SEC Company Response from PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST (CIK 0001005942) — Mar 2, 2020
PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST (CIK 0001005942)
Date: March 2, 2020 · CIK: 0001005942 · Accession: 0000928816-20-000261
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File numbers found in text: 333-235893
Letter
VIA EDGAR Putnam Focused Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Putnam Funds Trust (the “Trust”) (Securities Act File No. 333-235893 and Investment Company Act File No. 811- 07513)—Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14
Re:
Dear Mr. Scott:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Trust respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced pre-effective amendment to its registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form N-14 be accelerated to March 2, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please call Venice Monagan at (617) 760-2577 as soon as the Registration Statement has been declared effective.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ Venice Monagan
Name: Venice Monagan
Title: Counsel
cc:
Bryan Chegwidden, Esquire, Ropes & Gray LLP
James Thomas, Esquire, Ropes & Gray LLP
Peter Fariel, Esquire, Putnam Investments
Putnam Retail Management
Limited Partnership
100 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
March 2, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Patrick Scott, Esquire Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549
Re:
Putnam Focused Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Putnam Funds Trust (the “Trust”)
(Securities Act File No. 333-235893 and Investment Company Act File No. 811-
07513)—Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14
Dear Mr. Scott:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, as principal underwriter of shares of the Fund, hereby joins in the request of the Trust for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced pre-effective amendment to the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-14 so that it becomes effective on March 2, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ Venice Monagan
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm a_focusedeqcorresp.htm Putnam Investments 100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 March 2, 2020 VIA EDGAR Patrick Scott, Esquire Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 Re: Putnam Focused Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Putnam Funds Trust (the “Trust”) (Securities Act File No. 333-235893 and Investment Company Act File No. 811- 07513)—Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 Dear Mr. Scott: Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Trust respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced pre-effective amendment to its registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form N-14 be accelerated to March 2, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Please call Venice Monagan at (617) 760-2577 as soon as the Registration Statement has been declared effective. Very truly yours, By: /s/ Venice Monagan Name: Venice Monagan Title: Counsel cc: Bryan Chegwidden, Esquire, Ropes & Gray LLP James Thomas, Esquire, Ropes & Gray LLP Peter Fariel, Esquire, Putnam Investments Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership 100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 March 2, 2020 VIA EDGAR Patrick Scott, Esquire Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 Re: Putnam Focused Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Putnam Funds Trust (the “Trust”) (Securities Act File No. 333-235893 and Investment Company Act File No. 811- 07513)—Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 Dear Mr. Scott: Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, as principal underwriter of shares of the Fund, hereby joins in the request of the Trust for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced pre-effective amendment to the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-14 so that it becomes effective on March 2, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Very truly yours, By: /s/ Venice Monagan Name: Venice Monagan Title: Counsel cc: Bryan Chegwidden, Esquire, Ropes & Gray LLP James Thomas, Esquire, Ropes & Gray LLP Peter Fariel, Esquire, Putnam Investments