0000928816-13-001510.txt : 20130927 0000928816-13-001510.hdr.sgml : 20130927 20130927111307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-13-001510 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130927 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130927 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130927 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: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07513 FILM NUMBER: 131118523 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 S000029796 PUTNAM MULTI-CAP CORE FUND C000091525 CLASS A C000091526 CLASS B C000091527 CLASS C C000091528 CLASS M C000091529 CLASS R C000091530 CLASS Y N-Q 1 a_multicapcore.htm PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST a_multicapcore.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY




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: Robert T. Burns, Vice President
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy to:         John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end: April 30, 2014
Date of reporting period: July 31, 2013



Item 1. Schedule of Investments:














Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund

The fund's portfolio
7/31/13 (Unaudited)
COMMON STOCKS (97.7%)(a)
Shares Value

Aerospace and defense (3.5%)
Astronics Corp.(NON) 848 $33,504
Boeing Co. (The) 881 92,593
Honeywell International, Inc. 1,946 161,479
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. 1,133 105,539
Northrop Grumman Corp. 1,129 103,936
Raytheon Co. 1,679 120,619

617,670
Air freight and logistics (0.8%)
bpost SA (acquired 6/20/13, cost $79,812) (Belgium)(RES)(NON) 4,165 79,457
FedEx Corp. 540 57,240

136,697
Airlines (0.9%)
Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 312 43,421
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(NON) 2,634 55,920
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ADR (Brazil)(NON) 5,644 20,036
Southwest Airlines Co. 3,031 41,919

161,296
Auto components (1.4%)
BorgWarner, Inc.(NON) 522 49,814
Lear Corp. 833 57,702
Magna International, Inc. (Canada) 790 60,403
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(NON) 1,138 83,427

251,346
Automobiles (0.5%)
Ford Motor Co. 5,610 94,697

94,697
Beverages (1.7%)
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 904 36,232
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. 1,756 65,920
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 1,587 74,176
PepsiCo, Inc. 1,531 127,900

304,228
Biotechnology (3.4%)
Alkermes PLC(NON) 1,744 58,564
Amgen, Inc. 1,215 131,572
Biogen Idec, Inc.(NON) 230 50,170
Celgene Corp.(NON) 511 75,045
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NON) 1,667 103,904
Gentium SpA ADR (Italy)(NON) 3,094 44,956
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(NON) 2,158 132,609

596,820
Capital markets (3.5%)
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 790 70,310
Apollo Global Management, LLC. Class A 2,128 56,860
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) 1,715 37,884
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 606 99,402
Greenhill & Co., Inc. 1,202 60,509
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.(NON) 2,000 23,740
KKR & Co. LP 1,307 26,728
Morgan Stanley 2,287 62,229
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc. Class A(NON) 4,933 67,089
State Street Corp. 1,133 78,936
SWS Group, Inc.(NON) 5,222 31,123

614,810
Chemicals (2.3%)
Celanese Corp. Ser. A 1,364 65,554
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 284 55,667
Dow Chemical Co. (The) 1,516 53,121
Huntsman Corp. 1,652 29,769
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A 659 45,280
Methanex Corp. (Canada) 623 29,798
Monsanto Co. 655 64,701
Tronox, Ltd. Class A 1,604 34,823
W.R. Grace & Co.(NON) 493 37,872

416,585
Commercial banks (2.9%)
BB&T Corp. 1,502 53,606
Capital Bank Financial Corp. Class A(NON) 3,200 61,120
Comerica, Inc. 809 34,415
National Bank Holdings Corp. Class A 499 9,980
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1,748 132,935
Regions Financial Corp. 3,487 34,905
Wells Fargo & Co. 2,992 130,152
Zions Bancorp. 1,980 58,687

515,800
Commercial services and supplies (1.4%)
ADT Corp. (The)(NON) 1,660 66,533
KAR Auction Services, Inc. 1,798 45,741
Mine Safety Appliances Co. 856 45,479
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 4,966 81,989

239,742
Communications equipment (1.6%)
Blackberry, Ltd. (Canada)(NON) 2,234 19,726
Cisco Systems, Inc. 7,427 189,760
Polycom, Inc.(NON) 7,607 72,723

282,209
Computers and peripherals (2.6%)
Apple, Inc. 628 284,170
EMC Corp. 1,689 44,167
Hewlett-Packard Co. 2,555 65,612
SanDisk Corp.(NON) 1,373 75,680

469,629
Construction and engineering (0.4%)
Fluor Corp. 1,063 66,501

66,501
Construction materials (0.2%)
Headwaters, Inc.(NON) 4,300 40,549

40,549
Consumer finance (1.0%)
Discover Financial Services 1,536 76,047
SLM Corp. 3,744 92,514

168,561
Containers and packaging (1.1%)
Avery Dennison Corp. 980 43,835
Owens-Illinois, Inc.(NON) 1,576 46,886
Rock-Tenn Co. Class A 518 59,233
Sealed Air Corp. 1,800 49,032

198,986
Diversified consumer services (0.3%)
H&R Block, Inc. 1,450 45,574

45,574
Diversified financial services (4.2%)
Bank of America Corp. 9,604 140,218
Citigroup, Inc. 4,012 209,186
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6,614 368,598
Moody's Corp. 519 35,173

753,175
Diversified telecommunication services (1.5%)
AT&T, Inc. 2,337 82,426
Intelsat SA (Luxembourg)(NON) 2,021 43,330
Iridium Communications, Inc.(NON) 3,460 29,133
Verizon Communications, Inc. 1,327 65,660
Windstream Corp. 6,248 52,171

272,720
Electric utilities (0.6%)
Edison International 1,183 58,973
NV Energy, Inc. 1,997 47,189

106,162
Electrical equipment (0.8%)
Emerson Electric Co. 880 54,006
Generac Holdings, Inc. 862 37,368
Schneider Electric SA (France) 579 45,999

137,373
Electronic equipment, instruments, and components (0.7%)
CDW Corp.(NON) 3,810 81,915
Corning, Inc. 3,305 50,203

132,118
Energy equipment and services (1.8%)
Ensco PLC Class A (United Kingdom) 734 42,088
Halliburton Co. 1,206 54,499
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 713 45,062
Nabors Industries, Ltd. 3,245 49,941
Oil States International, Inc.(NON) 432 42,003
Schlumberger, Ltd. 1,143 92,960

326,553
Food and staples retail (3.4%)
Costco Wholesale Corp. 595 69,788
CVS Caremark Corp. 3,028 186,192
Kroger Co. (The) 3,631 142,589
Rite Aid Corp.(NON) 20,535 61,605
Safeway, Inc. 994 25,635
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 869 67,730
Walgreen Co. 973 48,893

602,432
Food products (0.5%)
Amira Nature Foods, Ltd. (United Arab Emirates)(NON) 3,908 31,655
General Mills, Inc. 991 51,532

83,187
Gas utilities (0.5%)
UGI Corp. 1,958 82,216

82,216
Health-care equipment and supplies (1.8%)
Abbott Laboratories 914 33,480
Becton, Dickinson and Co. 416 43,148
CareFusion Corp.(NON) 1,673 64,528
Covidien PLC 1,381 85,111
Medtronic, Inc. 1,039 57,394
Stryker Corp. 410 28,889

312,550
Health-care providers and services (3.7%)
Aetna, Inc. 1,456 93,432
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 1,057 61,591
Cardinal Health, Inc. 1,199 60,058
Catamaran Corp.(NON) 892 47,098
Community Health Systems, Inc. 996 45,876
HCA Holdings, Inc. 1,519 59,241
HealthSouth Corp.(NON) 2,237 72,837
Omnicare, Inc. 1,273 67,202
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1,455 105,997
WellPoint, Inc. 608 52,020

665,352
Hotels, restaurants, and leisure (2.6%)
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.(NON) 3,695 87,202
McDonald's Corp. 320 31,386
MGM Resorts International(NON) 2,824 46,059
Penn National Gaming, Inc.(NON) 604 30,194
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(NON) 1,891 107,560
Vail Resorts, Inc. 892 59,746
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 907 56,506
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 363 48,326

466,979
Household durables (1.5%)
Harman International Industries, Inc. 936 56,656
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. 1,551 41,908
UCP, Inc. Class A(NON) 2,513 35,685
WCI Communities, Inc.(NON) 2,994 50,748
Whirlpool Corp. 632 84,650

269,647
Household products (1.1%)
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 404 24,187
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 435 44,283
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 836 82,597
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 476 38,223

189,290
Independent power producers and energy traders (0.2%)
NRG Energy, Inc. 1,615 43,314

43,314
Industrial conglomerates (0.8%)
General Electric Co. 5,283 128,747
Siemens AG (Germany) 174 19,053

147,800
Insurance (4.2%)
American International Group, Inc.(NON) 1,758 80,007
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 1,372 29,690
Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A(NON) 4,334 56,299
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 2,225 68,664
Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. Class A(NON) 3,676 44,590
Lincoln National Corp. 1,586 66,089
MetLife, Inc. 4,641 224,717
Prudential Financial, Inc. 1,528 120,666
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 731 61,075

751,797
Internet and catalog retail (0.5%)
Amazon.com, Inc.(NON) 88 26,507
Priceline.com, Inc.(NON) 61 53,416

79,923
Internet software and services (2.6%)
eBay, Inc.(NON) 1,258 65,026
Google, Inc. Class A(NON) 323 286,695
VeriSign, Inc.(NON) 1,283 61,379
Yahoo!, Inc.(NON) 1,886 52,978

466,078
IT Services (2.6%)
Accenture PLC Class A 1,365 100,751
Alliance Data Systems Corp.(NON) 310 61,312
Computer Sciences Corp. 1,981 94,414
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 1,693 73,070
IBM Corp. 373 72,750
Unisys Corp.(NON) 403 10,454
Visa, Inc. Class A 285 50,448

463,199
Leisure equipment and products (0.2%)
Hasbro, Inc. 937 43,102

43,102
Life sciences tools and services (1.2%)
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 1,127 50,411
Illumina, Inc.(NON) 592 47,253
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(NON) 183 40,370
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 881 80,268

218,302
Machinery (2.3%)
AGCO Corp. 1,212 68,175
Cummins, Inc. 407 49,324
Deere & Co. 792 65,791
Flowserve Corp. 840 47,611
SPX Corp. 589 45,005
Terex Corp.(NON) 938 27,652
Trinity Industries, Inc. 1,454 57,244
Wabtec Corp. 760 44,126

404,928
Media (2.7%)
CBS Corp. Class B 968 51,149
Comcast Corp. Class A 2,445 110,221
DISH Network Corp. Class A 800 35,720
Gannett Co., Inc. 2,724 70,170
Time Warner Cable, Inc. 534 60,913
Time Warner, Inc. 1,902 118,419
WPP PLC ADR (United Kingdom) 334 30,090

476,682
Metals and mining (0.4%)
Alcoa, Inc. 3,769 29,964
Teck Resources, Ltd. Class B (Canada) 1,883 44,119

74,083
Multi-utilities (0.7%)
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 2,749 68,230
CMS Energy Corp. 1,865 52,201

120,431
Multiline retail (1.1%)
J.C. Penney Co., Inc.(NON) 785 11,461
Macy's, Inc. 1,244 60,135
Target Corp. 1,678 119,558

191,154
Office electronics (0.3%)
Xerox Corp. 4,894 47,472

47,472
Oil, gas, and consumable fuels (7.4%)
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 985 87,191
Chevron Corp. 860 108,265
Exxon Mobil Corp. 3,685 345,469
Hess Corp. 832 61,951
LRR Energy LP 2,418 36,391
Marathon Oil Corp. 1,403 51,013
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 722 52,944
Murphy Oil Corp. 1,017 68,871
NGL Energy Partners LP 5,000 143,500
Noble Energy, Inc. 782 48,867
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 275 24,489
Oiltanking Partners LP (Units) 470 22,795
PBF Energy, Inc. 2,051 46,947
Phillips 66 879 54,059
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR (United Kingdom) 826 56,457
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada) 1,370 43,333
Valero Energy Corp. 1,685 60,272

1,312,814
Paper and forest products (0.1%)
International Paper Co. 466 22,512

22,512
Personal products (0.7%)
Coty, Inc. Class A(NON) 3,395 58,360
Herbalife, Ltd. 967 63,339

121,699
Pharmaceuticals (3.5%)
AbbVie, Inc. 1,258 57,214
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) 773 39,220
Eli Lilly & Co. 1,309 69,521
Johnson & Johnson 1,347 125,945
Medicines Co. (The)(NON) 1,752 54,137
Merck & Co., Inc. 1,376 66,282
Pfizer, Inc. 5,776 168,832
ViroPharma, Inc.(NON) 1,431 49,112

630,263
Professional services (0.4%)
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 898 60,049

60,049
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) (1.1%)
American Tower Corp. Class A 1,139 80,630
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. 3,856 41,915
Boston Properties, LP 251 26,844
Prologis, Inc. 684 26,238
Vornado Realty Trust 316 26,800

202,427
Real estate management and development (0.2%)
CBRE Group, Inc. Class A(NON) 1,814 42,030

42,030
Road and rail (0.5%)
Canadian National Railway Co. (Canada) 434 43,339
Ryder System, Inc. 755 46,689

90,028
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (1.8%)
Intel Corp. 4,123 96,066
Lam Research Corp.(NON) 1,216 59,852
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 2,949 38,249
NVIDIA Corp. 3,924 56,623
Texas Instruments, Inc. 756 29,635
Xilinx, Inc. 964 45,009

325,434
Software (3.4%)
Microsoft Corp. 9,266 294,937
Oracle Corp. 5,573 180,287
Symantec Corp. 2,015 53,760
TiVo, Inc.(NON) 1,383 15,282
VMware, Inc. Class A(NON) 641 52,684

596,950
Specialty retail (2.2%)
Best Buy Co., Inc. 2,887 86,870
Foot Locker, Inc. 1,166 42,128
Gap, Inc. (The) 1,521 69,814
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 940 74,288
Office Depot, Inc.(NON) 6,205 26,868
PetSmart, Inc. 351 25,700
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.(NON) 732 31,893
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 714 37,157

394,718
Textiles, apparel, and luxury goods (0.8%)
Gildan Activewear, Inc. (Canada) 1,065 47,552
Hanesbrands, Inc. 717 45,501
Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong)(NON) 696 46,869

139,922
Tobacco (0.8%)
Altria Group, Inc. 1,856 65,071
Philip Morris International, Inc. 917 81,778

146,849
Trading companies and distributors (0.8%)
Air Lease Corp. 3,000 83,640
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(NON) 2,911 62,237

145,877

Total common stocks (cost $14,591,983) $17,381,291

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (0.6%)(a)
Shares Value

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF 3,686 $110,912

Total investment companies (cost $77,267) $110,912

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (0.3%)(a)
Shares Value

Intelsat SA Ser. A, $2.875 cv. pfd. (Luxembourg)(NON) 541 $31,935
Iridium Communications, Inc. 144A $7.00 cv. pfd. 213 23,563
Unisys Corp. Ser. A, 6.25% cv. pfd. 61 4,369

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $54,450) $59,867

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (1.7%)(a)
Shares Value

Putnam Short Term Investment Fund 0.02%(AFF) 297,195 $297,195

Total short-term investments (cost $297,195) $297,195

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $15,020,895)(b) $17,849,265














Key to holding's abbreviations
ADR American Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank
ETF Exchange Traded Fund
SPDR S&P Depository Receipts
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 May 1, 2013 through July 31, 2013 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, references to “Putnam Management” represent Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the fund's manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC and references to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter.
(a) Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $17,783,474.
(b) The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is $15,025,834, resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $2,999,481 and $176,050, respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $2,823,431.
(NON) Non-income-producing security.
(RES) Security is restricted with regard to public resale. The total market value of this security and any other restricted securities (excluding 144A securities), if any, held at the close of the reporting period was $79,457, or 0.4% of net assets.
(AFF) Affiliated company. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period. Transactions during the period with Putnam Short Term Investment Fund, which is under common ownership and control, were as follows:
Name of affiliate Market value at the beginning of the reporting period Purchase cost Sale proceeds Investment income Market value at the end of the reporting period

Putnam Short Term Investment Fund * $408,506 $1,515,549 $1,626,860 $41 $297,195
* Management fees charged to Putnam Short Term Investment Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.
144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
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 under ASC 820. If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.
Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securities, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.
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 would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. 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 the close of the reporting period, 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 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.













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.
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 *:
    Consumer discretionary $2,453,744 $— $—
    Consumer staples 1,447,685
    Energy 1,639,367
    Financials 3,048,600
    Health care 2,384,067 39,220
    Industrials 2,142,909 65,052
    Information technology 2,783,089
    Materials 752,715
    Telecommunication services 272,720
    Utilities 352,123
Total common stocks 17,277,019 104,272
Convertible preferred stocks 59,867
Investment companies 110,912
Short-term investments 297,195



Totals by level $17,685,126 $164,139 $—


* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund's portfolio presentation.
For additional information regarding the fund please see the fund's most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site, www.sec.gov, or visit Putnam's Individual Investor Web site at www.putnaminvestments.com



Item 2. 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 3. Exhibits:
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.

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: September 27, 2013

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: September 27, 2013

By (Signature and Title):
/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer
Date: September 27, 2013

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Certifications

I, Jonathan S. Horwitz, the Principal Executive Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:


a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;


b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and


d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of each registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
_____________________________

Date: September 26, 2013
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer














Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:


a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;


b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and


d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of each registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
_______________________________

Date: September 26, 2013
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer















Attachment A

Period (s) ended July 31, 2013
               Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
               Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
               Putnam Multi-Cap Value Fund
               The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income
               Putnam Capital Opportunities Fund
               Putnam Income Fund
               Putnam Global Income Trust
               Putnam Global Equity Fund
               Putnam Convertible Securities Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 500 Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 700 Fund
               Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund
               Putnam Equity Spectrum Fund
               Putnam Asia Pacific Equity Fund
               Putnam Global Sector Fund
               Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund