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0000928816-12-001567.txt : 20121009 0000928816-12-001567.hdr.sgml : 20121008 20121009092317 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-12-001567 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121009 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121009 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20121009 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001005942 IRS NUMBER: 043299786 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-00515 FILM NUMBER: 121133820 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST STREET 2: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109

0001005942 S000024275 Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund

C000071711 Class M

C000071712 Class R

C000071713 Class Y

C000071714 Class A

C000071715 Class B

C000071716 Class C

C000118005 Class R5

C000118006 Class R6

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Prospectus supplement	October 9, 2012

Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund Prospectus dated February 29, 2012

The sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary and the section Who oversees and manages the fund? are supplemented to reflect that the fund’s portfolio managers are now D. William Kohli, Kevin Murphy, Michael Salm and Paul Scanlon.

Additional information regarding Messrs. Kohli, Murphy, Salm and Scanlon, including their business experience during the last five years, is set forth in the prospectus.

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