485BPOS 1 a_pftcov225-xbrl.htm PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST a_pftcov225-xbrl.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on   
January 20, 2016   
 
Registration No. 333-515 
811-07513 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION   
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549   
 
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FORM N-1A   
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 225  / X / 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No. 226  / X / 
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PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST   
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)   
 
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109   
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)   
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code   
(617) 292-1000   
 
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
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/ /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ X /  on December 30, 2015 pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ /  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. 
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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/ /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
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ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President
PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)
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Copy to:
 
BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire
ROPES & GRAY LLP 
1211 Avenue of the Americas 
New York, New York 10036 
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This Post-Effective Amendment relates solely to the Registrant's Putnam Emerging 
Markets Equity Fund, Putnam Global Consumer Fund, Putnam Global Energy Fund, 
Putnam Global Financials Fund, Putnam Global Industrials Fund, Putnam Global 
Technology Fund, Putnam Global Telecommunications Fund and Putnam Retirement 
Income Fund Lifestyle 2 series. Information contained in the Registrant's Registration 
Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded 
hereby.

 


SIGNATURES 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 20 th day of January, 2016.

Putnam Funds Trust 
 
By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President, 
Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature  Title 
Jameson A. Baxter *  Chair, Board of Trustees 
 
Robert L. Reynolds*  President and Trustee 
 
Jonathan S. Horwitz*  Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and 
  Compliance Liaison 
 
Steven D. Krichmar*  Vice President and Principal Financial Officer 
 
Janet C. Smith*  Vice President, Principal Accounting 
  Officer and Assistant Treasurer 
 
Liaquat Ahamed*  Trustee 
 
Ravi Akhoury*  Trustee 
 
Barbara M. Baumann*  Trustee 
 
Robert J. Darretta*  Trustee 
 
Katinka Domotorffy*  Trustee 
 
John A. Hill*  Trustee 
 
Paul L. Joskow*  Trustee 

 

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Kenneth R. Leibler*  Trustee 
 
Robert E. Patterson*  Trustee 
 
George Putnam, III*  Trustee 
 
W. Thomas Stephens*  Trustee 

 

By:  /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact 
December 24, 2015 
   
* Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post- 
Effective Amendment No. 150 to the Registrant’s 
Registration Statement on September 28, 2012. 

 

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