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style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">annual shareholder report</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;"> contains important information about </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund for the period </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">June 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">2024, to </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">May 31, 2025.</span> annual shareholder report <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">You can find additional information about the Fund at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">. You can also </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">request this information by contacting us at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">.</span> https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;"><b><i>This report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.</i></b></span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF;border-left:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-right:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; margin-left:7.9pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:50%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:22.33812949640288%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:27.661870503597125%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Class Name</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs of a $10,000 </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>investment</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs paid as a percentage of a </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>$10,000 investment</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">Class A</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$87</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.86%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 87 0.0086 <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For the twelve months ended May 31, 2025, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Class A shares of Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund returned </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">1.74%. The </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which returned 2.03% for the same period.</span></div><div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS</b></span></span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top contributors to performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight BBB rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top detractors from performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight to municipal bonds with 20 or more years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to municipal bonds with two- to five-years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in A rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">The graph and table </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.</span> <div><img alt="image" src="ts4185img003.jpg" style="width:88.88888888888889%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Period Ended </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #778B8B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:47.530575539568346%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.489208633093526%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.140287769784173%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.83992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>1 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>5 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>10 Year</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Class A</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.74</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.57</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.78</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Class A (with sales charge)</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">-2.33</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">-0.25</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.37</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.03</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.55</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.13</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> Class A 0.0174 0.0057 0.0178 Class A (with sales charge) -0.0233 -0.0025 0.0137 Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index 0.0203 0.0055 0.0213 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581 or visit</span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Important data provider notices and terms available at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">www.franklintempletondatasources.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>KEY FUND STATISTICS </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:74.41007194244604%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:25.58992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Net Assets</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$96,873,059</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Number of Portfolio Holdings</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">^*</span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">106</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Management Fee Paid</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$424,218</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Portfolio Turnover Rate</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">11%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 96873059 106 424218 0.11 <div><img alt="image" src="ts4185img004.jpg" style="width:96.41294838145232%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW HAS THE FUND CHANGED?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Templeton”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was completed on January </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">1, 2024. As part of the Transaction, your Fund’s then-current investment advisor, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, and your Fund’s then-current sub-advisor, Putnam Investments </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Limited (“PIL”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, became indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In connection with the Transaction, shareholders of your Fund approved a new management contract with Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management and a new sub-advisory contract with PIL. The new contracts were identical to the previous contracts, except for the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">effective dates, initial terms, updates to fund names as necessary to reflect previous name changes, and certain non-substantive </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">changes.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Management transferred its management contract for your Fund to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers”), and Franklin Advisers replaced Putnam Management as the investment advisor to your Fund. In connection with the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">transfer, your Fund’s portfolio managers, along with supporting research analysts and certain other investment staff of Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management, also became employees of Franklin Advisers. Putnam Management also transferred to Franklin Advisers its </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-management agreement with PIL in respect of your Fund. Franklin Advisers is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In addition, effective July 15, 2024, Franklin Advisers retained Putnam Management as a sub-advisor to your Fund pursuant </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">to a new subadvisory agreement.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective November 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), PIL, a sub-advisor of the Fund prior to the Effective Date, merged with and into </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited (“FTIML”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton (the “Merger”). As of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">the Effective Date, PIL investment professionals became employees of FTIML, and the sub-advisory agreement between Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers and PIL with respect to the Fund was terminated. In connection with the Merger, the Fund’s Trustees approved a new </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-advisory agreement between Franklin Advisers and FTIML, pursuant to which FTIML became a sub-advisor of the Fund on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective Date.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective May 30, 2025, the portfolio managers for the Fund are John Bonelli, Michael Conn, Garrett Hamilton, Christopher Sperry and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">John Wiley.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective September 5, 2024 (the “Conversion Date”), class B shares of the Fund acquired prior to the Conversion Date converted </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">automatically to class A shares.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">At a meeting on May 16, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds (the “Board”) approved the conversion of the Fund into an </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">exchange traded fund through the reorganization of the Fund with and into a newly-organized exchange traded fund (the “ETF”). </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) approved by the Board, the reorganization of the Fund will consist of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(1) the transfer of substantially all of the Fund’s assets, subject to its liabilities, to the ETF in return for shares of the ETF; and (2) the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">distribution of the ETF shares to the Fund’s shareholders in complete liquidation of the Fund. Completion of the reorganization is </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">subject to a number of conditions under the Plan. Fund shareholders are not required to approve and will not be asked to vote on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. Subject to regulatory approvals, Fund shareholders will receive on or around August 7, 2025, a prospectus/information </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">statement describing in detail both the reorganization and the ETF and a summary of the Board’s considerations in approving the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. It is anticipated that the reorganization would occur in or around the fourth quarter of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">June 1, 2024</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">current prospectus and any applicable supplements and the Fund’s next prospectus, which we expect to be available by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">October 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">2025, at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or upon request at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or   </span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">funddocuments@putnam.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">.</span></div> 2024-06-01 https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 funddocuments@putnam.com 9600 10065 10113 10264 10828 11137 11860 10989 10885 11262 11458 10000 10587 10742 10861 11557 12017 12586 11731 11788 12103 12349 0.251 0.224 0.209 0.099 0.055 0.048 0.035 0.026 0.020 0.019 0.010 0.004 Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund Class C PPNCX 2025-05-31 <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">This </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">annual shareholder report</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;"> contains important information about </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund for the period </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">June 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">2024, to </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">May 31, 2025.</span> annual shareholder report <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">You can find additional information about the Fund at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">. You can also </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">request this information by contacting us at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">.</span> https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;"><b><i>This report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.</i></b></span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF;border-left:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-right:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; margin-left:7.9pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:50%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:22.33812949640288%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:27.661870503597125%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Class Name</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs of a $10,000 </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>investment</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs paid as a percentage of a </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>$10,000 investment</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">Class C</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$162</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.61%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 162 0.0161 <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For the twelve months ended May 31, 2025, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Class C shares of Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund returned </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">0.98%. The </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which returned 2.03% for the same period.</span></div><div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS</b></span></span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top contributors to performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight BBB rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top detractors from performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight to municipal bonds with 20 or more years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to municipal bonds with two- to five-years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in A rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">The graph and table </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.</span> <div><img alt="image" src="ts4186img003.jpg" style="width:88.88888888888889%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Period Ended </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #778B8B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:47.530575539568346%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.489208633093526%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.140287769784173%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.83992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>1 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>5 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>10 Year</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Class C</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.98</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">-0.19</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.15</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Class C (with sales charge)</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">-0.01</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">-0.19</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.15</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.03</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.55</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.13</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> Class C 0.0098 -0.0019 0.0115 Class C (with sales charge) -0.0001 -0.0019 0.0115 Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index 0.0203 0.0055 0.0213 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581 or visit</span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Important data provider notices and terms available at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">www.franklintempletondatasources.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>KEY FUND STATISTICS </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:74.41007194244604%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:25.58992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Net Assets</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$96,873,059</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Number of Portfolio Holdings</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">^*</span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">106</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Management Fee Paid</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$424,218</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Portfolio Turnover Rate</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">11%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 96873059 106 424218 0.11 <div><img alt="image" src="ts4186img004.jpg" style="width:96.41294838145232%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW HAS THE FUND CHANGED?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Templeton”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was completed on January </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">1, 2024. As part of the Transaction, your Fund’s then-current investment advisor, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, and your Fund’s then-current sub-advisor, Putnam Investments </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Limited (“PIL”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, became indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In connection with the Transaction, shareholders of your Fund approved a new management contract with Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management and a new sub-advisory contract with PIL. The new contracts were identical to the previous contracts, except for the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">effective dates, initial terms, updates to fund names as necessary to reflect previous name changes, and certain non-substantive </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">changes.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Management transferred its management contract for your Fund to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers”), and Franklin Advisers replaced Putnam Management as the investment advisor to your Fund. In connection with the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">transfer, your Fund’s portfolio managers, along with supporting research analysts and certain other investment staff of Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management, also became employees of Franklin Advisers. Putnam Management also transferred to Franklin Advisers its </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-management agreement with PIL in respect of your Fund. Franklin Advisers is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In addition, effective July 15, 2024, Franklin Advisers retained Putnam Management as a sub-advisor to your Fund pursuant </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">to a new subadvisory agreement.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective November 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), PIL, a sub-advisor of the Fund prior to the Effective Date, merged with and into </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited (“FTIML”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton (the “Merger”). As of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">the Effective Date, PIL investment professionals became employees of FTIML, and the sub-advisory agreement between Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers and PIL with respect to the Fund was terminated. In connection with the Merger, the Fund’s Trustees approved a new </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-advisory agreement between Franklin Advisers and FTIML, pursuant to which FTIML became a sub-advisor of the Fund on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective Date.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective May 30, 2025, the portfolio managers for the Fund are John Bonelli, Michael Conn, Garrett Hamilton, Christopher Sperry and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">John Wiley.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">At a meeting on May 16, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds (the “Board”) approved the conversion of the Fund into an </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">exchange traded fund through the reorganization of the Fund with and into a newly-organized exchange traded fund (the “ETF”). </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) approved by the Board, the reorganization of the Fund will consist of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(1) the transfer of substantially all of the Fund’s assets, subject to its liabilities, to the ETF in return for shares of the ETF; and (2) the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">distribution of the ETF shares to the Fund’s shareholders in complete liquidation of the Fund. Completion of the reorganization is </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">subject to a number of conditions under the Plan. Fund shareholders are not required to approve and will not be asked to vote on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. Subject to regulatory approvals, Fund shareholders will receive on or around August 7, 2025, a prospectus/information </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">statement describing in detail both the reorganization and the ETF and a summary of the Board’s considerations in approving the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. It is anticipated that the reorganization would occur in or around the fourth quarter of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">June 1, 2024</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">current prospectus and any applicable supplements and the Fund’s next prospectus, which we expect to be available by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">October 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">2025, at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or upon request at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or   </span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">funddocuments@putnam.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">.</span></div> 2024-06-01 https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 funddocuments@putnam.com 10000 10393 10362 10447 10924 11149 11798 10849 10651 11021 11212 10000 10587 10742 10861 11557 12017 12586 11731 11788 12103 12349 0.251 0.224 0.209 0.099 0.055 0.048 0.035 0.026 0.020 0.019 0.010 0.004 Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund Class R6 PPTRX 2025-05-31 <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">This </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">annual shareholder report</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;"> contains important information about </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund for the period </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">June 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">2024, to </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">May 31, 2025.</span> annual shareholder report <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">You can find additional information about the Fund at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">. You can also </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">request this information by contacting us at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">.</span> https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;"><b><i>This report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.</i></b></span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF;border-left:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-right:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; margin-left:7.9pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:50%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:22.33812949640288%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:27.661870503597125%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Class Name</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs of a $10,000 </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>investment</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs paid as a percentage of a </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>$10,000 investment</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">Class R6</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$60</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.59%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 60 0.0059 <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For the twelve months ended May 31, 2025, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Class R6 shares of Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund returned </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">2.01%. The </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which returned 2.03% for the same period.</span></div><div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS</b></span></span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top contributors to performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight BBB rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top detractors from performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight to municipal bonds with 20 or more years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to municipal bonds with two- to five-years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in A rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">The graph and table </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.</span> <div><img alt="image" src="ts4187img003.jpg" style="width:88.88888888888889%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Period Ended </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #778B8B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:47.530575539568346%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.489208633093526%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.140287769784173%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.83992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>1 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>5 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>10 Year</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Class R6</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.01</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.85</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.04</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.03</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.55</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.13</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> Class R6 0.0201 0.0085 0.0204 Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index 0.0203 0.0055 0.0213 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581 or visit</span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Important data provider notices and terms available at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">www.franklintempletondatasources.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>KEY FUND STATISTICS </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:74.41007194244604%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:25.58992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Net Assets</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$96,873,059</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Number of Portfolio Holdings</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">^*</span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">106</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Management Fee Paid</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$424,218</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Portfolio Turnover Rate</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">11%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 96873059 106 424218 0.11 <div><img alt="image" src="ts4187img004.jpg" style="width:96.41294838145232%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW HAS THE FUND CHANGED?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Templeton”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was completed on January </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">1, 2024. As part of the Transaction, your Fund’s then-current investment advisor, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, and your Fund’s then-current sub-advisor, Putnam Investments </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Limited (“PIL”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, became indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In connection with the Transaction, shareholders of your Fund approved a new management contract with Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management and a new sub-advisory contract with PIL. The new contracts were identical to the previous contracts, except for the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">effective dates, initial terms, updates to fund names as necessary to reflect previous name changes, and certain non-substantive </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">changes.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Management transferred its management contract for your Fund to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers”), and Franklin Advisers replaced Putnam Management as the investment advisor to your Fund. In connection with the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">transfer, your Fund’s portfolio managers, along with supporting research analysts and certain other investment staff of Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management, also became employees of Franklin Advisers. Putnam Management also transferred to Franklin Advisers its </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-management agreement with PIL in respect of your Fund. Franklin Advisers is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In addition, effective July 15, 2024, Franklin Advisers retained Putnam Management as a sub-advisor to your Fund pursuant </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">to a new subadvisory agreement.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective November 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), PIL, a sub-advisor of the Fund prior to the Effective Date, merged with and into </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited (“FTIML”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton (the “Merger”). As of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">the Effective Date, PIL investment professionals became employees of FTIML, and the sub-advisory agreement between Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers and PIL with respect to the Fund was terminated. In connection with the Merger, the Fund’s Trustees approved a new </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-advisory agreement between Franklin Advisers and FTIML, pursuant to which FTIML became a sub-advisor of the Fund on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective Date.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective May 30, 2025, the portfolio managers for the Fund are John Bonelli, Michael Conn, Garrett Hamilton, Christopher Sperry and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">John Wiley.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">At a meeting on May 16, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds (the “Board”) approved the conversion of the Fund into an </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">exchange traded fund through the reorganization of the Fund with and into a newly-organized exchange traded fund (the “ETF”). </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) approved by the Board, the reorganization of the Fund will consist of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(1) the transfer of substantially all of the Fund’s assets, subject to its liabilities, to the ETF in return for shares of the ETF; and (2) the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">distribution of the ETF shares to the Fund’s shareholders in complete liquidation of the Fund. Completion of the reorganization is </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">subject to a number of conditions under the Plan. Fund shareholders are not required to approve and will not be asked to vote on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. Subject to regulatory approvals, Fund shareholders will receive on or around August 7, 2025, a prospectus/information </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">statement describing in detail both the reorganization and the ETF and a summary of the Board’s considerations in approving the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. It is anticipated that the reorganization would occur in or around the fourth quarter of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">June 1, 2024</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">current prospectus and any applicable supplements and the Fund’s next prospectus, which we expect to be available by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">October 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">2025, at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or upon request at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or   </span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">funddocuments@putnam.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">.</span></div> 2024-06-01 https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 funddocuments@putnam.com 10000 10508 10583 10774 11384 11737 12546 11662 11568 12002 12244 10000 10587 10742 10861 11557 12017 12586 11731 11788 12103 12349 0.251 0.224 0.209 0.099 0.055 0.048 0.035 0.026 0.020 0.019 0.010 0.004 Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund Class Y PPTYX 2025-05-31 <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">This </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">annual shareholder report</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;"> contains important information about </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund for the period </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">June 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">2024, to </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">May 31, 2025.</span> annual shareholder report <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">You can find additional information about the Fund at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">. You can also </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">request this information by contacting us at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;;">.</span> https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#161616;"><b><i>This report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.</i></b></span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF;border-left:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-right:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #E6FAFF; margin-left:7.9pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:50%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:22.33812949640288%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:27.661870503597125%;background-color:#E6FAFF;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Class Name</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs of a $10,000 </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>investment</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>Costs paid as a percentage of a </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;"><b>$10,000 investment</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">Class Y</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$62</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color:#E6FAFF;;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#E6FAFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;text-align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.61%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 62 0.0061 <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For the twelve months ended May 31, 2025, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Class Y shares of Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund returned </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">1.99%. The </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which returned 2.03% for the same period.</span></div><div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS</b></span></span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top contributors to performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight BBB rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#30DB87;;">↑</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in AAA rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:2pt;padding-top:0pt;margin-left:7.75pt;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:1.8507194244604317%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:98.14928057553956%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Top detractors from performance:</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Overweight to municipal bonds with 20 or more years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Underweight to municipal bonds with two- to five-years to maturity</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#CA0046;;">↓</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Security selection in A rated bonds</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. <span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">The graph and table </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.</span> <div><img alt="image" src="ts4188img003.jpg" style="width:88.88888888888889%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#161616;;"><b>AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Period Ended </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #778B8B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:47.530575539568346%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.489208633093526%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.140287769784173%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:17.83992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>1 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>5 Year</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #1447FF;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>10 Year</b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Class Y</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">1.99</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.82</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #778B8B;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:0.5pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.03</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index</b></span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.03</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">0.55</span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">2.13</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> Class Y 0.0199 0.0082 0.0203 Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index 0.0203 0.0055 0.0213 <div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581 or visit</span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Important data provider notices and terms available at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">www.franklintempletondatasources.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. </span></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>KEY FUND STATISTICS </b></span></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.824pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">May 31, 2025)</span></div><div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width:98%;cellspacing:0;border-top:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-left:7.75pt;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #6B6B6B;margin-top:10px;"> <tr style="height:1px;"> <td style="height:1px;width:74.41007194244604%;"></td> <td style="height:1px;width:25.58992805755396%;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Net Assets</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$96,873,059</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Number of Portfolio Holdings</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">^*</span> </div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">106</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Total Management Fee Paid</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #6B6B6B;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">$424,218</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"><b>Portfolio Turnover Rate</b></span></div> </td> <td colspan="1" style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> <div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:1pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;">11%</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> 96873059 106 424218 0.11 <div><img alt="image" src="ts4188img004.jpg" style="width:96.41294838145232%"/></div> <div><span style="text-transform:uppercase;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1447FF;;"><b>HOW HAS THE FUND CHANGED?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Templeton”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was completed on January </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">1, 2024. As part of the Transaction, your Fund’s then-current investment advisor, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, and your Fund’s then-current sub-advisor, Putnam Investments </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Limited (“PIL”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, became indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In connection with the Transaction, shareholders of your Fund approved a new management contract with Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management and a new sub-advisory contract with PIL. The new contracts were identical to the previous contracts, except for the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">effective dates, initial terms, updates to fund names as necessary to reflect previous name changes, and certain non-substantive </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">changes.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Management transferred its management contract for your Fund to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers”), and Franklin Advisers replaced Putnam Management as the investment advisor to your Fund. In connection with the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">transfer, your Fund’s portfolio managers, along with supporting research analysts and certain other investment staff of Putnam </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Management, also became employees of Franklin Advisers. Putnam Management also transferred to Franklin Advisers its </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-management agreement with PIL in respect of your Fund. Franklin Advisers is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Templeton. In addition, effective July 15, 2024, Franklin Advisers retained Putnam Management as a sub-advisor to your Fund pursuant </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">to a new subadvisory agreement.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective November 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), PIL, a sub-advisor of the Fund prior to the Effective Date, merged with and into </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited (“FTIML”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton (the “Merger”). As of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">the Effective Date, PIL investment professionals became employees of FTIML, and the sub-advisory agreement between Franklin </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Advisers and PIL with respect to the Fund was terminated. In connection with the Merger, the Fund’s Trustees approved a new </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">sub-advisory agreement between Franklin Advisers and FTIML, pursuant to which FTIML became a sub-advisor of the Fund on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective Date.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Effective May 30, 2025, the portfolio managers for the Fund are John Bonelli, Michael Conn, Garrett Hamilton, Christopher Sperry and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">John Wiley.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">At a meeting on May 16, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds (the “Board”) approved the conversion of the Fund into an </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">exchange traded fund through the reorganization of the Fund with and into a newly-organized exchange traded fund (the “ETF”). </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) approved by the Board, the reorganization of the Fund will consist of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(1) the transfer of substantially all of the Fund’s assets, subject to its liabilities, to the ETF in return for shares of the ETF; and (2) the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">distribution of the ETF shares to the Fund’s shareholders in complete liquidation of the Fund. Completion of the reorganization is </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">subject to a number of conditions under the Plan. Fund shareholders are not required to approve and will not be asked to vote on the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. Subject to regulatory approvals, Fund shareholders will receive on or around August 7, 2025, a prospectus/information </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">statement describing in detail both the reorganization and the ETF and a summary of the Board’s considerations in approving the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">reorganization. It is anticipated that the reorganization would occur in or around the fourth quarter of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">June 1, 2024</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">current prospectus and any applicable supplements and the Fund’s next prospectus, which we expect to be available by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">October 1, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">2025, at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;;">https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or upon request at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">(800) 225-1581</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;"> or   </span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">funddocuments@putnam.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.02pt;color:#2D2D2D;;">.</span></div> 2024-06-01 https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents (800) 225-1581 funddocuments@putnam.com 10000 10508 10583 10777 11382 11733 12539 11637 11555 11986 12224 10000 10587 10742 10861 11557 12017 12586 11731 11788 12103 12349 0.251 0.224 0.209 0.099 0.055 0.048 0.035 0.026 0.020 0.019 0.010 0.004 *Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any.   *Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any.   *Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any.   *Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any.