0000928816-15-000738.txt : 20150529 0000928816-15-000738.hdr.sgml : 20150529 20150529110919 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-15-000738 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150529 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150529 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150529 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: 15897775 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 S000000775 Putnam International Value Fund C000002290 Class Y shares C000002291 Class A shares PNGAX C000002292 Class B shares PGNBX C000002293 Class C shares PIGRX C000002294 Class M shares PIGMX C000002295 Class R shares PIIRX C000136805 Class R5 C000136806 Class R6 N-Q 1 a_internationalvalue.htm PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST a_internationalvalue.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:         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: June 30, 2015
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2015



Item 1. Schedule of Investments:














Putnam International Value Fund

The fund's portfolio
3/31/15 (Unaudited)
COMMON STOCKS (96.0%)(a)
Shares Value

Aerospace and defense (2.1%)
Airbus Group NV (France) 36,100 $2,345,795
BAE Systems PLC (United Kingdom) 200,569 1,555,024

3,900,819
Airlines (0.9%)
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan)(UR) 56,200 1,751,701

1,751,701
Automobiles (5.6%)
Daimler AG (Registered Shares) (Germany) 27,077 2,607,893
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan) 334,600 3,411,946
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) 46,300 3,231,349
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan) 58,900 1,422,367

10,673,555
Banks (14.6%)
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Rights) (Spain)(NON) 132,526 19,095
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Spain) 132,526 1,337,438
Bank of Ireland (Ireland)(NON) 4,682,538 1,776,101
Bank of Queensland, Ltd. (Australia) 294,865 3,091,298
Barclays PLC (United Kingdom) 113,244 406,341
DNB ASA (Norway) 133,790 2,153,437
HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) 221,479 1,884,825
ING Groep NV GDR (Netherlands)(NON) 416,442 6,108,110
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom)(NON) 1,074,902 1,247,615
Metro Bank PLC (acquired 1/15/14, cost $235,131) (Private) (United Kingdom)(F)(RES)(NON) 30,891 650,697
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 784,500 1,379,895
Natixis SA (France) 196,210 1,465,218
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 75,000 2,873,945
United Overseas Bank, Ltd. (Singapore) 85,000 1,422,961
Virgin Money Holdings UK PLC (United Kingdom)(NON) 331,274 1,955,381

27,772,357
Beverages (1.0%)
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (Belgium) 15,776 1,929,808

1,929,808
Building products (0.7%)
Compagnie De Saint-Gobain (France) 27,623 1,211,862

1,211,862
Capital markets (1.1%)
UBS Group AG (Switzerland) 111,506 2,092,703

2,092,703
Chemicals (1.0%)
Akzo Nobel NV (Netherlands) 26,224 1,985,285

1,985,285
Commercial services and supplies (0.6%)
Elis SA (France)(NON) 61,200 1,014,718

1,014,718
Communications equipment (0.8%)
Alcatel-Lucent (France)(NON) 414,949 1,570,341

1,570,341
Construction and engineering (1.4%)
Vinci SA (France) 47,405 2,712,924

2,712,924
Construction materials (0.6%)
CRH PLC (Ireland) 39,655 1,032,488

1,032,488
Diversified financial services (1.8%)
Challenger, Ltd. (Australia) 415,568 2,262,859
Eurazeo SA (France) 16,844 1,155,546

3,418,405
Diversified telecommunication services (3.2%)
Com Hem Holding AB (Sweden)(NON) 87,189 707,461
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) Corp. (Japan) 16,600 1,022,912
Spark New Zealand, Ltd. (New Zealand) 704,341 1,563,724
Telecom Italia SpA RSP (Italy) 1,476,691 1,388,760
Telstra Corp., Ltd. (Australia) 302,500 1,451,723

6,134,580
Electric utilities (1.0%)
SSE PLC (United Kingdom) 82,796 1,838,991

1,838,991
Food and staples retail (0.9%)
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 30,000 1,262,414
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom) 147,320 421,109

1,683,523
Food products (2.7%)
Barry Callebaut AG (Switzerland) 1,259 1,232,127
Kerry Group PLC Class A (Ireland) 28,173 1,892,244
Nestle SA (Switzerland) 27,420 2,070,194

5,194,565
Gas utilities (1.4%)
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Japan) 436,000 2,745,901

2,745,901
Hotels, restaurants, and leisure (1.6%)
TUI AG (Germany) 171,302 3,012,387

3,012,387
Household durables (1.7%)
Panasonic Corp. (Japan) 199,500 2,619,335
Skyworth Digital Holdings, Ltd. (China) 770,000 604,884

3,224,219
Household products (0.5%)
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Preference) (Germany) 8,075 951,066

951,066
Industrial conglomerates (2.5%)
Siemens AG (Germany) 31,451 3,405,030
Toshiba Corp. (Japan) 334,000 1,402,160

4,807,190
Insurance (8.7%)
ACE, Ltd. 17,586 1,960,663
Admiral Group PLC (United Kingdom) 25,572 579,549
AIA Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 366,000 2,293,907
Allianz SE (Germany) 8,229 1,429,886
AXA SA (France) 110,787 2,793,679
Intact Financial Corp. (Canada) 22,900 1,725,252
Prudential PLC (United Kingdom) 158,776 3,931,327
SCOR SE (France) 52,242 1,764,532

16,478,795
Media (3.9%)
Atresmedia Corporacion de Medios de Comunicacion SA (Spain) 65,674 992,064
Liberty Global PLC Ser. C (United Kingdom)(NON) 39,000 1,942,590
Vivendi SA (France) 56,216 1,397,721
WPP PLC (United Kingdom) 136,157 3,087,823

7,420,198
Metals and mining (1.4%)
BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia) 57,568 1,340,725
Glencore PLC (United Kingdom) 311,879 1,313,007

2,653,732
Multi-utilities (1.8%)
RWE AG (Germany) 65,958 1,686,431
Veolia Environnement SA (France) 90,096 1,705,533

3,391,964
Oil, gas, and consumable fuels (8.2%)
BG Group PLC (United Kingdom) 53,035 651,516
EnCana Corp. (Canada) 140,700 1,570,801
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA (France) 14,579 860,303
Genel Energy PLC (United Kingdom)(NON) 113,974 795,000
Origin Energy, Ltd. (Australia) 132,435 1,135,017
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom) 253,931 7,583,126
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada) 103,300 3,018,541

15,614,304
Personal products (0.3%)
Asaleo Care, Ltd. (Australia) 386,616 555,918

555,918
Pharmaceuticals (9.7%)
Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan) 236,400 3,873,798
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) 44,817 3,072,659
Bayer AG (Germany) 18,030 2,709,102
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom) 77,751 1,780,492
Sanofi (France) 71,290 7,015,012

18,451,063
Professional services (0.4%)
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)(NON) 21,700 677,963

677,963
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) (1.4%)
Hibernia REIT PLC (Ireland)(R) 2,104,553 2,645,149

2,645,149
Real estate management and development (2.4%)
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (Japan) 59,000 1,369,437
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (Japan) 66,000 1,939,705
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. (Japan) 36,000 1,296,357

4,605,499
Specialty retail (0.7%)
Kingfisher PLC (United Kingdom) 249,956 1,410,540

1,410,540
Technology hardware, storage, and peripherals (1.8%)
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 107,500 1,093,357
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 1,780 2,307,419

3,400,776
Tobacco (2.3%)
Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Japan) 110,700 3,497,668
Philip Morris International, Inc. 12,500 941,625

4,439,293
Trading companies and distributors (1.8%)
ITOCHU Corp. (Japan) 95,500 1,035,460
Mitsubishi Corp. (Japan) 118,000 2,378,800

3,414,260
Transportation infrastructure (1.2%)
Aena SA (Spain)(NON) 14,024 1,410,066
Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. (The) (Japan) 167,000 925,037

2,335,103
Wireless telecommunication services (2.3%)
SoftBank Corp. (Japan) 14,800 860,317
Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom) 1,047,125 3,422,047

4,282,364

Total common stocks (cost $165,736,730) $182,436,309

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (0.1%)(a)
Principal amount Value

U.S. Treasury Notes
     1.625%, March 31, 2019(i) $111,000 $112,865
     0.875%, September 15, 2016(i) 90,000 90,607

Total U.S. treasury Obligations (cost $203,472) $203,472

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (3.4%)(a)
Principal amount/shares Value

Putnam Short Term Investment Fund 0.09%(AFF) Shares 3,960,224 $3,960,224
SSgA Prime Money Market Fund Class N 0.02%(P) Shares 199,000 199,000
U.S. Treasury Bills with an effective yield of 0.03%, April 16, 2015(SEGSF) 200,000 199,998
U.S. Treasury Bills with an effective yield of 0.02%, April 23, 2015(SEGSF) 30,000 30,000
U.S. Treasury Bills with an effective yield of 0.01%, April 30, 2015(SEGSF) 260,000 259,998
U.S. Treasury Bills with an effective yield of 0.03%, April 9, 2015(SEGSF) 150,000 149,999
U.S. Treasury Bills with an effective yield of 0.01%, May 14, 2015(SEGSF) 325,000 324,997
U.S. Treasury Bills with an effective yield of 0.01%, May 21, 2015(SEGSF) 700,000 699,988
U.S. Treasury Bills with effective yields ranging from 0.01% to 0.02%, May 7, 2015(SEGSF) 702,000 701,987

Total short-term investments (cost $6,526,191) $6,526,191

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $172,466,393)(b) $189,165,972














FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 3/31/15 (aggregate face value $97,508,224) (Unaudited)


Unrealized
Contract Delivery Aggregate appreciation/
Counterparty Currency type date Value face value (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.
Australian Dollar Buy 4/15/15 $6,315,757 $6,665,767 $(350,010)
Barclays Bank PLC
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 1,673,506 1,795,620 122,114
Hong Kong Dollar Buy 5/20/15 4,192,693 4,191,616 1,077
Japanese Yen Buy 5/20/15 1,946,197 1,968,300 (22,103)
Singapore Dollar Buy 5/20/15 1,814,745 1,849,072 (34,327)
Swiss Franc Buy 6/17/15 1,348,817 1,370,755 (21,938)
Citibank, N.A.
British Pound Buy 6/17/15 1,082,913 1,122,645 (39,732)
Danish Krone Buy 6/17/15 634,912 663,856 (28,944)
Euro Sell 6/17/15 8,012,463 8,413,238 400,775
Japanese Yen Sell 5/20/15 1,241,040 1,231,459 (9,581)
Credit Suisse International
Australian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 476,044 495,631 19,587
British Pound Sell 6/17/15 2,848,874 2,953,622 104,748
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 103,020 144,438 41,418
Euro Buy 6/17/15 4,049,394 4,229,379 (179,985)
Japanese Yen Buy 5/20/15 3,464,142 3,534,851 (70,709)
Norwegian Krone Buy 6/17/15 1,289,852 1,357,014 (67,162)
Swedish Krona Buy 6/17/15 2,271,961 2,342,173 (70,212)
Swiss Franc Buy 6/17/15 1,411,473 1,435,673 (24,200)
Deutsche Bank AG
British Pound Sell 6/17/15 151,080 126,151 (24,929)
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 732,351 785,405 53,054
Euro Sell 6/17/15 236,693 247,241 10,548
Goldman Sachs International
Japanese Yen Buy 5/20/15 3,175,628 3,238,573 (62,945)
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
Australian Dollar Buy 4/15/15 174,208 173,180 1,028
British Pound Buy 6/17/15 135,661 140,658 (4,997)
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 1,855,627 1,990,305 134,678
Euro Sell 6/17/15 448,629 468,454 19,825
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
British Pound Buy 6/17/15 6,197,690 6,425,293 (227,603)
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 342,532 367,576 25,044
Euro Sell 6/17/15 97,411 101,759 4,348
Japanese Yen Buy 5/20/15 861,130 838,269 22,861
New Zealand Dollar Sell 4/15/15 1,249,228 1,275,814 26,586
Norwegian Krone Sell 6/17/15 1,170,156 1,222,545 52,389
Singapore Dollar Sell 5/20/15 548,339 558,475 10,136
Swedish Krona Buy 6/17/15 2,016,759 2,079,592 (62,833)
Swiss Franc Buy 6/17/15 2,431,937 2,468,308 (36,371)
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)
Australian Dollar Buy 4/15/15 538,376 568,962 (30,586)
State Street Bank and Trust Co.
Australian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 1,983,330 2,090,220 106,890
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 516,759 525,864 9,105
Euro Sell 6/17/15 810,503 785,681 (24,822)
Hong Kong Dollar Sell 5/20/15 493,275 493,176 (99)
Israeli Shekel Buy 4/15/15 887,597 893,639 (6,042)
Swiss Franc Sell 6/17/15 3,909,577 3,976,754 67,177
UBS AG
British Pound Buy 6/17/15 2,055,963 2,131,652 (75,689)
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 120,545 129,214 8,669
Euro Sell 6/17/15 523,759 544,625 20,866
Swiss Franc Buy 6/17/15 1,289,257 1,311,286 (22,029)
WestPac Banking Corp.
Australian Dollar Buy 4/15/15 941,054 992,050 (50,996)
British Pound Sell 6/17/15 3,302,707 3,424,073 121,366
Canadian Dollar Sell 4/15/15 921,419 988,558 67,139
Euro Buy 6/17/15 3,138,035 3,277,522 (139,487)
Japanese Yen Sell 5/20/15 6,960,054 7,102,241 142,187

Total $(94,716)













Key to holding's abbreviations
GDRGlobal Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank
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 July 1, 2014 through March 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 $190,111,618.
(b) The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is $172,885,426, resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $29,248,433 and $12,967,885, respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $16,280,546.
(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 $650,697, 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* $2,288,978 $40,503,357 $38,832,111 $2,423 $3,960,224
* Management fees charged to Putnam Short Term Investment Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

(SEGSF) This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period.
(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.
(i) This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the fund for collateral on certain derivative contracts.
(P) This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the fund for collateral on certain derivative contracts. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period.
(R) Real Estate Investment Trust.
(UR) At the reporting period end, 4,800 shares owned by the fund were not formally entered on the company's shareholder register, due to local restrictions on foreign ownership. While the fund has full title to these unregistered shares, these shares do not carry voting rights.
At the close of the reporting period, the fund maintained liquid assets totaling $889,975 to cover certain derivative contracts.
Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.
The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY
Distribution of investments by country of risk at the close of the reporting period, excluding collateral received, if any (as a percentage of Portfolio Value):
Japan 22.3%
United Kingdom 21.0
France 14.3
Germany 8.4
Australia 5.2
United States 4.9
Netherlands 4.3
Ireland 3.9
Canada 3.4
Switzerland 2.9
Spain 2.0
Hong Kong 1.2
South Korea 1.2
Norway 1.1
Belgium 1.0
New Zealand 0.8
Singapore 0.8
Italy 0.7
Other 0.6

Total 100.0%

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 have 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.
Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations and other investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees or dealers selected by Putnam Management. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2. 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.
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 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.
Forward currency contracts: The fund buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts were used to hedge foreign exchange risk.
The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. 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 when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. 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.
For the fund's average contract amount on forward currency contracts, see the appropriate table at the end of these footnotes.
Master agreements: The fund is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties that govern OTC 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, is 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.
At the close of the reporting period, the fund had a net liability position of $943,682 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the fund at period end for these agreements totaled $775,000 and may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.













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 $1,942,590 $23,798,309 $—
    Consumer staples 941,625 13,812,548
    Energy 4,589,342 11,024,962
    Financials 3,685,915 52,676,296 650,697
    Health care 18,451,063
    Industrials 2,424,784 19,401,756
    Information technology 4,971,117
    Materials 5,671,505
    Telecommunication services 10,416,944
    Utilities 7,976,856
Total common stocks 13,584,256 168,201,356 650,697
U.S. treasury obligations $— $203,472 $—
Short-term investments 4,159,224 2,366,967



Totals by level $17,743,480 $170,771,795 $650,697



Valuation inputs

Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Forward currency contracts $— $(94,716) $—



Totals by level $— $(94,716) $—


* 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.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of the close of the reporting period
Asset derivatives Liability derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Fair value Fair value
Foreign exchange contracts 1,593,615 1,688,331


Total $1,593,615 $1,688,331


The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held at the close of the period is listed below and was as follows based on an average of the holdings of that derivative at the end of each fiscal quarter in the reporting period:
Forward currency contracts (contract amount)$127,200,000
   
  The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions, if applicable, see note "(d)" above, and for borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if applicable, see the "Short sales of securities" note above.
   
      Bank of America N.A. Barclays Bank PLC Citibank, N.A. Credit Suisse International Deutsche Bank AG Goldman Sachs International HSBC Bank USA, National Association JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The) State Street Bank and Trust Co. UBS AG WestPac Banking Corp.   Total
                                 
  Assets:                              
  Forward currency contracts#    —  123,191  400,775  165,753  63,602  —  155,531  141,364  —  183,172  29,535  330,692    1,593,615
                                 
  Total Assets  $—  $123,191  $400,775  $165,753  $63,602  $—  $155,531  $141,364  $—  $183,172  $29,535  $330,692  $1,593,615
                                 
  Liabilities:                              
  Forward currency contracts#    350,010  78,368  78,257  412,268  24,929  62,945  4,997  326,807  30,586  30,963  97,718  190,483    1,688,331
                                 
  Total Liabilities  $350,010  $78,368  $78,257  $412,268  $24,929  $62,945  $4,997  $326,807  $30,586  $30,963  $97,718  $190,483  $1,688,331
                                 
  Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets    $(350,010)  $44,823  $322,518  $(246,515)  $38,673  $(62,945)  $150,534  $(185,443)  $(30,586)  $152,209  $(68,183)  $140,209    $(94,716)
  Total collateral received (pledged)##†    $(238,000)  $—  $199,000  $(150,000)  $—  $(62,945)  $150,534  $(160,000)  $—  $—  $(68,183)  $—    
  Net amount    $(112,010)  $44,823  $123,518  $(96,515)  $38,673  $—  $—  $(25,443)  $(30,586)  $152,209  $—  $140,209    
                                 
                                 
 Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.
                                 
# Covered by master netting agreement.
                                 
## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

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: May 29, 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: May 29, 2015

By (Signature and Title):
/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer
Date: May 29, 2015

EX-99.CERT 2 b_2CEcertifications.htm EX-99.CERT b_2CEcertifications.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: May 28, 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: May 28, 2015
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer















Attachment A

NQ

Period (s) ended March 31, 2015
               Putnam Europe Equity Fund
               Putnam International Equity Fund
               Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund
               Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund
               Putnam International Value Fund

               Putnam VT Absolute 500 Fund
               Putnam VT American Government Income Fund
               Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund
               Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
               Putnam VT Equity Income Fund
               Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund
               Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
               Putnam VT Global Equity Fund
               Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund
               Putnam VT Global Utilities Fund
               Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
               Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund
               Putnam VT High Yield Fund
               Putnam VT Income Fund
               Putnam VT International Equity Fund
               Putnam VT International Value Fund
               Putnam VT International Growth Fund
               Putnam VT Investors Fund
               Putnam VT Multi-Cap Value Fund
               Putnam VT Money Market Fund
               Putnam VT Multi-Cap Growth Fund
               Putnam VT Research Fund
               Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund
               Putnam VT Voyager Fund