[Translation]
SECURITIES REGISTRATION STATEMENT
(for NAV Sale)
ANNUAL SECURITIES REPORT
(The Third Fiscal Year)
From: October 1, 1996
To: September 30, 1997
AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES REGISTRATION STATEMENT
(for NAV Sale)
PUTNAM U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
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SECURITIES REGISTRATION STATEMENT
PUTNAM U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
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SECURITIES REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
To: Minister of Finance
Filing Date: March 16, 1998
Name of the Registrant Trust: PUTNAM U.S. GOVERNMENT
INCOME TRUST
Name and Official Title of Trustees: George Putnam
William F. Pounds
Jameson A. Baxter
Hans H. Estin
John A. Hill
Ronald J. Jackson
Paul L. Joskow
Elizabeth T. Kennan
Lawrence J. Lasser
John H. Mullin, III
Robert E. Patterson
Donald S. Perkins
George Putnam, III
A.J.C. Smith
W. Thomas Stephens
W. Nicholas Thorndike
Address of Principal Office: One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
U. S. A.
Name and Title of Registration Agent: Harume Nakano
Attorney-at-Law
Signature [Harume Nakano]_
(Seal)
Ken Miura
Attorney-at-Law
Signature [Ken Miura]_____
(Seal)
Address or Place of Business Kasumigaseki Building, 25th Floor
2-5, Kasumigaseki 3-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Name of Liaison Contact: Harume Nakano
Ken Miura
Attorneys-at-Law
Place of Liaison Contact: Hamada & Matsumoto
Kasumigaseki Building, 25th Floor
2-5, Kasumigaseki 3-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Phone Number: 03-3580-3377
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Public Offering or Sale for Registration
Name of the Fund Making Public PUTNAM U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME
Offering or Sale of Foreign TRUST
Investment Fund Securities:
Type and Aggregate Amount of Up to 76.1 million Class M Shares
Foreign Investment Fund Securities Up to the total amount aggregating the
to be Publicly Offered or Sold: amounts calculated by multiplying the
respective net asset value per Class M Share
by the respective number of Class M Shares in
respect of 76.1 million Class M Shares
(The maximum amount expected to be sold is
1 billion U.S. dollars (Yen127 billion).
Note 1: U.S.$ amount is translated into Japanese Yen at the rate of
U.S.$l.00=Yen127.25 the mean of the exchange rate quotations by The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. for buying and selling spot dollars by
telegraphic transfer against yen on January 30, 1998.
Note 2: The maximum amount expected to be sold is an amount calculated by
multiplying the net asset value per Class M Share as of January 30, 1998
(U.S.$13.11) by 76.1 million Class M Shares for convenience.
Places where a copy of this Securities Registration
Statement is available for Public Inspection
Not applicable.
(Total number of pages of this Securities Registration Statement is
16 including front and back pages.)
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C O N T E N T S
Japanese This
Original English
Translation
PART I. INFORMATION CONCERNING SECURITIES 1 1
PART II. INFORMATION CONCERNING ISSUER 4 5
I. DESCRIPTION OF THE FUND 4 5
II. OUTLINE OF THE FUND 4 5
III. OUTLINE OF THE OTHER RELATED COMPANIES 4 5
IV. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE FUND 4 5
V. SUMMARY OF INFORMATION CONCERNING
FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUND SECURITIES 4 5
VI. MISCELLANEOUS 4 5
PART III. SPECIAL INFORMATION 5 6
I. OUTLINE OF THE SYSTEM OF INVESTMENT
TRUSTS IN MASSACHUSETTS 5 6
II. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY 11 13
III. FORM OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FUND SECURITIES 11 13
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