0000928816-17-001109.txt : 20170331 0000928816-17-001109.hdr.sgml : 20170331 20170331115206 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-17-001109 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170131 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170331 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170331 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170331 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081247 IRS NUMBER: 042493360 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02280 FILM NUMBER: 17728921 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE INCOME GROWTH TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19841212 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE FUND INC /PRED/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19821109 0000081247 S000005511 PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND C000015003 Class C Shares C000015004 Class A Shares PCONX C000015005 Class B Shares PCNBX C000015006 Class M Shares PCNMX C000015007 Class R Shares PCVRX C000015008 Class Y Shares PCGYX C000153039 CLASS I N-Q 1 a_convertiblesecurities.htm PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND a_convertiblesecurities.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY




Investment Company Act file number: (811-02280)
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Putnam Convertible Securities Fund
Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Name and address of agent for service: Robert T. Burns, Vice President
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy to:         Bryan Chegwidden, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2017
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2017



Item 1. Schedule of Investments:














Putnam Convertible Securities Fund

The fund's portfolio
1/31/17 (Unaudited)
CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (72.1%)(a)
Principal amount Value

Aerospace and defense (0.8%)
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 2.25%, 12/15/23 $5,168,000 $5,109,860

5,109,860
Automotive (1.5%)
Navistar International Corp. cv. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 4/15/19 6,436,000 6,359,573
Tesla Motors, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.25%, 3/1/21 4,045,000 3,819,997

10,179,570
Biotechnology (4.2%)
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.625%, 6/15/19 789,000 2,020,333
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.50%, 10/15/20 5,569,000 6,710,645
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.875%, 1/15/21 4,725,000 5,779,266
Illumina, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes zero %, 6/15/19 4,335,000 4,297,069
Incyte Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 11/15/20 1,115,000 2,680,878
Medicines Co. (The) cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 1/15/22 3,220,000 4,033,050
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 7/15/20 2,734,000 2,325,609

27,846,850
Broadcasting (2.5%)
Liberty Media Corp. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.375%, 10/15/23 10,576,000 11,435,300
Liberty Media Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.25%, 9/30/46 5,100,000 5,450,625

16,885,925
Cable television (2.1%)
DISH Network Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. bonds 3.375%, 8/15/26 12,182,000 14,230,099

14,230,099
Capital goods (1.2%)
Dycom Industries, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.75%, 9/15/21 7,235,000 7,868,063

7,868,063
Commercial and consumer services (5.3%)
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.50%, 10/1/44 6,134,000 6,985,093
Huron Consulting Group, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.25%, 10/1/19 4,161,000 3,945,148
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 10/1/23 8,634,000 8,472,113
Priceline Group, Inc. (The) cv. sr. unsec. Bonds 0.90%, 9/15/21 2,485,000 2,680,694
Priceline Group, Inc. (The) cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.00%, 3/15/18 7,936,000 13,332,480

35,415,528
Communications equipment (0.5%)
Ciena Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 10/15/18 2,574,000 3,463,639

3,463,639
Components (0.7%)
Finisar Corp. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 0.50%, 12/15/36 4,510,000 4,541,006

4,541,006
Computers (6.0%)
Akamai Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds zero %, 2/15/19 2,944,000 3,085,680
Avid Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 6/15/20 5,874,000 4,163,198
Citrix Systems, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.50%, 4/15/19 6,215,000 7,186,094
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 0.75%, 9/1/19 6,885,000 7,207,734
Inseego Corp. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 6/15/22 2,166,000 2,167,354
ServiceNow, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds zero %, 11/1/18 5,135,000 6,813,503
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.75%, 8/15/19 5,987,000 6,245,189
Verint Systems, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.50%, 6/1/21 3,559,000 3,365,479

40,234,231
Conglomerates (0.8%)
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 1.65%, 8/16/19 (Netherlands) 4,750,000 5,504,300

5,504,300
Construction (0.5%)
Cemex SAB de CV cv. unsec. sub. notes 3.75%, 3/15/18 (Mexico) 2,910,000 3,466,538

3,466,538
Consumer finance (0.4%)
Encore Capital Group, Inc. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.00%, 7/1/20 2,618,000 2,505,099

2,505,099
Electronics (10.3%)
GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.00%, 12/15/20(F) 2,944,000 294
Inphi Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.75%, 9/1/21 5,325,000 5,741,016
Intel Corp. cv. jr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 8/1/39 8,075,000 14,373,500
Microchip Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 1.625%, 2/15/25 11,697,000 15,856,453
Micron Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 3.00%, 11/15/43 6,270,000 6,414,994
Micron Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds Ser. E, 1.625%, 2/15/33 3,083,000 6,855,821
NXP Semiconductors NV cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.00%, 12/1/19 5,854,000 6,633,314
ON Semiconductor Corp. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.00%, 12/1/20 8,095,000 8,514,928
TTM Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.75%, 12/15/20 2,645,000 4,301,431

68,691,751
Energy (oil field) (0.5%)
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.50%, 12/15/27 3,108,000 3,263,400

3,263,400
Entertainment (0.6%)
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 2.50%, 5/15/19 3,738,000 4,048,721

4,048,721
Health-care services (2.0%)
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/15/18 3,377,000 3,326,345
HealthSouth Corp. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 2.00%, 12/1/43 5,304,000 6,023,355
Medidata Solutions, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.00%, 8/1/18 3,638,000 3,913,124

13,262,824
Investment banking/Brokerage (0.7%)
Hercules Capital, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 4.375%, 2/1/22 4,904,000 4,876,415

4,876,415
Media (1.6%)
Liberty Interactive, LLC 144A cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.75%, 9/30/46 9,315,000 10,450,266

10,450,266
Medical technology (2.2%)
China Medical Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds Ser. CMT, 4.00%, 8/15/17 (China) (In default)(F)(NON) 3,213,000 257,040
China Medical Technologies, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 12/15/17 (China) (In default)(F)(NON) 3,544,000 248,080
Hologic, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes stepped-coupon 2.00% (zero %, 3/1/18) 3/1/42(STP) 4,390,000 5,997,838
Nevro Corp. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.75%, 6/1/21 1,968,000 2,317,320
Wright Medical Group, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 2/15/20 5,606,000 6,086,014

14,906,292
Oil and gas (3.5%)
Chesapeake Energy Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 9/15/26 7,451,000 7,939,972
Oasis Petroleum, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.625%, 9/15/23 3,649,000 4,862,293
Stone Energy Corp. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.75%, 3/1/17 (In default)(NON) 5,345,000 3,140,188
Whiting Petroleum Corp. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.25%, 4/1/20 7,667,000 6,809,254

22,751,707
Pharmaceuticals (4.6%)
Clovis Oncology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 9/15/21 5,015,000 6,538,306
Impax Laboratories, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 6/15/22 5,405,000 4,354,403
Jazz Investments I, Ltd. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. bonds 1.875%, 8/15/21 (Ireland) 11,131,000 11,179,698
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.25%, 12/15/21 5,149,000 5,010,621
Teligent, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 12/15/19 3,620,000 3,443,525

30,526,553
Real estate (3.3%)
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 12/1/18(R) 7,500,000 8,367,188
Colony Starwood Homes 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.50%, 1/15/22(R) 4,503,000 4,556,473
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/19(R) 7,815,000 8,791,875

21,715,536
Retail (0.4%)
GNC Holdings, Inc. 144A cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.50%, 8/15/20 3,868,000 2,388,490

2,388,490
Semiconductor (5.3%)
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 1/15/22 4,016,000 4,618,400
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 0.875%, 11/15/22 6,485,000 6,890,313
Jazz US Holdings, Inc. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 12/31/18 1,523,000 3,263,028
Novellus Systems, Inc. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.625%, 5/15/41 3,800,000 12,922,375
Teradyne, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 12/15/23 6,610,000 7,461,038

35,155,154
Shipping (0.7%)
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 2.25%, 6/1/22 1,790,000 1,854,888
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 2.375%, 7/1/19 3,171,000 2,665,622

4,520,510
Software (2.2%)
Nice Systems, Inc. 144A cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 1/15/24 4,673,000 4,982,586
Red Hat, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 0.25%, 10/1/19 5,045,000 6,079,225
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 5/15/18 3,545,000 3,571,588

14,633,399
Technology services (5.3%)
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.25%, 8/15/18 2,935,000 5,846,153
j2 Global, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.25%, 6/15/29 6,645,000 8,999,822
Proofpoint, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 0.75%, 6/15/20 6,117,000 7,313,638
salesforce.com, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 0.25%, 4/1/18 6,985,000 8,827,294
Twitter, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 1.00%, 9/15/21 4,740,000 4,322,288

35,309,195
Telecommunications (0.5%)
CalAmp Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.625%, 5/15/20 3,800,000 3,662,250
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. cv. unsec. sub. notes 3.875%, 10/1/27 (In default)(F)(NON) 5,121,000 512

3,662,762
Tobacco (0.7%)
Vector Group, Ltd. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.75%, 4/15/20 4,110,000 4,713,656

4,713,656
Transportation services (0.6%)
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 5/1/20 4,211,000 4,095,198

4,095,198
Trucks and parts (0.6%)
Horizon Global Corp. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 7/1/22 4,018,000 4,201,321

4,201,321

Total convertible bonds and notes (cost $446,499,923) $480,423,858

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (20.5%)(a)
Shares Value

Banking (2.3%)
Bank of America Corp. Ser. L, 7.25% cv. pfd. 5,495 $6,497,838
Wells Fargo & Co. Ser. L, 7.50% cv. pfd. 6,988 8,398,703

14,896,541
Electric utilities (2.9%)
DTE Energy Co. $3.25 cv. pfd. 111,020 5,828,550
Exelon Corp. $3.25 cv. pfd. 150,663 7,468,365
NextEra Energy, Inc. $3.06 cv. pfd. 122,950 6,156,107

19,453,022
Financial (1.2%)
AMG Capital Trust II $2.575 cv. pfd.(S) 141,220 8,031,888

8,031,888
Food (0.8%)
Tyson Foods, Inc. $2.375 cv. pfd. 81,283 5,540,249

5,540,249
Health-care services (1.1%)
Anthem, Inc. $2.63 cv. pfd. 149,899 7,261,108

7,261,108
Investment banking/Brokerage (0.7%)
Mandatory Exchangeable Trust 144A $5.75 cv. pfd. 40,044 4,943,031

4,943,031
Manufacturing (2.2%)
Belden, Inc. $6.75 cv. pfd. 68,651 7,330,554
Rexnord Corp. $2.88 cv. pfd.(NON) 139,118 7,384,383

14,714,937
Oil and gas (1.7%)
Hess Corp. $2.00 cv. pfd. 119,075 7,679,147
Southwestern Energy Co. Ser. B, $3.125 cv. pfd. 163,443 3,616,994

11,296,141
Pharmaceuticals (1.8%)
Allergan PLC Ser. A, 5.50% cv. pfd. 15,225 12,050,435

12,050,435
Power producers (0.3%)
Dynegy, Inc. $7.00 cv. pfd. 32,928 2,220,994

2,220,994
Real estate (2.0%)
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Ser. D, $1.75 cv. pfd.(R) 216,757 7,383,285
iStar, Inc. $2.25 cv. pfd.(R) 118,715 5,838,404

13,221,689
Regional Bells (—%)
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. Ser. B, $3.378 cum. cv. pfd. 190 9,500

9,500
Telecommunications (3.5%)
American Tower Corp. $5.50 cv. pfd.(R) 95,575 9,611,261
T-Mobile US, Inc. Ser. A, $2.75 cv. pfd. 130,236 13,280,165

22,891,426

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $127,707,553) $136,530,961

COMMON STOCKS (3.9%)(a)
Shares Value

Alphabet, Inc. Class C(NON) 1,740 $1,386,415
Bank of America Corp. 143,265 3,243,520
Comcast Corp. Class A 25,785 1,944,705
GT Advanced Technologies, Inc.(F) 476 5
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 37,665 3,187,589
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(NON) 97,130 2,779,861
NVIDIA Corp.(S) 95,135 10,386,839
Xilinx, Inc. 56,710 3,300,510

Total common stocks (cost $20,212,445) $26,229,444

WARRANTS (—%)(a)(NON)
Expiration date Strike Price Warrants Value

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc.(F) 3/17/19 $0.00 487 $5
GT Advanced Technologies, Inc.(F) 3/17/19 0.00 331 3

Total warrants (cost $91,926) $8

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (5.4%)(a)
Shares Value

Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC 0.94%(AFF) 11,761,200 $11,761,200
Putnam Short Term Investment Fund 0.74%(AFF) 24,423,667 24,423,667

Total short-term investments (cost $36,184,867) $36,184,867

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $630,696,714)(b) $679,369,138














Notes to the fund's portfolio
Unless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund's portfolio are for the close of the fund's reporting period, which ran from November 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to "ASC 820" represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, references to "Putnam Management" represent Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the fund's manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC and references to "OTC", if any, represent over-the-counter.
(a) Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $666,530,465.
(b) The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is $640,423,040, resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $69,818,039 and $30,871,941, respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $38,946,098.
(NON) This security is non-income-producing.
(STP) The interest rate and date shown parenthetically represent the new interest rate to be paid and the date the fund will begin accruing interest at this rate.
(AFF) Affiliated company. For investments in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC and Putnam Short Term Investment Fund, the rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period. Transactions during the period with any company which is under common ownership or control were as follows:

Name of affiliate Fair value at the beginning of the reporting period Purchase cost Sale proceeds Investment income Fair value at the end of the reporting period

Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC*# $9,165,600 $32,992,225 $30,396,625 $20,803 $11,761,200
Putnam Short Term Investment Fund** 37,483,736 58,425,928 71,485,997 35,955 24,423,667
Totals $46,649,336 $91,418,153 $101,882,622 $56,758 $36,184,867
* No management fees are charged to Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC.
# The fund may lend securities, through its agent, to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The loans are collateralized by cash in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities loaned. The fair value of securities loaned is determined daily and any additional required collateral is allocated to the fund on the next business day. The remaining maturities of the securities lending transactions are considered overnight and continuous. The risk of borrower default will be borne by the fund's agent; the fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the cash collateral. The fund received cash collateral of $11,761,200, which is invested in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC, a limited liability company managed by an affiliate of Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. There are no management fees charged to Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield at the close of the reporting period. At the close of the reporting period, the value of securities loaned amounted to $11,484,308.
** Management fees charged to Putnam Short Term Investment Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

(F) This security is valued by Putnam Management at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Securities may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 for ASC 820 based on the securities' valuation inputs.
(R) Real Estate Investment Trust.
(S) This security is on loan, in part or in entirety, at the close of the reporting period.
Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.
144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

Security valuation:
Portfolio securities and other investments are valued using policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees have formed a Pricing Committee to oversee the implementation of these procedures and have delegated responsibility for valuing the fund's assets in accordance with these procedures to Putnam Management. Putnam Management has established an internal Valuation Committee that is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the pricing policies of the fund and reporting to the Pricing Committee.
Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under ASC 820. If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.
Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securities, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.
Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the fund will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the fund to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued using an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees, and are classified as Level 2 securities.
To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that Putnam Management does not believe accurately reflects the security's fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by Putnam Management in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustees. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity exposures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.
To assess the continuing appropriateness of fair valuations, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of such valuations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available. Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the fund could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.













ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the fund's investments. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.
Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund's net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Common stocks*:
    Communication services $1,944,705 $— $—
    Consumer cyclicals 2,779,861
    Financials 6,431,109
    Technology 15,073,764 5
Total common stocks 26,229,439 5
Convertible bonds and notes 479,917,932 505,926
Convertible preferred stocks 17,452,248 119,078,713
Warrants 8
Short-term investments 24,423,667 11,761,200



Totals by level $68,105,354 $610,757,845 $505,939


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

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

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Fair value Fair value
Equity contracts $8 $—


Total $8 $—


The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held at the close of the period is listed below and was based on an average of the holdings of that derivative at the end of each fiscal quarter in the reporting period:
Warrants (number of warrants)800

For additional information regarding the fund please see the fund's most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site, www.sec.gov, or visit Putnam's Individual Investor Web site at www.putnaminvestments.com



Item 2. Controls and Procedures:
(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable
Item 3. Exhibits:
Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Putnam Convertible Securities Fund
By (Signature and Title):
/s/ Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Accounting Officer
Date: March 31, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):
/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer
Date: March 31, 2017

By (Signature and Title):
/s/ Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Financial Officer
Date: March 31, 2017

EX-99.CERT 2 b_008certifications.htm CERTIFICATIONS b_008certifications.htm

Certifications

I, Jonathan S. Horwitz, the Principal Executive Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:


a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;


b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and


d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant's auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
_____________________________

Date: March 30, 2017
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer














Certifications

I, Janet C. Smith, the Principal Financial Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:


a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;


b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and


d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant's auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Janet C. Smith
_______________________________

Date: March 30, 2017
Janet C. Smith
Principal Financial Officer















Attachment A

NQ

Period (s) ended January 31, 2017
               Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
               Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
               Putnam Multi-Cap Value Fund
               The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income
               Putnam Capital Opportunities Fund
               Putnam Income Fund
               Putnam Global Income Trust
               Putnam Global Equity Fund
               Putnam Convertible Securities Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 500 Fund
               Putnam Absolute Return 700 Fund
               Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund
               Putnam Equity Spectrum Fund
               Putnam Asia Pacific Equity Fund
               Putnam Global Sector Fund
               Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund