0000928816-19-001780.txt : 20191028 0000928816-19-001780.hdr.sgml : 20191028 20191028165715 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-001780 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190831 FILED AS OF DATE: 20191028 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: NPORT-EX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07513 FILM NUMBER: 191173672 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 S000039834 Putnam Intermediate-Term Municipal Income Fund C000123521 CLASS Y C000123522 CLASS A C000123523 CLASS B C000123524 CLASS C C000123525 CLASS M C000202823 Class R6 Shares ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-19-001437 NPORT-EX 1 b_nd5nportex.htm PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST

Putnam Intermediate-Term Municipal Income Fund
The fund's portfolio
8/31/19 (Unaudited)
Key to holding's abbreviations
AGM — Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMBAC — AMBAC Indemnity Corporation
COP — Certificates of Participation
FRB — Floating Rate Bonds: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.
FRN — Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.
G.O. Bonds — General Obligation Bonds
NATL — National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
PSFG — Permanent School Fund Guaranteed
U.S. Govt. Coll. — U.S. Government Collateralized










MUNICIPAL BONDS AND NOTES (96.8%)(a)
    Rating(RAT)   Principal amount Value
Alabama (2.1%)
Black Belt Energy Gas Dist. Mandatory Put Bonds (12/1/23), Ser. A, 4.00%, 12/1/48 A3 $100,000 $109,276
Jefferson, Cnty. Rev. Bonds, (Warrents), 5.00%, 9/15/29 AA 100,000 123,811

233,087
Arizona (2.0%)
AZ State Indl. Dev. Auth. Ed. 144A Rev. Bonds, (BASIS Schools, Inc.), Ser. A, 4.00%, 7/1/21 BB 35,000 35,873
AZ State Lottery Rev. Bonds, 5.00%, 7/1/25(WIS) AA+ 150,000 182,142

218,015
California (9.4%)
CA Hlth. Fac. Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Adventist Hlth. Syst./West), Ser. A, 4.00%, 3/1/33 A 110,000 117,531
CA State Poll. Control Fin. Auth. Solid Waste Disp. Mandatory Put Bonds (6/3/24), (Waste Mgt., Inc.), Ser. C, 3.25%, 12/1/27 A- 150,000 162,282
CA State U. Rev. Bonds, Ser. B, 3.422%, 11/1/25 Aa2 100,000 108,942
CA Statewide Cmnty. Dev. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Viamonte Senior Living 1, Inc.), Ser. B, 3.00%, 7/1/25 AA- 200,000 205,020
San Bernardino Cnty., FRB, Ser. C, 2.46%, 8/1/23 AA+ 250,000 246,269
San Mateo, Union High School Dist. COP, (Phase I), Ser. B, AMBAC, U.S. Govt. Coll., stepped-coupon zero % (5.00%, 12/15/19), 12/15/43 (Prerefunded 12/15/24)(STP) AAA/P 160,000 188,333

1,028,377
Colorado (3.8%)
CO State Hlth. Fac. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Oblig. Group (The)), 5.00%, 12/1/22 (Prerefunded 6/1/22) BBB+ 75,000 82,856
E-470 CO Pub. Hwy. Auth. FRN Mandatory Put Bonds (9/1/21), (Sr. Libor Index), Ser. B, 2.468%, 9/1/39 A2 100,000 100,757
High Plains Co. Metro. Dist. G.O. Bonds, NATL, 5.00%, 12/1/29 Baa2 100,000 124,899
Southlands, Metro. Dist. No. 1 G.O. Bonds, Ser. A-1, 3.50%, 12/1/27 Ba1 100,000 105,200

413,712
District of Columbia (1.8%)
D.C. Rev. Bonds, (D.C. Intl. School), 5.00%, 7/1/26 BBB 165,000 198,723

198,723
Florida (2.0%)
Broward Cnty., Arpt. Syst. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A , 5.00%, 10/1/25 A1 100,000 121,037
Martin Cnty., Rev. Bonds, (Indiantown Cogeneration), 4.20%, 12/15/25 BBB+ 100,000 101,793

222,830
Georgia (3.4%)
Gainesville & Hall Cnty., Dev. Auth. Edl. Fac. Rev. Bonds, (Riverside Military Academy), 5.00%, 3/1/27 BBB-/F 100,000 109,980
Main St. Natural Gas, Inc. Gas Supply Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 5.00%, 5/15/21 A3 200,000 211,724
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. Rev. Bonds, Ser. B, 5.00%, 3/15/21 A2 50,000 52,641

374,345
Illinois (10.9%)
Chicago, G.O. Bonds, Ser. A, 4.00%, 1/1/24 BBB+ 75,000 79,762
Chicago, Board of Ed. G.O. Bonds
Ser. E, 5.00%, 12/1/21 BB- 50,000 52,853
(School Reform), Ser. A, NATL, zero %, 12/1/21 Baa2 100,000 94,933
Chicago, O'Hare Intl. Arpt. Rev. Bonds, Ser. C, 5.00%, 1/1/23 A 100,000 111,726
Chicago, Waste Wtr. Transmission Rev. Bonds, Ser. C, 5.00%, 1/1/26 A 50,000 58,301
Chicago, Wtr. Wks Rev. Bonds, 5.00%, 11/1/30 A 100,000 119,165
IL State G.O. Bonds
5.00%, 2/1/26 Baa3 100,000 115,197
5.00%, 7/1/23 Baa3 50,000 55,086
Ser. D, 5.00%, 11/1/21 Baa3 150,000 159,218
Ser. A, 5.00%, 4/1/21 Baa3 100,000 105,010
IL State Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds
(Presbyterian Homes Oblig. Group), Ser. A, 5.00%, 11/1/31 A-/F 100,000 118,186
(Riverside Hlth. Syst.), 5.00%, 11/15/22 A+ 45,000 50,229
Railsplitter, Tobacco Settlement Auth. Rev. Bonds
5.25%, 6/1/21 A 20,000 21,331
5.25%, 6/1/20 A 50,000 51,437

1,192,434
Indiana (1.0%)
Whiting, Env. Fac. Mandatory Put Bonds (11/1/22), (BP Products North America, Inc.), 5.00%, 11/1/45 A1 100,000 111,187

111,187
Kentucky (2.3%)
KY State Econ. Dev. Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Owensboro Hlth.), Ser. A, 5.00%, 6/1/20 Baa3 30,000 30,676
KY State Pub. Energy Auth. Gas Supply Mandatory Put Bonds (1/1/25), Ser. B, 4.00%, 1/1/49 A1 200,000 224,218

254,894
Maryland (0.8%)
MD Econ. Dev. Corp. Rev. Bonds, (Towson U. Sr. Student Hsg.), 4.00%, 7/1/20 BBB 85,000 86,671

86,671
Michigan (1.0%)
MI State Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Local Govt. Loan Program-Pub. Ltg. Auth.), Ser. B, 5.00%, 7/1/29 BB+ 100,000 114,108

114,108
Minnesota (4.2%)
Deephaven, Charter School Lease Rev. Bonds, (Eagle Ridge Academy), Ser. A, 4.40%, 7/1/25 BB+ 40,000 42,379
Duluth, COP, (Indpt. School Dist. No. 709)
Ser. B, 5.00%, 2/1/21 Aa2 300,000 314,877
Ser. A, 3.00%, 3/1/20 Ba2 100,000 100,487

457,743
Mississippi (0.9%)
MS State Bus. Fin. Corp. Rev. Bonds, (System Energy Resources, Inc.), 2.50%, 4/1/22 BBB+ 100,000 100,429

100,429
Missouri (0.9%)
Cape Girardeau Cnty., Indl. Dev. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (SoutheastHEALTH Oblig. Group), Ser. A, 5.00%, 3/1/20 Baa3 100,000 101,609

101,609
Nevada (2.9%)
Las Vegas, Special Assmt. Bonds, (Dist. No. 607 Local Impt.), 5.00%, 6/1/24 BBB-/P 20,000 22,042
NV State Dept. of Bus. & Ind. 144A Mandatory Put Bonds (12/2/19), (Republic Services, Inc.), 1.875%, 12/1/26 BBB+ 300,000 300,321

322,363
New Jersey (2.1%)
NJ State Econ. Dev. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. B, 5.00%, 11/1/26 Baa1 100,000 121,197
NJ State Hlth. Care Fac. Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds
5.00%, 9/15/23 Baa1 75,000 84,971
(Holy Name Med. Ctr.), 4.50%, 7/1/20 Baa2 25,000 25,612

231,780
New Mexico (0.9%)
Farmington, Poll. Control Mandatory Put Bonds (10/1/21), (Public Svcs. Co. of NM), 1.875%, 4/1/33 BBB+ 100,000 100,906

100,906
New York (3.7%)
Metro. Trans. Auth. Rev. Bonds
Ser. C-1, 4.00%, 11/15/34 A1 100,000 115,803
(Green Bonds), Ser. C-1, 4.00%, 11/15/32 A1 100,000 116,908
MTA Hudson Rail Yards Trust Oblig. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 5.00%, 11/15/46 A2 50,000 50,363
TSASC, Inc. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 5.00%, 6/1/26 A 100,000 121,057

404,131
Ohio (4.2%)
Carlisle, Local School Dist. G.O. Bonds, (School Impt.), 4.00%, 12/1/31 AA 100,000 111,778
Hamilton Cnty., Hlth. Care Rev. Bonds, (Life Enriching Cmntys.), 4.00%, 1/1/21 BBB-/F 50,000 51,373
Lorain Cnty., Port Auth. Econ. Dev. Facs. Rev. Bonds, (Kendal at Oberlin), 5.00%, 11/15/23 A 50,000 57,241
OH State Hosp. Rev. Bonds, (U. Hosp. Hlth. Syst.), Ser. A, 5.00%, 1/15/31 A2 100,000 119,382
Warren Cnty., Hlth. Care Fac. Rev. Bonds, (Otterbein Homes Oblig. Group), Ser. A, 5.00%, 7/1/40 A 100,000 116,647

456,421
Pennsylvania (14.0%)
Allegheny Cnty., Hosp. Dev. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Allegheny Hlth. Network Oblig. Group), Ser. A, 5.00%, 4/1/32 A 200,000 247,748
Cumberland Cnty., Muni. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries), 5.00%, 1/1/32 BBB+/F 100,000 114,650
East Hempfield Twp., Indl. Dev. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Millersville U. Student Hsg. & Svcs., Inc.), 5.00%, 7/1/30 Baa3 40,000 43,797
PA State COP, Ser. A, 5.00%, 7/1/30 A2 175,000 220,092
PA State Econ. Dev. Fin. Auth. Solid Waste Disp. Mandatory Put Bonds (8/3/20), (Waste Mgt., Inc.), Ser. A, 1.70%, 8/1/37 A- 200,000 200,398
PA State Hsg. Fin. Agcy. Rev. Bonds, Ser. 115A, 3.35%, 10/1/23 AA+ 100,000 104,212
PA State Tpk. Comm. Rev. Bonds
Ser. 2, 5.00%, 12/1/31 A2 200,000 248,134
Ser. B-1, 5.00%, 6/1/29 A3 100,000 122,554
Pittsburgh, Wtr. & Swr. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. B, AGM, 4.00%, 9/1/34 AA 150,000 176,279
West Shore Area Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Messiah Village Lifeways Oblig. Group), Ser. A, 5.00%, 7/1/25 BBB-/F 50,000 56,504

1,534,368
Puerto Rico (2.7%)
Cmnwlth. of PR, G.O. Bonds, Ser. A, NATL, 5.50%, 7/1/29 Baa2 30,000 33,023
Cmnwlth. of PR, Elec. Pwr. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. VV, NATL, 5.25%, 7/1/26 Baa2 140,000 150,968
Cmnwlth. of PR, Hwy. & Trans. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. N, AMBAC, 5.50%, 7/1/29 C 25,000 27,954
Cmnwlth. of PR, Infrastructure Fin. Auth. Special Tax Bonds, Ser. A, AMBAC, zero %, 7/1/29 C 130,000 80,954

292,899
South Carolina (1.0%)
SC State Pub. Svcs. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Santee Cooper), Ser. B, 5.00%, 12/1/38 A2 100,000 112,250

112,250
Texas (16.9%)
Arlington, Higher Ed. Fin. Corp. Rev. Bonds, (Uplift Ed.), Ser. A, PSFG
4.00%, 12/1/31 AAA 200,000 227,686
4.00%, 12/1/31 AAA 165,000 190,613
Central TX Regl. Mobility Auth. Rev. Bonds, 5.00%, 1/1/37 A- 200,000 241,986
Clifton, Higher Ed. Fin. Corp. Rev. Bonds, (IDEA Pub. Schools), PSFG, 4.00%, 8/15/30 AAA 250,000 290,218
Dallas-Fort Worth, Intl. Arpt. Rev. Bonds, Ser. B, 4.50%, 11/1/45 A+ 200,000 214,536
Georgetown, G.O. Bonds, 4.00%, 8/15/33 AA+ 285,000 332,604
Houston, Arpt. Syst. Rev. Bonds, Ser. C, 5.00%, 7/15/20 BB 100,000 102,537
Houston, Util. Syst. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 5.00%, 11/15/33(WIS) Aa2 200,000 255,842

1,856,022
Washington (0.9%)
WA State Hlth. Care Fac. Auth. Mandatory Put Bonds (7/1/22), (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr.), Ser. B, 2.518%, 1/1/42 A+ 100,000 100,947

100,947
Wisconsin (0.9%)
Pub. Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Denver Intl. Arpt. Great Hall), 5.00%, 9/30/25 BBB- 100,000 103,479

103,479

Total municipal bonds and notes (cost $10,177,543) $10,623,730










SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (0.2%)(a)
        Principal amount/
shares
Value
U.S. Treasury Bills 2.030%, 10/10/19(SEG) $25,000 $24,949

Total short-term investments (cost $24,946) $24,949
TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $10,202,489) $10,648,679










FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 8/31/19 (Unaudited)
    Number of contracts Notional
amount
Value Expiration date Unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
U.S. Treasury Note Ultra 10 yr (Short) 1 $144,438 $144,438 Dec-19 $(221)

Unrealized appreciation

Unrealized (depreciation) (221)

Total $(221)














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 December 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to "Putnam Management" represent Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the fund's manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, references to "ASC 820" represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures and references to "OTC", if any, represent over-the-counter.
(a) Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $10,978,106.
(STP) The interest rate and date shown parenthetically represent the new interest rate to be paid and the date the fund will begin accruing interest at this rate.
(SEG) This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $5,986.
(WIS) When-issued security.
At the close of the reporting period, the fund maintained liquid assets totaling $423,745 to cover the settlement of certain securities.
Unless otherwise noted, the rates quoted in Short-term investments security descriptions represent the weighted average yield to maturity.
144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
On Mandatory Put Bonds, the rates shown are the current interest rates at the close of the reporting period and the dates shown represent the next mandatory put dates. Rates are set by remarketing agents and may take into consideration market supply and demand, credit quality and the current SIFMA Municipal Swap Index, 1 Month US LIBOR or 3 Month US LIBOR rates, which were 1.35%, 2.089% and 2.13763%, respectively, as  of the close of the reporting period.
The dates shown parenthetically on prerefunded bonds represent the next prerefunding dates.
The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.
The fund had the following sector concentrations greater than 10% at the close of the reporting period (as a percentage of net assets):
Transportation 15.3%
Local debt 13.1
Healthcare 11.9
Utilities 10.7
Education 10.1
State debt 10.0
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.
Tax-exempt bonds and notes are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. Such services use information with respect to transactions in bonds, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships between securities in determining value. These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2.
Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. 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. 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. 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.
Futures contracts: The fund used futures contracts for hedging treasury term structure risk, and for yield curve positioning.
The potential risk to the fund is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. When the contract is closed, 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.
Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The fund and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as“variation margin”.
For the fund's average number of futures contracts, see the appropriate table at the end of these footnotes.










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
Municipal bonds and notes $— $10,623,730 $—
Short-term investments 24,949



Totals by level $— $10,648,679 $—
  Valuation inputs
Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Futures contracts (221)



Totals by level $(221) $— $—
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