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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:         Bryan Chegwidden, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end: April 30, 2015
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2015



Item 1. Schedule of Investments:














Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund

The fund's portfolio
1/31/15 (Unaudited)
COMMON STOCKS (96.2%)(a)
Shares Value

Aerospace and defense (2.7%)
Airbus Group NV (France) 11,050 $588,416
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 4,174 277,696
General Dynamics Corp. 15,268 2,033,850
Honeywell International, Inc. 10,321 1,008,981
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. 7,948 978,558
Northrop Grumman Corp. 13,440 2,109,408
Textron, Inc. 5,638 239,953
TransDigm Group, Inc. 4,923 1,011,824
United Technologies Corp. 6,926 794,966

9,043,652
Air freight and logistics (0.3%)
FedEx Corp. 6,016 1,017,366

1,017,366
Airlines (1.3%)
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 14,156 960,768
Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 2,669 286,944
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 21,544 1,019,247
JetBlue Airways Corp.(NON) 53,303 894,957
Southwest Airlines Co. 23,259 1,050,842

4,212,758
Auto components (0.9%)
Dana Holding Corp. 12,741 265,905
Delphi Automotive PLC (United Kingdom) 7,807 536,575
Lear Corp. 7,890 791,762
Magna International, Inc. (Canada) 7,460 716,309
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(NON) 5,146 530,913

2,841,464
Automobiles (0.6%)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (United Kingdom)(NON) 63,716 841,688
Ford Motor Co. 76,113 1,119,622

1,961,310
Banks (5.7%)
Banc of California, Inc. 53,831 551,768
Bank of America Corp. 161,233 2,442,680
C1 Financial, Inc.(NON) 30,000 503,400
Citigroup, Inc. 69,542 3,264,997
First BanCorp. (Puerto Rico)(NON) 29,196 160,286
Fulton Financial Corp. 20,198 225,208
Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH 7,047 70,611
Investors Bancorp, Inc. 32,250 355,073
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 92,671 5,039,449
Old National Bancorp 13,131 176,087
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(NON) 7,006 104,109
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 2,519 212,956
Regions Financial Corp. 19,443 169,154
SVB Financial Group(NON) 431 48,660
Virgin Money Holdings UK PLC (United Kingdom)(NON) 125,881 592,835
Wells Fargo & Co. 93,308 4,844,551

18,761,824
Beverages (2.1%)
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 904 37,218
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. 18,201 766,262
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 11,612 897,259
Monster Beverage Corp.(NON) 2,884 337,284
PepsiCo, Inc. 51,722 4,850,489

6,888,512
Biotechnology (3.7%)
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NON) 13,735 606,950
Amgen, Inc. 19,092 2,906,948
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NON)(S) 69,406 447,669
Biogen Idec, Inc.(NON) 3,154 1,227,411
Celgene Corp.(NON) 12,840 1,530,014
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(NON) 43,230 4,531,801
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NON)(S) 27,982 233,370
United Therapeutics Corp.(NON) 6,111 862,445

12,346,608
Building products (0.3%)
Assa Abloy AB Class B (Sweden) 8,709 475,248
NCI Building Systems, Inc.(NON) 18,075 278,897
Norcraft Companies, Inc.(NON) 2,830 58,355

812,500
Capital markets (3.0%)
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 6,151 768,506
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. Class A 2,816 135,928
Blackstone Group LP (The) 18,274 682,351
Carlyle Group LP (The) 6,670 175,421
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) 17,052 443,011
E*Trade Financial Corp.(NON) 18,436 424,950
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 9,224 1,590,310
KKR & Co. LP 8,647 207,614
Legg Mason, Inc. 10,862 602,189
Moelis & Co. Class A 42,074 1,304,294
Morgan Stanley 44,848 1,516,311
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (Units) 5,579 309,077
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, LLC Class A 29,018 321,810
RCS Capital Corp. Class A(S) 20,658 194,805
State Street Corp. 14,758 1,055,345
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. 9,755 169,932

9,901,854
Chemicals (2.4%)
Albemarle Corp. 13,419 647,601
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd.(NON) 25,149 645,575
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 1,449 442,496
Croda International PLC (United Kingdom) 10,334 413,064
Dow Chemical Co. (The) 7,832 353,693
Huntsman Corp. 55,079 1,209,535
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A 10,724 848,161
Monsanto Co. 8,378 988,436
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) 5,807 1,575,265
Symrise AG (Germany) 10,462 686,784

7,810,610
Commercial services and supplies (2.0%)
ADT Corp. (The) 16,654 572,898
Cintas Corp. 15,358 1,208,675
KAR Auction Services, Inc. 28,077 957,706
MiX Telematics, Ltd. ADR (South Africa)(NON) 10,935 64,188
Progressive Waste Solutions, Ltd. (Canada) 45,773 1,305,446
Republic Services, Inc. 33,804 1,341,343
Tyco International PLC 31,491 1,285,148

6,735,404
Communications equipment (1.4%)
ARRIS Group, Inc.(NON) 21,299 558,460
Cisco Systems, Inc. 74,403 1,961,635
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(NON) 32,531 914,284
Juniper Networks, Inc. 13,279 301,832
QUALCOMM, Inc. 14,336 895,427

4,631,638
Construction and engineering (—%)
Quanta Services, Inc.(NON) 2,845 75,336

75,336
Construction materials (0.1%)
CaesarStone Sdot-Yam, Ltd. (Israel) 3,331 206,855

206,855
Consumer finance (1.1%)
American Express Co. 5,727 462,112
Capital One Financial Corp. 18,496 1,354,092
Discover Financial Services 31,170 1,695,025

3,511,229
Containers and packaging (0.9%)
Ball Corp. 12,711 804,988
Berry Plastics Group, Inc.(NON) 41,756 1,412,188
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.(NON) 39,302 569,093

2,786,269
Diversified consumer services (0.2%)
Weight Watchers International, Inc.(NON)(S) 38,590 639,050

639,050
Diversified financial services (0.5%)
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B(NON) 1,819 261,772
Voya Financial, Inc. 36,611 1,428,195

1,689,967
Diversified telecommunication services (1.5%)
AT&T, Inc. 39,928 1,314,430
CenturyLink, Inc. 27,525 1,023,104
Iridium Communications, Inc.(NON) 92,237 784,937
Verizon Communications, Inc. 38,942 1,780,039

4,902,510
Electric utilities (1.3%)
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 11,382 714,903
Entergy Corp. 21,835 1,910,781
Exelon Corp. 47,352 1,706,566

4,332,250
Electrical equipment (0.2%)
Generac Holdings, Inc.(NON) 10,324 451,572
Hubbell, Inc. Class B 3,441 364,884

816,456
Electronic equipment, instruments, and components (0.5%)
Anixter International, Inc.(NON) 2,048 154,337
CDW Corp. of Delaware 5,293 181,338
Corning, Inc. 61,354 1,458,385

1,794,060
Energy equipment and services (0.9%)
Cameron International Corp.(NON) 4,266 191,031
CSI Compressco LP 9,357 133,337
FMSA Holdings, Inc.(NON)(S) 20,997 108,974
Halliburton Co. 33,002 1,319,750
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 2,061 122,753
Nabors Industries, Ltd. 10,658 122,674
Schlumberger, Ltd. 9,563 787,896
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 6,538 164,758

2,951,173
Food and staples retail (3.2%)
Costco Wholesale Corp. 9,115 1,303,354
CVS Health Corp. 51,901 5,094,602
Kroger Co. (The) 23,894 1,649,881
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 10,553 896,794
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 21,620 1,594,475

10,539,106
Food products (1.3%)
Amira Nature Foods, Ltd. (United Arab Emirates)(NON)(S) 16,637 206,964
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 14,171 660,794
Bunge, Ltd. 4,466 399,841
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 9,142 320,427
Ingredion, Inc. 6,753 544,562
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. 5,884 721,143
Pinnacle Foods, Inc. 41,970 1,509,661

4,363,392
Gas utilities (0.4%)
UGI Corp. 39,068 1,445,125

1,445,125
Health-care equipment and supplies (1.5%)
Becton Dickinson and Co. 6,234 860,791
C.R. Bard, Inc. 4,316 738,165
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) 1,421 224,021
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(NON) 10,018 1,255,756
GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.(NON) 3,167 40,791
Halyard Health, Inc.(NON) 736 32,804
Medtronic PLC 17,662 1,261,067
St. Jude Medical, Inc. 8,417 554,428

4,967,823
Health-care providers and services (3.2%)
Aetna, Inc. 7,173 658,625
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 12,467 1,184,988
AmSurg Corp.(NON) 7,891 435,425
Anthem, Inc. 6,233 841,206
Cardinal Health, Inc. 10,168 845,876
CIGNA Corp. 4,830 515,989
Civitas Solutions, Inc.(NON) 30,000 569,700
Express Scripts Holding Co.(NON) 691 55,771
HCA Holdings, Inc.(NON) 28,700 2,031,960
HealthSouth Corp. 34,222 1,509,190
Humana, Inc. 2,908 425,848
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.(NON) 12,923 843,097
Premier, Inc. Class A(NON) 6,658 216,385
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 4,828 512,975

10,647,035
Health-care technology (0.1%)
Castlight Health, Inc. Class B(NON)(S) 42,183 374,585

374,585
Hotels, restaurants, and leisure (3.1%)
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.(NON) 32,530 803,979
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.(NON) 177,979 1,416,713
Compass Group PLC (United Kingdom) 26,923 466,139
Extended Stay America, Inc. (Unit) 11,471 226,896
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(NON) 17,181 446,191
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 25,360 1,378,823
McDonald's Corp. 320 29,581
Peak Resorts, Inc.(NON) 103,650 779,448
Penn National Gaming, Inc.(NON) 92,556 1,385,563
Restaurant Brands International LP (Units) (Canada)(NON)(S) 131 4,804
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (Canada)(NON) 16,418 635,048
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 9,576 723,467
Vail Resorts, Inc. 8,763 769,041
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 7,897 661,690
Yum! Brands, Inc. 7,040 508,851

10,236,234
Household durables (0.7%)
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 24,930 1,062,766
New Home Co., Inc. (The)(NON) 3,661 51,583
UCP, Inc. Class A(NON) 13,075 117,675
WCI Communities, Inc.(NON) 2,994 57,814
Whirlpool Corp. 5,653 1,125,399

2,415,237
Household products (0.3%)
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 6,791 869,316
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 976 82,267

951,583
Independent power and renewable electricity producers (0.4%)
NRG Energy, Inc. 48,041 1,184,691

1,184,691
Industrial conglomerates (0.9%)
3M Co. 12,230 1,984,929
Danaher Corp. 5,016 413,218
General Electric Co. 5,580 133,306
Siemens AG (Germany) 2,455 257,858
Toshiba Corp. (Japan) 35,000 140,072

2,929,383
Insurance (3.9%)
Allstate Corp. (The) 14,175 989,273
American International Group, Inc. 71,056 3,472,507
Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. 15,329 775,954
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 39,861 973,406
Chubb Corp. (The) 8,972 878,359
Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A(NON) 4,334 30,251
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 23,177 901,585
Lincoln National Corp. 19,220 960,616
MetLife, Inc. 40,802 1,897,293
Prudential PLC (United Kingdom) 43,580 1,060,067
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 11,005 1,131,534

13,070,845
Internet and catalog retail (0.7%)
Amazon.com, Inc.(NON) 1,296 459,471
Expedia, Inc. 13,460 1,156,618
FabFurnish GmbH (acquired 8/2/13, cost $1) (Private) (Brazil)(F)(RES)(NON) 1 1
Global Fashion Holding SA (acquired 8/2/13, cost $43,883) (Private) (Brazil)(F)(RES)(NON) 1,036 24,320
New Bigfoot Other Assets GmbH (acquired 8/2/13, cost $1) (Private) (Brazil)(F)(RES)(NON) 1 1
New Middle East Other Assets GmbH (acquired 8/2/13, cost $1) (Private) (Brazil)(F)(RES)(NON) 1 1
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(NON) 598 603,669

2,244,081
Internet software and services (2.7%)
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR (China)(NON) 31,145 2,774,397
AOL, Inc.(NON) 30,854 1,334,436
eBay, Inc.(NON) 15,040 797,120
Facebook, Inc. Class A(NON) 12,735 966,714
Google, Inc. Class A(NON) 2,284 1,227,764
GrubHub, Inc.(NON) 18,528 637,919
Hortonworks, Inc.(NON) 4,605 97,580
Pandora Media, Inc.(NON) 16,697 277,170
Yahoo!, Inc.(NON) 19,062 838,537

8,951,637
IT Services (2.8%)
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 7,213 595,289
CACI International, Inc. Class A(NON) 11,007 931,082
Computer Sciences Corp. 23,244 1,410,446
DST Systems, Inc. 3,295 318,627
IBM Corp. 22,955 3,519,231
MasterCard, Inc. Class A 21,509 1,764,383
Visa, Inc. Class A 406 103,493
Xerox Corp. 46,919 617,923

9,260,474
Leisure products (—%)
Malibu Boats, Inc. Class A(NON) 2,096 45,735

45,735
Life sciences tools and services (0.6%)
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 11,566 436,848
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(NON) 3,300 1,003,035
Waters Corp.(NON) 5,702 678,823

2,118,706
Machinery (1.3%)
Caterpillar, Inc. 6,622 529,561
Deere & Co. 9,825 836,992
Middleby Corp. (The)(NON) 3,080 292,662
Oshkosh Corp. 16,106 690,142
Pall Corp. 5,970 577,657
Trinity Industries, Inc. 53,019 1,403,413

4,330,427
Media (2.4%)
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A(NON) 2,976 449,718
Comcast Corp. Class A 25,116 1,334,790
DIRECTV(NON) 5,386 459,318
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class A(NON) 14,246 412,920
DISH Network Corp. Class A(NON) 2,535 178,337
Liberty Global PLC Ser. C (United Kingdom) 26,526 1,209,320
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 16,128 463,357
Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A(NON) 2,730 206,798
MDC Partners, Inc. Class A 20,613 492,651
SFX Entertainment, Inc.(NON) 9,948 32,729
Time Warner Cable, Inc. 1,816 247,212
Time Warner, Inc. 18,868 1,470,383
Townsquare Media, Inc.(NON) 51,147 620,925
Walt Disney Co. (The) 4,946 449,888

8,028,346
Metals and mining (0.5%)
AK Steel Holding Corp.(NON)(S) 53,675 203,428
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (Indonesia) 10,132 170,319
Hi-Crush Partners LP (Units) 2,791 91,070
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. 22,986 69,648
Southern Copper Corp. (Peru) 5,613 153,123
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 8,876 151,247
United States Steel Corp. 37,111 906,993

1,745,828
Multi-utilities (0.3%)
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 22,956 979,762

979,762
Multiline retail (1.3%)
Big Lots, Inc. 12,322 565,703
Dollar General Corp.(NON) 9,834 659,468
Dollar Tree, Inc.(NON) 5,228 371,711
Kohl's Corp. 15,152 904,877
Macy's, Inc. 11,715 748,354
Target Corp. 14,782 1,088,103

4,338,216
Oil, gas, and consumable fuels (5.7%)
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 8,324 680,487
Antero Midstream Partners LP(NON) 30,000 703,500
Apache Corp. 6,616 413,963
Chesapeake Energy Corp. 24,255 465,211
CONSOL Energy, Inc. 3,858 111,689
Devon Energy Corp. 15,854 955,521
EOG Resources, Inc. 9,571 852,106
EP Energy Corp. Class A(NON)(S) 21,103 218,416
EV Energy Partners LP 27,171 380,937
Exxon Mobil Corp. 53,239 4,654,153
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA (France) 6,661 376,806
Hess Corp. 11,756 793,412
JP Energy Partners LP(NON) 33,108 409,877
MarkWest Energy Partners LP 4,641 273,494
Memorial Production Partners LP (Units) 30,071 516,620
Memorial Resource Development Corp.(NON) 53,731 1,028,949
Newfield Exploration Co.(NON) 18,066 538,005
NuStar Energy LP 10,017 611,838
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4,332 346,560
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR (United Kingdom) 20,135 1,237,296
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada) 7,887 235,111
Total SA ADR (France) 16,577 853,881
USD Partners LP(NON) 22,540 294,372
Valero Energy Corp. 24,867 1,314,967
Whiting Petroleum Corp.(NON) 17,591 528,082

18,795,253
Paper and forest products (0.2%)
International Paper Co. 11,152 587,264

587,264
Personal products (0.7%)
Avon Products, Inc. 99,848 772,824
Coty, Inc. Class A(NON) 50,516 960,814
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A 10,393 733,642

2,467,280
Pharmaceuticals (5.3%)
AbbVie, Inc. 9,403 567,471
Actavis PLC(NON) 3,719 991,262
Catalent, Inc.(NON) 21,206 585,710
Impax Laboratories, Inc.(NON) 15,759 577,883
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(NON) 2,508 424,705
Johnson & Johnson 36,596 3,664,723
Merck & Co., Inc. 67,931 4,094,881
Mylan, Inc.(NON) 15,373 817,075
Pfizer, Inc. 150,008 4,687,750
Shire PLC ADR (United Kingdom) 1,681 368,576
Zoetis, Inc. 14,780 631,549

17,411,585
Professional services (0.2%)
Robert Half International, Inc. 9,401 545,822
TrueBlue, Inc.(NON) 10,838 239,086

784,908
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) (1.2%)
American Tower Corp. 1,139 110,426
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. 92,631 988,373
Boston Properties, Inc. 1,841 255,531
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 16,452 445,849
CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. Class A 84,466 972,204
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. 10,582 144,973
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 7,769 177,832
Paramount Group, Inc.(NON) 38,518 745,323
Parkway Properties, Inc. 7,062 129,235
Prologis, Inc. 684 30,876

4,000,622
Real estate management and development (0.1%)
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. Class A 8,326 277,089

277,089
Road and rail (1.4%)
Avis Budget Group, Inc.(NON) 16,995 973,983
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Class A(NON) 924 76,184
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 5,027 400,199
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(NON) 4,037 283,074
Union Pacific Corp. 24,322 2,850,782

4,584,222
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (2.4%)
Atmel Corp.(NON) 12,562 104,641
Broadcom Corp. Class A 11,218 476,036
Intel Corp. 49,329 1,629,830
Lam Research Corp. 10,056 768,681
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 41,958 649,929
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 14,072 465,642
Micron Technology, Inc.(NON) 87,329 2,555,683
Microsemi Corp.(NON) 6,015 167,578
NVIDIA Corp. 6,892 132,361
Teradyne, Inc. 11,057 200,132
Texas Instruments, Inc. 16,359 874,389
Xilinx, Inc. 1,626 62,723

8,087,625
Software (3.7%)
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 43,121 901,013
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(NON) 30,598 550,458
Electronic Arts, Inc.(NON) 11,113 609,659
EnerNOC, Inc.(NON) 24,270 417,929
Microsoft Corp. 120,319 4,860,888
Oracle Corp. 91,112 3,816,682
Symantec Corp. 26,182 648,528
TiVo, Inc.(NON) 54,591 571,022

12,376,179
Specialty retail (3.8%)
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 83,098 1,166,696
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(NON) 13,328 996,535
Best Buy Co., Inc. 27,487 967,542
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(NON) 16,929 341,627
Chico's FAS, Inc. 48,988 817,120
Children's Place, Inc. (The) 13,672 819,636
Conn's, Inc.(NON)(S) 15,164 238,681
Gap, Inc. (The) 35,641 1,468,053
GNC Holdings, Inc. Class A 7,645 338,979
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 16,969 1,771,903
Lowe's Cos., Inc. 16,409 1,111,874
Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)(NON) 49,389 1,274,236
Select Comfort Corp.(NON) 5,623 167,790
Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.(NON) 15,424 125,243
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 16,343 1,077,657

12,683,572
Technology hardware, storage, and peripherals (4.6%)
Apple, Inc. 71,466 8,372,957
EMC Corp. 45,554 1,181,215
Hewlett-Packard Co. 85,741 3,097,822
NetApp, Inc. 6,893 260,555
QLogic Corp.(NON) 21,108 282,003
SanDisk Corp. 6,693 508,066
Seagate Technology PLC 11,511 649,681
Western Digital Corp. 7,503 729,517

15,081,816
Textiles, apparel, and luxury goods (0.7%)
Coach, Inc. 18,099 673,102
Fossil Group, Inc.(NON) 6,240 610,272
Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd.(NON) 5,751 407,113
NIKE, Inc. Class B 5,553 512,264

2,202,751
Thrifts and mortgage finance (0.2%)
Radian Group, Inc. 42,850 675,316

675,316
Tobacco (0.4%)
Lorillard, Inc. 17,515 1,149,154
Philip Morris International, Inc. 2,517 201,964

1,351,118
Trading companies and distributors (0.3%)
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(NON) 18,526 534,105
United Rentals, Inc.(NON) 6,955 576,222

1,110,327
Water utilities (0.1%)
American Water Works Co., Inc. 8,543 479,604

479,604

Total common stocks (cost $315,512,308) $318,795,437

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (0.6%)(a)
Shares Value

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (United Kingdom) 3,719 $67,091
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 9,589 1,912,718

Total investment companies (cost $1,916,073) $1,979,809

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (0.2%)(a)
Shares Value

AmSurg Corp. Ser. A-1, $5.25 cv. pfd. 2,324 $265,227
Banc of California, Inc. 4.00% cv. pfd. 5,050 266,388
Iridium Communications, Inc. Ser. B, 6.75% cv. pfd. 285 92,215
Iridium Communications, Inc. 144A $7.00 cv. pfd. 213 22,405

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $577,450) $646,235

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (4.3%)(a)
Shares Value

Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC 0.19%(d) 2,665,225 $2,665,225
Putnam Short Term Investment Fund 0.10%(AFF) 11,602,447 11,602,447

Total short-term investments (cost $14,267,672) $14,267,672

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $332,273,503)(b) $335,689,153














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, 2014 through January 31, 2015 (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 $331,236,256.
(b) The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is $332,277,179, resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $20,279,257 and $16,867,283, respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $3,411,974.
(NON) This security is non-income-producing.
(RES) This security is restricted with regard to public resale. The total fair value of this security and any other restricted securities (excluding 144A securities), if any, held at the close of the reporting period was $24,323, or less than 0.1% 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 Fair value at the beginning of the reporting period Purchase cost Sale proceeds Investment income Fair value at the end of the reporting period

Putnam Short Term Investment Fund* $1,032,348 $94,026,883 $83,456,784 $3,729 $11,602,447
* Management fees charged to Putnam Short Term Investment Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

(d) Affiliated company. The fund may lend securities, through its agent, to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The loans are collateralized by cash in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities loaned. The fair 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 agent; the fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the cash collateral.
The fund received cash collateral of $2,665,225, which is invested in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC, a limited liability company managed by an affiliate of Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. There are no management fees charged to Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield at the close of the reporting period. At the close of the reporting period, the value of securities loaned amounted to $2,562,933.
(F) This security is valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Securities may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 for 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.
(S) This security is on loan, in part or in entirety, at the close of the reporting period.
At the close of the reporting period, the fund maintained liquid assets totaling $34,276 to cover the settlement of certain securities.
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: Portfolio securities and other investments are valued using policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees have formed a Pricing Committee to oversee the implementation of these procedures and has delegated responsibility for valuing the fund’s assets in accordance with these procedures to Putnam Management. Putnam Management has established an internal Valuation Committee that is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the pricing policies of the fund and reporting to the Pricing Committee.
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. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are classified as Level 2 securities.
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 in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustees. 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, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.
To assess the continuing appropriateness of fair valuations, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of such valuations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available. 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 $47,145,534 $466,139 $24,323
    Consumer staples 26,560,991
    Energy 21,369,620 376,806
    Financials 50,235,844 1,652,902
    Health care 47,866,342
    Industrials 34,991,145 1,461,594
    Information technology 60,183,429
    Materials 12,036,978 1,099,848
    Telecommunication services 4,902,510
    Utilities 8,421,432
Total common stocks 313,713,825 5,057,289 24,323
Convertible preferred stocks 646,235
Investment companies 1,979,809
Short-term investments 11,602,447 2,665,225



Totals by level $327,296,081 $8,368,749 $24,323


* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund's portfolio presentation.
During the reporting period, transfers within the fair value hierarchy, if any, (other than certain transfers involving non-U.S. equity securities as described in the Security valuation note above) did not represent, in the aggregate, more than 1% of the fund's net assets measured as of the end of the period.
At the start and close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities represented less than 1% of the fund's net assets and were not considered a significant portion of the fund's portfolio.

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: March 31, 2015

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: March 31, 2015

By (Signature and Title):
/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer
Date: March 31, 2015

EX-99.CERT 2 b_HF8certifications.htm EX-99.CERT b_HF8certifications.htm

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: March 30, 2015
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: March 30, 2015
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer















Attachment A

NQ

Period (s) ended January 31, 2015
               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