-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IsV3Itr2V4DzHTG2CvUDlLUzx1UkMU+utMrk7GX8HlQ7YaA3RrHv+kY66o/GGNCY tC56jCu/CmRkf69txLYbXQ== 0000928816-09-000282.txt : 20090309 0000928816-09-000282.hdr.sgml : 20090309 20090309160105 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-09-000282 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090309 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20090309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM FUND FOR GROWTH & INCOME CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081260 IRS NUMBER: 046013678 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-13644 FILM NUMBER: 09666186 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAIKLSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19841025 0000081260 S000005660 PUTNAM FUND FOR GROWTH & INCOME C000015486 Class A Shares PGRWX C000015487 Class B Shares PGIBX C000015488 Class C Shares PGRIX C000015489 Class M Shares PGRMX C000015490 Class R Shares PGCRX C000015491 Class Y Shares PGIYX 497 1 a_growthincsupp.htm THE PUTNAM FUND FOR GROWTH AND INCOME a_growthincsupp.htm
Prospectus Supplement  March 9, 2009 

THE PUTNAM FUND FOR GROWTH AND INCOME - Prospectus dated February 28, 2009

The section What are the fund's main investment strategies and related risks? is revised to state the following:

»Portfolio transactions and portfolio turnover rate. The fund's daily transactions on stock exchanges, commodities markets and futures markets involve costs that are reflected in the fund's total return but not in the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses. For example, the fund paid $8,766,590 in brokerage commissions during the last fiscal year, representing 0.09% of the fund's average net assets. Of this amount, $2,704,759, representing less than 0.03% of the fund's average net assets, was paid to brokers who also provided research services. Additional information regarding Putnam Management's brokerage selection procedures is included in the SAI.

Combining the brokerage commissions paid by the fund during the last fiscal year (as a percentage of the fund's average net assets) with the fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses ratio for class A shares results in a "combined cost ratio" of 1.09% of the fund's average net assets for class A shares for the last fiscal year.

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