654  6/17/10  (35,963) 

Chilean Peso  50,148  50,467  6/17/10  (319) 

Czech Koruna  47,141  48,814  6/17/10  (1,673) 

Euro  676,163  720,992  6/17/10  (44,829) 

Hong Kong Dollar  433,332  434,439  6/17/10  (1,107) 

Hungarian Forint  74,751  77,854  6/17/10  (3,103) 

Japanese Yen  1,330,507  1,277,857  6/17/10  52,650 

Mexican Peso  171,958  175,678  6/17/10  (3,720) 

New Zealand Dollar  24,678  25,965  6/17/10  (1,287) 

Norwegian Krone  868,986  924,057  6/17/10  (55,071) 

Polish Zloty  42,387  44,594  6/17/10  (2,207) 

 

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS TO BUY at 5/31/10 (aggregate face value $9,100,539) cont.   
        Unrealized 
    Aggregate  Delivery  appreciation/ 
  Value  face value  date  (depreciation) 

Singapore Dollar  $16,138  $16,209  6/17/10  $(71) 

South African Rand  19,641  19,564  6/17/10  77 

South Korean Won  12,236  12,737  6/17/10  (501) 

Swedish Krona  491,172  521,847  6/17/10  (30,675) 

Swiss Franc  812,312  839,252  6/17/10  (26,940) 

Turkish Lira  102,220  104,613  6/17/10  (2,393) 

Total        $(248,961) 
 
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS TO SELL at 5/31/10 (aggregate face value $9,379,622)   
        Unrealized 
    Aggregate  Delivery  appreciation/ 
  Value  face value  date  (depreciation) 

Australian Dollar  $1,349,955  $1,371,716  6/17/10  $21,761 

Brazilian Real  21,635  21,916  6/17/10  281 

British Pound  905,946  947,449  6/17/10  41,503 

Canadian Dollar  856,733  879,798  6/17/10  23,065 

Chilean Peso  68,542  68,997  6/17/10  455 

Czech Koruna  77,109  80,289  6/17/10  3,180 

Danish Krone  11,732  12,292  6/17/10  560 

Euro  2,382,738  2,552,609  6/17/10  169,871 

Hong Kong Dollar  47,748  47,870  6/17/10  122 

Hungarian Forint  9,215  9,557  6/17/10  342 

Japanese Yen  1,451,024  1,398,252  6/17/10  (52,772) 

Mexican Peso  1,659  1,693  6/17/10  34 

New Zealand Dollar  58,034  60,009  6/17/10  1,975 

Norwegian Krone  397,451  430,123  6/17/10  32,672 

Polish Zloty  28,248  29,703  6/17/10  1,455 

Singapore Dollar  156,261  157,810  6/17/10  1,549 

South African Rand  16,904  16,854  6/17/10  (50) 

South Korean Won  29,039  30,235  6/17/10  1,196 

Swedish Krona  831,045  881,766  6/17/10  50,721 

Swiss Franc  226,199  241,084  6/17/10  14,885 

Taiwan Dollar  137,912  139,600  6/17/10  1,688 

Total        $314,493 

 

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FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 5/31/10

        Unrealized 
Number of    Expiration  appreciation/ 
contracts  Value  date  (depreciation) 

Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index (Long)  43  $1,378,002  Jun-10  $(139,542) 

Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index (Short)  4  128,186  Jun-10  9,527 

FTSE 100 Index (Short)  13  975,996  Jun-10  90,965 

MSCI EAFE Index E-Mini (Short)  9  608,400  Jun-10  92,457 

Russell 2000 Index Mini (Long)  6  396,660  Jun-10  (6,642) 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short)  10  544,250  Jun-10  40,688 

S&P Mid Cap 400 Index E-Mini (Short)  3  228,660  Jun-10  8,057 

SPI 200 Index (Short)  5  472,419  Jun-10  37,594 

Tokyo Price Index (Long)  2  194,311  Jun-10  (23,906) 

Total        $109,198 
   

 

TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 5/31/10

  Upfront    Fixed payments  Total return  Unrealized 
Swap counterparty /  premium  Termination  received (paid) by  received by  appreciation/ 
Notional amount  received (paid)  date  fund per annum  or paid by fund  (depreciation) 

Citibank, N.A.           
contracts 8,015  $—  1/25/11  (1 month  MSCI Total   
      USD-LIBOR-BBA  Return Emerging   
      plus 0.9%)  Markets (Net) Index  $184,950 

Goldman Sachs International         
baskets 257    11/24/10  (3 month  A basket   
      USD-LIBOR-BBA  (GSPMTGCC) of   
      plus 85 bps)  common stocks  (9,396) 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.         
shares 17,338    10/20/10  (3 month  iShares MSCI   
      USD-LIBOR-BBA  Emerging Markets   
      plus 5 bps)  Index  (81,607) 

UBS, AG           
shares 523 F    1/21/11  (3 month  S&P 500 Materials   
      USD-LIBOR-BBA)  Total Return Index  (15,840) 

shares 500    1/21/11  (3 month  S&P 500 Utilities   
      USD-LIBOR-BBA)  Total Return Index  7,157 

Total          $85,264 

 

F Is valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Securities may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 for Accounting Standards Codification ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”) based on securities valuation inputs.

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the fund’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

Level 2 — Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 — Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

    Valuation inputs   

Investments in securities:  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 

Common stocks:       

Basic materials  $1,142,347  $635,480  $— 

Capital goods  1,422,591  389,082   

Communication services  1,033,105  322,887   

Conglomerates  456,628  137,473   

Consumer cyclicals  2,473,055  756,849   

Consumer staples  1,989,641  554,314   

Energy  2,214,595  529,712  13 

Financial  2,933,882  1,180,225   

Health care  2,981,967  514,428   

Technology  4,602,897  417,129   

Transportation  232,719  127,849   

Utilities and power  675,008  535,511   

Total common stocks  22,158,435  6,100,939  13 
Investment companies  1,513,212     

Short-term investments  3,043,507  894,686   

Totals by level  $26,715,154  $6,995,625  $13 
 
    Valuation inputs   

Other financial instruments:  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 

Forward currency contracts to buy  $—  $(248,961)  $— 

Forward currency contracts to sell    314,493   

Futures contracts  109,198     

Total return swap contracts    85,264   

Totals by level  $109,198  $150,796  $— 

 

At the start and/or close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities and other financial instruments were not considered a significant portion of the fund’s portfolio.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of assets and liabilities 5/31/10

ASSETS   

Investment in securities, at value, including $2,123 of securities on loan (Note 1):   
Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $27,408,634)  $30,667,285 
Affiliated issuers (identified cost $3,043,507) (Note 7)  3,043,507 

Cash  97 

Foreign currency (cost $12,742) (Note 1)  12,701 

Dividends, interest and other receivables  95,500 

Receivable for shares of the fund sold  61,004 

Receivable for investments sold  293,372 

Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts (Note 1)  192,107 

Receivable for variation margin (Note 1)  3,431 

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 1)  442,182 

Total assets  34,811,186 
  
LIABILITIES   

Payable for investments purchased  411,454 

Payable for shares of the fund repurchased  25,567 

Payable for compensation of Manager (Note 2)  2,749 

Payable for investor servicing fees (Note 2)  7,509 

Payable for custodian fees (Note 2)  38,602 

Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)  765 

Payable for administrative services (Note 2)  120 

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 1)  376,650 

Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts (Note 1)  106,843 

Collateral on securities loaned, at value (Note 1)  2,200 

Other accrued expenses  12,374 

Total liabilities  984,833 
 
Net assets  $33,826,353 

 
REPRESENTED BY   

Paid-in capital (Unlimited shares authorized) (Notes 1 and 4)  $27,707,791 

Distributions in excess of net investment income (Note 1)  (105,006) 

Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions (Note 1)  2,706,099 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies  3,517,469 

Total — Representing net assets applicable to capital shares outstanding  $33,826,353 
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE   

Net asset value and redemption price per class A share ($23,375 divided by 2,027 shares)  $11.53 

Offering price per class A share (100/94.25 of $11.53)*  $12.23 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class Y share   
($33,802,978 divided by 2,931,391 shares)  $11.53 

 

* On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more the offering price is reduced.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of operations Year ended 5/31/10

INVESTMENT INCOME   

Dividends (net of foreign tax of $18,246)  $658,085 

Interest (including interest income of $8,894 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 7)  11,536 

Securities lending  1,937 

Total investment income  671,558 
 
 
EXPENSES   

Compensation of Manager (Note 2)  242,744 

Investor servicing fees (Note 2)  96,507 

Custodian fees (Note 2)  84,654 

Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)  5,106 

Administrative services (Note 2)  2,684 

Auditing  66,039 

Other  37,859 

Fees waived and reimbursed by Manager (Note 2)  (149,232) 

Total expenses  386,361 
Expense reduction (Note 2)  (78) 

Net expenses  386,283 
 
Net investment income  285,275 

 
Net realized gain on investments (Notes 1 and 3)  5,909,289 

Net realized gain on swap contracts (Note 1)  693,857 

Net realized loss on futures contracts (Note 1)  (21,534) 

Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions (Note 1)  318,251 

Net realized gain on written options (Notes 1 and 3)  4,905 

Net unrealized appreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies during the year  43,198 

Net unrealized depreciation of investments, futures contracts and swap contracts during the year  (684,383) 

Net gain on investments  6,263,583 
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  $6,548,858 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS    For the period 1/23/09 
    (commencement of 
  Year ended 5/31/10  operations) to 5/31/09 

Operations:     
Net investment income  $285,275  $204,115 

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions  6,904,768  1,445,085 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and     
assets and liabilities in foreign currencies  (641,185)  4,158,654 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  6,548,858  5,807,854 

Distributions to shareholders (Note 1):     
From ordinary income     
Net investment income     

Class A  (1,222)   

Class Y  (2,374,150)   

Net realized short-term gain on investments     
Class A  (1,987)   

Class Y  (3,860,791)   

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions (Note 4)  (4,761,345)  32,449,136 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets  (4,450,637)  38,256,990 
 
NET ASSETS     

Beginning of year (Note 6)  38,276,990  20,000 

End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment     
income of $105,006 and undistributed net investment income     
of $1,066,729)  $33,826,353  $38,276,990 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial highlights (For a common share outstanding throughout the period)


INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:   LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:   RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:   

                      Ratio  Ratio of net   
      Net realized                of expenses  investment   
  Net asset value,    and unrealized  Total from    From net    Net asset  Total return  Net assets,  toaverage  income (loss)   
  beginning  Net investment  gain (loss) on  investment  From net  realized gain  Total  value, end of  at net asset  end of period  net assets  toaverage  Portfolio 
Period ended  of period  income (loss) a  investments  operations  investment income  on investments  distributions  period  value (%) b  (in thousands)  (%) c,d  net assets (%)    turnover (%)

Class A                           
May 31, 2010  $11.85  .10  2.09  2.19  (.96)  (1.55)  (2.51)  $11.53  18.34  $23  1.05  .82  103.27 
May 31, 2009 †  10.00  .06  1.79  1.85        11.85  18.50 *  15  .40 *  .61 *  45.86 * 

Class Y                           
May 31, 2010  $11.85  .10  2.09  2.19  (.96)  (1.55)  (2.51)  $11.53  18.34  $33,803  1.05  .78  103.27 
May 31, 2009 †  10.00  .06  1.79  1.85        11.85  18.50 *  38,262  .40 *  .61 *  45.86 * 

 

* Not annualized.

† For the period January 23, 2009 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2009.

a Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

b Total return assumes dividend reinvestment and does not reflect the effect of sales charges.

c Includes amounts paid through expense offset arrangements (Note 2).

d Reflects an involuntary contractual expense limitation in effect during the period. As a result of such limitation, the expenses of each class reflect a reduction of the following amounts (Note 2):

  Percentage of 
  average net assets 

May 31, 2010  0.41% 

May 31, 2009  0.30 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to financial statements 5/31/10 (Unaudited)

Note 1: Significant accounting policies

Putnam Asset Allocation: Equity Portfolio is a series of Putnam Funds Trust, a Massachusetts business trust organized on January 22, 1996 (the Trust). A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, which is governed by Massachusetts law, is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trust is an open-end management investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest. The fund seeks long-term growth. The investment objective of the fund is to seek capital appreciation by investing mainly in common stocks of midsized and large companies worldwide that Putnam Investment Management, LLC (Putnam Management), the fund’s manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, believes have favorable potential.

The fund offers class A and class Y shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%, and generally do not pay a contingent deferred sales charge. Class Y shares, which are sold at net asset value, are generally subject to the same expenses as class A, but do not bear a distribution fee. Class Y shares are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs.

A 1.00% redemption fee may apply on any shares that are redeemed (either by selling or exchanging into another fund) within 7 days of purchase. The redemption fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in-capital.

Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses of the fund are borne pro-rata based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the fund, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the distribution fees applicable to such classes). Each class votes as a class only with respect to its own distribution plan or other matters on which a class vote is required by law or determined by the Trustees. If the fund were liquidated, shares of each class would receive their pro-rata share of the net assets of the fund. In addition, the Trustees declare separate dividends on each class of shares.

In the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circumstances. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the fund. However, the fund’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the period from June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010 (the reporting period). Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements.

A) Security valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets and are classified as Level 1 securities. If no sales are reported — as in the case of some securities traded over-the-counter — a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the fund will fair value foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. These securities, which will generally represent a transfer from a Level 1 to a Level 2 security, will be classified as Level 2. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the fund to a significant extent. At May 31, 2010, fair value pricing was used for certain foreign securities in the portfolio. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that Putnam Management does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by Putnam Management. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued

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at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity exposures and recovery rates. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the fund could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

B) Joint trading account Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund may transfer uninvested cash balances, including cash collateral received under security lending arrangements, into a joint trading account along with the cash of other registered investment companies and certain other accounts managed by Putnam Management. These balances may be invested in issues of short-term investments having maturities of up to 397 days for collateral received under security lending arrangements and up to 90 days for other cash investments.

C) Security transactions and related investment income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain. All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

D) Foreign currency translation The accounting records of the fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The market value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the fund after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The fund does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net realized exchange gains or losses on closed forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of open forward currency contracts and assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations, not present with domestic investments.

E) Futures and options contracts The fund may use futures and options contracts to hedge against changes in the values of securities the fund owns, owned or expects to purchase, or for other investment purposes. The fund may also write options on swaps or securities it owns or in which it may invest to increase its current returns.

The potential risk to the fund is that the change in value of futures and options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The fund and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.” Exchange traded options are valued at

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the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. Options traded over-the-counter are valued using prices supplied by dealers. Futures and written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. The fund had an average contract amount of approximately 65 on futures contracts for the reporting period. The fund had an average contract amount of approximately 1,404 on purchased and written options contracts for the reporting period.

F) Forward currency contracts The fund may buy and sell forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to protect against a decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar of the currencies in which its portfolio securities are denominated or quoted (or an increase in the value of a currency in which securities a fund intends to buy are denominated, when a fund holds cash reserves and short term investments), or for other investment purposes. The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The fund could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the fund is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. Outstanding contracts on forward currency contracts at the close of the reporting period are indicative of the volume of activity during the period.

G) Total return swap contracts The fund may enter into total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount to help enhance the fund’s return and manage the fund’s exposure to credit risk. To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. Total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract. The fund could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Total return swap contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. Outstanding notional on total return swap contracts at the close of the reporting period are indicative of the volume of activity during the period.

H) Master agreements The fund is a party to ISDA (International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivative and foreign exchange contracts entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the fund is held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian and with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral pledged by the fund is segregated by the fund’s custodian and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the fund and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the fund’s net position with each counterparty. Termination events applicable to the fund may occur upon a decline in the fund’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the counterparty’s long-term and short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the fund’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the fund’s future derivative activity.

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At the close of the reporting period, the fund had a net liability position of $64,035 on derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the fund totaled $469,308.

I) Securities lending The fund may lend securities, through its agents, to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The loans are collateralized by cash and/or securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. The market value of securities loaned is determined daily and any additional required collateral is allocated to the fund on the next business day. The risk of borrower default will be borne by the fund’s agents; the fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the cash collateral. Income from securities lending is included in investment income on the Statement of operations. At the close of the reporting period, the value of securities loaned amounted to $2,123. The fund received cash collateral of $2,200 which is pooled with collateral of other Putnam funds into 23 issues of short-term investments.

J) Federal taxes It is the policy of the fund to distribute all of its taxable income within the prescribed time period and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), applicable to regulated investment companies. It is also the intention of the fund to distribute an amount sufficient to avoid imposition of any excise tax under Section 4982 of the Code. The fund is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ASC 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains. Each of the fund’s federal tax returns since inception remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

K) Distributions to shareholders Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are recorded by the fund on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences include temporary and/or permanent differences of losses on wash sales transactions, foreign currency gains and losses, realized and unrealized gains and losses on certain futures contracts, straddle loss deferrals, and income on swap contracts. Reclassifications are made to the fund’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryovers) under income tax regulations. For the reporting period ended May 31, 2010, the fund reclassified $918,362 to decrease distribution in excess of net investment income, with a decrease to accumulated net realized gains of $918,362.

The tax basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of the close of the reporting period were as follows:

Unrealized appreciation  $4,626,007 
Unrealized depreciation  (1,461,455) 

Net unrealized appreciation  3,164,552 
Undistributed ordinary income  42,241 
Undistributed short-term gain  1,999,308 
Undistributed long-term gain  1,904,574 
Cost for federal income tax purposes  $30,546,240 

 

L) Expenses of the Trust Expenses directly charged or attributable to any fund will be paid from the assets of that fund. Generally, expenses of the Trust will be allocated among and charged to the assets of each fund on a basis that the Trustees deem fair and equitable, which may be based on the relative assets of each fund or the nature of the services performed and relative applicability to each fund.

Note 2: Management fee, administrative services and other transactions

Prior to January 1, 2010, the fund paid Putnam Management for management and investment advisory services monthly based on the average net assets of the fund. Such fee was based on the following annual rates: 0.70% of the first $500 million of average net assets, 0.60% of the next $500 million, 0.55% of the next $500 million, 0.50% of the next $5 billion, 0.475% of the next $5 billion, 0.455% of the next $5 billion, 0.44% of the next $5 billion, 0.43% of the next $5 billion, 0.42% of the next $5 billion, 0.41% of the next $5 billion, 0.40% of the next $5 billion, 0.39% of the next $5 billion, 0.38% of the next $8.5 billion and 0.37% thereafter.

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Effective January 1, 2010, the fund pays Putnam Management a management fee (based on the fund’s average net assets and computed and paid monthly) at annual rates that may vary based on the average of the aggregate net assets of most open-end funds, as defined in the fund’s management contract, sponsored by Putnam Management. Such annual rates may vary as follows: 0.75% of the first $5 billion of average net assets, 0.70% of the next $5 billion, 0.65% of the next $10 billion, 0.60% of the next $10 billion, 0.55% of the next $50 billion, 0.53% of the next $50 billion, 0.52% of the next $100 billion, and 0.515% thereafter.

Putnam Management had agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of the fund through July 31, 2009 to the extent necessary to ensure that the fund’s expenses did not exceed the simple average of the expenses of all front-end load funds viewed by Lipper Inc. as having the same investment classification or objective as the fund. The expense reimbursement was based on a comparison of the fund’s expenses with the average annualized operating expenses of the funds in its Lipper peer group for each calendar quarter during the fund’s last fiscal year, excluding 12b-1 fees and without giving effect to any expense offset and brokerage/service arrangements that may reduce fund expenses. During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $19,265 as a result of this limit.

Effective August 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, Putnam Management has also contractually agreed to reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent necessary to limit the cumulative expenses of the fund, exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, investment-related expenses, extraordinary expenses and payments under the fund’s investor servicing contract, investment management contract and distribution plans, on a fiscal year-to-date basis (or from August 1, 2009 through the fund’s next fiscal year end, as applicable), to an annual rate of 0.20% of the fund’s average net assets over such fiscal year-to-date period (or since August 1, 2009, as applicable). During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $116,239 as a result of this limit.

Putnam Management has also contractually agreed, from August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2010, to limit the management fee for the fund to an annual rate of 0.612% of the fund’s average net assets. During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $13,728 as a result of this limit.

Putnam Investments Limited (PIL), an affiliate of Putnam Management, is authorized by the Trustees to manage a separate portion of the assets of the fund as determined by Putnam Management from time to time. Putnam Management pays a quarterly sub-management fee to PIL for its services at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average net assets of the portion of the fund managed by PIL.

The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC), an affiliate of Putnam Management, is authorized by the Trustees to manage a separate portion of the assets of the fund, as designated from time to time by Putnam Management or PIL. Putnam Management or PIL, as applicable, pays a quarterly sub-advisory fee to PAC for its services at the annual rate of 0.35% of the average net assets of the portion of the fund’s assets for which PAC is engaged as sub-adviser.

The fund reimburses Putnam Management an allocated amount for the compensation and related expenses of certain officers of the fund and their staff who provide administrative services to the fund. The aggregate amount of all such reimbursements is determined annually by the Trustees.

Custodial functions for the fund’s assets are provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street). Custody fees are based on the fund’s asset level, the number of its security holdings and transaction volumes.

Putnam Investor Services, Inc., an affiliate of Putnam Management, provided investor servicing agent functions to the fund. Putnam Investor Services, Inc. received fees for investor servicing, subject to certain limitations, based on the fund’s retail asset level, the number of shareholder accounts in the fund and the level of defined contribution plan assets in the fund. The amounts incurred for investor servicing agent functions during the reporting period are included in Investor servicing fees in the Statement of operations.

The fund has entered into expense offset arrangements with Putnam Investor Services, Inc. and State Street whereby Putnam Investor Services, Inc.’s and State Street’s fees are reduced by credits allowed on cash balances. For the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $78 under the expense offset arrangements.

Each independent Trustee of the fund receives an annual Trustee fee, of which $26, as a quarterly retainer, has been allocated to the fund, and an additional fee for each Trustees meeting attended. Trustees receive additional fees for attendance at certain committee meetings and industry seminars and for certain compliance-related matters. Trustees also are reimbursed for expenses they incur relating to their services as Trustees.

The fund has adopted a Trustee Fee Deferral Plan (the Deferral Plan) which allows the Trustees to defer the receipt of all or a portion of Trustees fees payable on or after July 1, 1995. The deferred fees remain invested in certain Putnam funds until distribution in accordance with the Deferral Plan.

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The fund has adopted an unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the Pension Plan) covering all Trustees of the fund who have served as a Trustee for at least five years and were first elected prior to 2004. Benefits under the Pension Plan are equal to 50% of the Trustee’s average annual attendance and retainer fees for the three years ended December 31, 2005. The retirement benefit is payable during a Trustee’s lifetime, beginning the year following retirement, for the number of years of service through December 31, 2006. Pension expense for the fund is included in Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of operations. Accrued pension liability is included in Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Trustees have terminated the Pension Plan with respect to any Trustee first elected after 2003.

The fund has adopted a distribution plan (the Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The purpose of the Plan is to compensate Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC and Putnam Retail Management GP, Inc., for services provided and expenses incurred in distributing shares of the fund. The Plan provides for payment by the fund to Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership at an annual rate of up to 0.35% of the average net assets attributable to class A shares. The Trustees currently have not approved payments under the Plan.

A deferred sales charge of up to 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of class A shares. For the reporting period, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received no monies on class A redemptions.

Note 3: Purchases and sales of securities

During the reporting period, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities other than short-term investments aggregated $33,456,534 and $42,874,066, respectively. There were no purchases or proceeds from sales of U.S. government securities.

Written option transactions during the reporting period are summarized as follows:

  Contract Amounts  Premiums Received 
Written options outstanding     
at beginning of the reporting period    $— 

Options opened  6,213  6,346 
Options exercised     
Options expired  (6,084)  (6,084) 
Options closed  (129)  (262) 

Written options outstanding     
at end of the reporting period    $— 

 

Note 4: Capital shares

At the close of the reporting period, there was an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

      For the period 1/23/09 
      (commencement of operations) 
  Year ended 5/31/10  to 5/31/09

Class A  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  546  $6,777  240  $2,300 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions  277  3,209     

  823  9,986  240  2,300 

Shares repurchased  (36)  (502)     

Net increase  787  $9,484  240  $2,300 

 

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      For the period 1/23/09 
      (commencement of operations) 
  Year ended 5/31/10  to 5/31/09 

Class Y  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  1,411,017  $17,451,688  4,227,198  $42,339,511 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions  537,495  6,234,941     

  1,948,512  23,686,629  4,227,198  42,339,511 

Shares repurchased  (2,245,916)  (28,457,458)  (999,403)  (9,892,675) 

Net increase (decrease)  (297,404)  $(4,770,829)  3,227,795  $32,446,836 

 

At the close of the reporting period, Putnam Investments, LLC owned 1,216 class A shares of the fund (60.0% of class A shares outstanding), valued at $14,020.

At May 31, 2010, funds within the Putnam RetirementReady® Funds owned 92.7% of the outstanding shares of thefund.

Note 5: Summary of derivative activity

The following is a summary of the market values of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Market values of derivative instruments as of May 31, 2010     
 
 
  Asset derivatives  Liability derivatives 

Derivatives not         
accounted for as  Statement of    Statement of   
hedging instruments  assets and    assets and   
under ASC 815  liabilities location  Market value  liabilities location  Market value 

Foreign exchange         
contracts  Receivables  $442,182  Payables  $376,650 

  Investments,       
  Receivables, Net assets —    Payables, Net assets —   
  Unrealized appreciation /    Unrealized appreciation /   
Equity contracts  (depreciation)  471,395*  (depreciation)  276,933* 

Total    $913,577    $653,583 

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 1):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not             
accounted for as        Forward     
hedging instruments        currency     
under ASC 815  Options  Warrants  Futures  contracts  Swaps  Total 

Foreign exchange             
contracts      $(104,192)  $320,536    $216,344 

Equity contracts  $4,615  $(14)  82,658    $693,857  781,116 

Total  $4,615  $(14)  $(21,534)  $320,536  $693,857  $997,460 

 

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Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for      Forward     
as hedging instruments under      currency     
ASC 815  Warrants  Futures  contracts  Swaps  Total 

Foreign exchange contracts      $47,624    $47,624 

Equity contracts  $(881)  $ 77,216    $ (50,276)  26,059 

Total  $(881)  $77,216  $47,624  $(50,276)  $73,683 

 

Note 6: Initial capitalization and offering of shares

The fund was established as a series of the Trust on October 17, 2008. Prior to January 23, 2009, the fund had no operations other than those related to organizational matters, including as noted below, the initial capital contributions by Putnam Investments, LLC and issuance of shares:

  Capital contribution  Shares issued 

Class A  $10,000  1,000 

Class Y  10,000  1,000 

 

Note 7: Investment in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund

The fund invested in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund, an open-end management investment company managed by Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as interest income in the Statement of operations and totaled $8,894 for the reporting period. During the reporting period, cost of purchases and proceeds of sales of investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund aggregated $23,097,501 and $23,295,062, respectively. Management fees charged to Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

Note 8: Regulatory matters and litigation

In late 2003 and 2004, Putnam Management settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the Massachusetts Securities Division in connection with excessive short-term trading in Putnam funds. Distribution of payments from Putnam Management to certain open-end Putnam funds and their shareholders is expected to be completed in the next several months. These allegations and related matters have served as the general basis for certain lawsuits, including purported class action lawsuits against Putnam Management and, in a limited number of cases, some Putnam funds. Putnam Management believes that these lawsuits will have no material adverse effect on the funds or on Putnam Management’s ability to provide investment management services. In addition, Putnam Management has agreed to bear any costs incurred by the Putnam funds as a result of these matters.

Note 9: Market and credit risk

In the normal course of business, the fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The fund may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the fund has unsettled or open transactions will default.

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Federal tax information (Unaudited)

Pursuant to §852 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the fund hereby designates $1,094,574 as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended May 31, 2010, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.

The fund designated 6.26% of ordinary income distributions as qualifying for the dividends received deduction for corporations.

For its tax year ended May 31, 2010, the fund hereby designates 9.39%, or the maximum amount allowable, of its taxable ordinary income distributions as qualified dividends taxed at the individual net capital gain rates.

For the tax year ended May 31, 2010, pursuant to §871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund hereby designates $1,188 of distributions paid as qualifying to be taxed as interest-related dividends, and $3,862,778 to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.

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Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited)

November 19, 2009 meeting

At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected with all funds of the Trust voting together as a single class*, as follows:

  Votes for  Votes withheld 

Ravi Akhoury  2,527,113,902  2,052,455 

Jameson A. Baxter  2,527,135,571  2,030,786 

Charles B. Curtis  2,527,137,300  2,029,057 

Robert J. Darretta  2,527,164,608  2,001,749 

Myra R. Drucker  2,527,111,513  2,054,844 

John A. Hill  2,527,153,836  2,012,521 

Paul L. Joskow  2,527,163,175  2,003,182 

Elizabeth T. Kennan  2,527,100,729  2,065,628 

Kenneth R. Leibler  2,527,164,364  2,001,993 

Robert E. Patterson  2,527,173,350  1,993,007 

George Putnam, III  2,527,168,318  1,998,039 

Robert L. Reynolds  2,527,162,581  2,003,776 

W. Thomas Stephens  2,527,174,525  1,991,832 

Richard B. Worley  2,527,135,098  2,031,259 

 

* Reflects votes with respect to the election of Trustees by funds of the Trust through January 15, 2010.

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management was approved asfollows:

Votes  Votes    Broker 
for  withheld  Abstentions  non-votes 

3,168,162       

 

A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restrictions with respect to investments in commodities was approved as follows:

Votes  Votes    Broker 
for  withheld  Abstentions  non-votes 

3,168,162       

 

All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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About the Trustees

Name     
Year of birth     
Position held  Principal occupations during past five years  Other directorships 

Ravi Akhoury  Advisor to New York Life Insurance Company. Trustee of  Jacob Ballas Capital 
Born 1947  American India Foundation and of the Rubin Museum.  India, a non-banking 
Trustee since 2009  From 1992 to 2007, was Chairman and CEO of MacKay  finance company 
  Shields, a multi-product investment management firm  focused on private 
  with over $40 billion in assets under management.  equity advisory services 

Barbara M. Baumann  President and Owner of Cross Creek Energy Corporation,  SM Energy Company, 
Born 1955  a strategic consultant to domestic energy firms and  a publicly held energy 
Trustee since 2010  direct investor in energy assets. Trustee, and Co-Chair  company focused on 
  of the Finance Committee, of Mount Holyoke College.  natural gas and crude 
  Former Chair and current board member of Girls  oil in the United States; 
  Incorporated of Metro Denver. Member of the Finance  Unisource Energy 
  Committee, The Children’s Hospital.  Corporation, a publicly 
    held provider of natural 
    gas and electric service 
    across Arizona 

Jameson A. Baxter  President of Baxter Associates, Inc., a private investment  ASHTA Chemicals, Inc. 
Born 1943  firm. Chairman of Mutual Fund Directors Forum.   
Trustee since 1994 and  Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Mount   
Vice Chairman since 2005  Holyoke College.   

Charles B. Curtis  President Emeritus of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a  Edison International; 
Born 1940  private foundation dealing with national security issues.  Southern California 
Trustee since 2001  Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation. Senior  Edison 
  Advisor to the Center for Strategic and International   
Studies. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and   
  the National Petroleum Council.   

Robert J. Darretta  Health Care Industry Advisor to Permira, a global private  United-Health 
Born 1946  equity firm. Until April 2007, was Vice Chairman of the  Group, a diversified 
Trustee since 2007  Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson. Served as  health-care company 
Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Financial Officer for a decade.   

Myra R. Drucker  Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence  Interactive Data 
Born 1948  College, and a member of the Investment Committee  Corporation, a provider 
Trustee since 2004  of the Kresge Foundation, a charitable trust. Retired in  of financial market 
  2009 as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Commonfund,  data and analytics to 
  a not-for-profit firm that manages assets for educational  financial institutions and 
  endowments and foundations. Advisor to RCM Capital  investors 
Management, an investment management firm, and to   
the Employee Benefits Investment Committee of The   
  Boeing Company.   

John A. Hill  Founder and Vice-Chairman of First Reserve  Devon Energy 
Born 1942  Corporation, the leading private equity buyout firm  Corporation, a leading 
Trustee since 1985 and  focused on the worldwide energy industry. Serves as a  independent natural gas 
Chairman since 2000  Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sarah  and oil exploration and 
  Lawrence College. Also a member of the Advisory Board  production company 
  of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and   
  Performance at the Yale School of Management.   

 

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Name     
Year of birth     
Position held  Principal occupations during past five years  Other directorships 

Paul L. Joskow  Economist and President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,  TransCanada 
Born 1947  a philanthropic institution focused primarily on research  Corporation, an energy 
Trustee since 1997  and education on issues related to science, technology,  company focused on 
  and economic performance. Currently on leave from  natural gas transmission 
  his position as the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor  and power services; 
  of Economics and Management at the Massachusetts  Exelon Corporation, an 
  Institute of Technology. Prior to 2007, served as the  energy company focused 
  Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental  on power services 
  Policy Research at MIT.   

Kenneth R. Leibler  Founder and former Chairman of Boston Options  Ruder Finn Group, a 
Born 1949  Exchange, an electronic marketplace for the trading  global communications 
Trustee since 2006  of derivative securities. Vice Chairman of the Board of  and advertising firm; 
  Trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston,  Northeast Utilities, 
  Massachusetts.  which operates New 
    England’s largest energy 
    delivery system 

Robert E. Patterson  Senior Partner of Cabot Properties, LP and Chairman of  None 
Born 1945  Cabot Properties, Inc., a private equity firm investing in   
Trustee since 1984  commercial real estate. Past Chairman and Trustee of the   
  Joslin Diabetes Center.   

George Putnam, III  Chairman of New Generation Research, Inc., a publisher  None 
Born 1951  of financial advisory and other research services, and   
Trustee since 1984  founder and President of New Generation Advisors, LLC,   
  a registered investment advisor to private funds.   
Director of The Boston Family Office, LLC, a registered   
  investment advisor.   

Robert L. Reynolds*  President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam  None 
Born 1952  Investments since 2008. Prior to joining Putnam   
Trustee since 2008 and  Investments, served as Vice Chairman and Chief   
President of the Putnam  Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments from   
Funds since July 2009  2000 to 2007.   

W. Thomas Stephens  Retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boise  TransCanada 
Born 1942  Cascade, LLC, a paper, forest products, and timberland  Corporation, an energy 
Trustee since 2009  assets company, in December 2008.  company focused on 
    natural gas transmission 
    and power services 

Richard B. Worley  Managing Partner of Permit Capital LLC , an investment  Neuberger Berman, 
Born 1945  management firm. Serves as a Trustee of the University of  an investment 
Trustee since 2004  Pennsylvania Medical Center, the Robert Wood Johnson  management firm 
  Foundation, a philanthropic organization devoted to   
health-care issues, and the National Constitution Center.   
  Also serves as a Director of the Colonial Williamsburg   
Foundation, a historical preservation organization, and as   
  Chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.   

 

The address of each Trustee is One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.

As of May 31, 2010, there were 105 Putnam funds. All Trustees serve as Trustees of all Putnam funds.

Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, until his or her resignation, retirement at age 72, removal , or death.

* Mr. Reynolds is an “interested person” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the fund, Putnam Management, and/or Putnam Retail Management. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments, as well as the President of your fund and each of the other Putnam funds.

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Officers

In addition to Robert L. Reynolds, the other officers of the fund are shown below:

Jonathan S. Horwitz (Born 1955)  Francis J. McNamara, III (Born 1955) 
Executive Vice President, Principal Executive  Vice President and Chief Legal Officer 
Officer, Treasurer and Compliance Liaison  Since 2004 
Since 2004  Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments, 
  Putnam Management and Putnam Retail 
Steven D. Krichmar (Born 1958)  Management 
Vice President and Principal Financial Officer 
Since 2002  Robert R. Leveille (Born 1969) 
Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments  Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer 
  Since 2007 
Janet C. Smith (Born 1965)  Managing Director, Putnam Investments, 
Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and  Putnam Management and Putnam 
Assistant Treasurer  Retail Management 
Since 2007 
Managing Director, Putnam Investments and  Mark C. Trenchard (Born 1962) 
Putnam Management  Vice President and BSA Compliance Officer 
  Since 2002 
Susan G. Malloy (Born 1957)  Managing Director, Putnam Investments 
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer 
Since 2007  Judith Cohen (Born 1945) 
Managing Director, Putnam Investments  Vice President, Clerk and Assistant Treasurer 
  Since 1993 
Beth S. Mazor (Born 1958) 
Vice President  Wanda M. McManus (Born 1947) 
Since 2002  Vice President, Senior Associate Treasurer and 
Managing Director, Putnam Investments  Assistant Clerk 
  Since 2005 
James P. Pappas (Born 1953) 
Vice President  Nancy E. Florek (Born 1957) 
Since 2004  Vice President, Assistant Clerk, 
Managing Director, Putnam Investments and  Assistant Treasurer and Proxy Manager 
Putnam Management  Since 2005 

 

The principal occupations of the officers for the past five years have been with the employers as shown above although in some cases, they have held different positions with such employers. The address of each Officer is One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.

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Fund information

Founded over 70 years ago, Putnam Investments was built around the concept that a balance between risk and reward is the hallmark of a well-rounded financial program. We manage over 100 funds across income, value, blend, growth, asset allocation, absolute return, and global sector categories.

Investment Manager  Trustees  Susan G. Malloy 
Putnam Investment  John A. Hill, Chairman  Vice President and 
Management, LLC  Jameson A. Baxter,  Assistant Treasurer 
One Post Office Square  Vice Chairman   
Boston, MA 02109  Ravi Akhoury  Beth S. Mazor 
  Barbara M. Baumann  Vice President 
Investment Sub-Manager  Charles B. Curtis    
Putnam Investments Limited  Robert J. Darretta  James P. Pappas 
57–59 St James’s Street   Myra R. Drucker  Vice President  
London, England SW1A 1LD  Paul L. Joskow  
Kenneth R. Leibler  Francis J. McNamara, III 
Investment Sub-Advisor  Robert E. Patterson  Vice President and 
The Putnam Advisory  George Putnam, III  Chief Legal Officer 
Company, LLC  Robert L. Reynolds   
One Post Office Square  W. Thomas Stephens  Robert R. Leveille  
Boston, MA 02109  Richard B. Worley  Vice President and Chief 
  Compliance Officer 
Marketing Services  Officers    
Putnam Retail Management  Robert L. Reynolds  Mark C. Trenchard 
One Post Office Square  President  Vice President and 
Boston, MA 02109  BSA Compliance Officer 
  Jonathan S. Horwitz    
Custodian  Executive Vice President,  Judith Cohen 
State Street Bank  Principal Executive Officer,  Vice President, Clerk and 
and Trust Company  Treasurer and  Assistant Treasurer 
  Compliance Liaison    
Legal Counsel  Wanda M. McManus 
Ropes & Gray LLP   Steven D. Krichmar   Vice President, Senior Associate  
Vice President and   Treasurer and Assistant Clerk 
Independent Registered  Principal Financial Officer   
Public Accounting Firm  Nancy E. Florek 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   Janet C. Smith   Vice President, Assistant Clerk,  
Vice President, Principal  Assistant Treasurer and 
  Accounting Officer and  Proxy Manager 
  Assistant Treasurer   
   

 

This report is for the information of shareholders of Putnam Asset Allocation: Equity Portfolio. It may also be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus, the most recent copy of Putnam’s Quarterly Performance Summary, and Putnam’s Quarterly Ranking Summary. For more recent performance, please visit putnam.com. Investors should carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses of a fund, which are described in its prospectus. For this and other information or to request a prospectus, or a summary prospectus if available, call 1-800-225-1581 toll free. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the fund’s Trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-225-1581.






Item 2. Code of Ethics:

(a) The fund’s principal executive, financial and accounting officers are employees of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the Fund's investment manager. As such they are subject to a comprehensive Code of Ethics adopted and administered by Putnam Investments which is designed to protect the interests of the firm and its clients. The Fund has adopted a Code of Ethics which incorporates the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments with respect to all of its officers and Trustees who are employees of Putnam Investment Management, LLC. For this reason, the Fund has not adopted a separate code of ethics governing its principal executive, financial and accounting officers.

(c) In May 2008, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investment Management, LLC was updated in its entirety to include the amendments adopted in August 2007 as well as a several additional technical, administrative and non-substantive changes. In May of 2009, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investment Management, LLC was amended to reflect that all employees will now be subject to a 90-day blackout restriction on holding Putnam open-end funds, except for portfolio managers and their supervisors (and each of their immediate family members), who will be subject to a one-year blackout restriction on the funds that they manage or supervise. In May 2010, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments was updated in its entirety to include the amendments adopted in May of 2009 and to change certain rules and limits contained in the Code of Ethics. In addition, the updated Code of Ethics included numerous technical, administrative and non-substantive changes, which were intended primarily to make the document easier to navigate and understand.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert:

The Funds' Audit and Compliance Committee is comprised solely of Trustees who are "independent" (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the "Regulations")). The Trustees believe that each of the members of the Audit and Compliance Committee also possess a combination of knowledge and experience with respect to financial accounting matters, as well as other attributes, that qualify them for service on the Committee. In addition, the Trustees have determined that each of Mr. Patterson, Mr. Leibler, Mr. Hill, Mr. Darretta and Ms. Baumann ?? qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" (as such term has been defined by the Regulations) based on their review of his pertinent experience and education. The SEC has stated that the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 of Form N-CSR does not impose on such person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services:

The following table presents fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the fund by the fund’s independent auditor:

Fiscal    Audit-     
year  Audit  Related  Tax  All Other 
ended  Fees  Fees  Fees  Fees 
 
May 31, 2010  $59,532  $--  $5,071  $- 

May 31, 2009*  $59,862  $--  $5,068  $- 

 



* The fund commenced operations on January 23, 2009.

For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2009, the fund’s independent auditor billed aggregate non-audit fees in the amounts of $ 303,509 and $ 486,893 respectively, to the fund, Putnam Management and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Putnam Management that provides ongoing services to the fund.

Audit Fees represent fees billed for the fund's last two fiscal years relating to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

Audit-Related Fees represent fees billed in the fund’s last two fiscal years for services traditionally performed by the fund’s auditor, including accounting consultation for proposed transactions or concerning financial accounting and reporting standards and other audit or attest services not required by statute or regulation.

Tax Fees represent fees billed in the fund’s last two fiscal years for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice services. Tax planning and tax advice services include assistance with tax audits, employee benefit plans and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

Pre-Approval Policies of the Audit and Compliance Committee. The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Putnam funds has determined that, as a matter of policy, all work performed for the funds by the funds’ independent auditors will be pre-approved by the Committee itself and thus will generally not be subject to pre-approval procedures.

The Audit and Compliance Committee also has adopted a policy to pre-approve the engagement by Putnam Management and certain of its affiliates of the funds’ independent auditors, even in circumstances where pre-approval is not required by applicable law. Any such requests by Putnam Management or certain of its affiliates are typically submitted in writing to the Committee and explain, among other things, the nature of the proposed engagement, the estimated fees, and why this work should be performed by that particular audit firm as opposed to another one. In reviewing such requests, the Committee considers, among other things, whether the provision of such services by the audit firm are compatible with the independence of the audit firm.

The following table presents fees billed by the fund’s independent auditor for services required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Fiscal  Audit-    All  Total 
year  Related  Tax  Other  Non-Audit 
ended  Fees  Fees  Fees  Fees 
 
May 31, 2010  $ -  $179,607  $ -  $ - 

May 31, 2009  $ -  $ 415,341  $ -  $ - 

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable

Item 6. Schedule of Investments:



The registrant’s schedule of investments in unaffiliated issuers is included in the report to shareholders in Item 1 above.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures For Closed- End Management Investment Companies:

Not applicable

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed- End Investment Companies

Not Applicable

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers:

Not applicable

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders:

Not applicable

Item 11. Controls and Procedures:

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable

Item 12. Exhibits:

(a)(1) The Code of Ethics of The Putnam Funds, which incorporates the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments, is filed herewith.

(a)(2) Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

(b) The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 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 Funds Trust

By (Signature and Title):



/s/Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Accounting Officer

Date: July 29, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Jonathan S. Horwitz
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer

Date: July 29, 2010

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer

Date: July 29, 2010