SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. )
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Filed by the Registrant / X /
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Filed by a party other than the Registrant / /
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX:
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/ / Preliminary Proxy Statement
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/ / Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as
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/ / Definitive Proxy Statement
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/ X / Definitive Additional Materials
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/ / Soliciting Material Pursuant to Sec. 240.14a-11(c) or
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PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement,
if other than Registrant)
PAYMENT OF FILING FEE (CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX):
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/ X / No fee required
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/ / Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rule 14a
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(1) Title of each class of securities to which
transaction applies:
(2) Aggregate number of securities to which
transaction applies:
(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of
transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule
0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee
is calculated and state how it was determined):
(4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of
transaction:
(5) Total fee paid:
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/ / Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
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/ / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as
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identify the filing for which the offsetting fee
was paid previously. Identify the previous filing
by registration statement number, or the Form or
Schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount Previously Paid:
(2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
(3) Filing Party:
(4) Date Filed:
VOTE-BY PHONE SOLICITATION SCRIPT FOR PUTNAM HIGH YIELD TOTAL
RETURN FUND MERGER.
This script provides information to the shareholder and
solicits their vote by phone, to be confirmed by written
confirmation.
Good morning/Afternoon/Evening. May I please speak with
(name of shareholder)? I am representing Putnam Investments
in Boston. I am calling in connection with the upcoming
shareholder meeting for Putnam High Yield Total Return Fund
for which you recently received a proxy statement requesting
your vote.
To verify that I am speaking with the shareholder of record,
may I confirm that you are (name of shareholder of record)
and that your address of record is (address of record)?
(If the person is unwilling to confirm this information,
thank them for their time and terminate the call.)
We noted that we have not yet received your proxy card. Do
you have any questions regarding the proposal being
represented at the meeting that I can clarify for you?
(If there are questions regarding the proposal, please refer
to the proxy statement.)
Would you like to record your voting instructions by phone?
(If not, ask the shareholder if they would like another
proxy card, thank them for their time and terminate the
call. If so, proceed as follows:)
Page 34 of the proxy statement that you received describes
our procedures for voting your shares by telephone.
I will now paraphrase the proxy card so that you can provide
us with your voting instructions. The proxy card generally
states the following:
By authorizing your shares to be voted at the meeting, you
are approving George Putnam, Hans H. Estin, and Robert E.
Patterson, and each of them separately, as proxies, with
power of substitution, and are authorizing them to represent
and vote your shares, at the meeting of shareholders of
Putnam High Yield Total Return Fund on July 1, 1999, at 2:00
p.m., Boston time, and at any adjournments thereof.
When properly authorized, the proxy will be voted in the
manner directed by the shareholder. In their discretion, the
proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting.
The proxy card requests your vote on the following proposal,
for which the Trustees are recommending voting in favor.
Approval of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
providing for the sale of all of the assets of Putnam High
Yield Total Return Fund (the "Fund") to Putnam High Yield
Trust II ("High Yield Trust II") in exchange for shares of
High Yield Trust II and the assumption by High Yield Trust
II of all of the liabilities of the Fund, and the
distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Fund
in liquidation of the Fund.
How would you like to vote on this proposal?
Would you like to vote for the proposal, against the
proposal, or would you like to abstain from voting on this
proposal?
Thank you.
I will now repeat your instructions:
You voted:
Is this correct?
Thank you. We will be sending you a written confirmation of
your vote. Please call us if the information on the
confirmation is incorrect.
