Form 485BPOS PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST

July 15, 2016 10:07 AM EDT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on   
July 15, 2016   
 
Registration No. 333-515 
811-07513 

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION   
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549   
 
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FORM N-1A   
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 238  / X / 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No. 239  / X / 
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PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST   
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)   
 
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109   
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)   
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code   
(617) 292-1000   
 
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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
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/ /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ X /  on June 30, 2016 pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ /  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. 
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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/ x /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
  (Name and address of agent for service) 
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  Copy to: 
 
  BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire 
ROPES & GRAY LLP 
1211 Avenue of the Americas 
New York, New York 10036 
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This Post-Effective Amendment relates solely to the Registrant's Putnam Floating Rate 
Income Fund and Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 3 series. Information 
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement relating to any other series of the 
Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby. 

 

SIGNATURES 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 15th day of July, 2016.

Putnam Funds Trust 
 
By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President, 
Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature  Title 
Jameson A. Baxter *  Chair, Board of Trustees 
 
Robert L. Reynolds*  President and Trustee 
 
Jonathan S. Horwitz*  Executive Vice President, Principal Executive 
  Officer and Compliance Liaison 
 
Steven D. Krichmar*  Vice President and Principal Financial Officer 
 
Janet C. Smith*  Vice President, Principal Accounting 
  Officer and Assistant Treasurer 
 
Liaquat Ahamed*  Trustee 
 
Ravi Akhoury*  Trustee 
 
Barbara M. Baumann*  Trustee 
 
Robert J. Darretta*  Trustee 
 
Katinka Domotorffy*  Trustee 
 
John A. Hill*  Trustee 
 
Paul L. Joskow*  Trustee 
 
Kenneth R. Leibler*  Trustee 

 



Robert E. Patterson*  Trustee 
 
George Putnam, III*  Trustee 
 
W. Thomas Stephens*  Trustee 

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as 
Attorney-in-Fact 
July 15, 2016 
   
*Signed pursuant to power of 
attorney filed in Post-Effective 
Amendment No. 150 to the 
Registrant’s Registration Statement 
on September 28, 2012. 

 



Exhibit Index 

 

XBRL Instance Document  Ex-101.ins 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document  Ex-101.sch 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase  Ex-101.lab 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document  Ex-101.pre 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase  Ex-101.def 

 



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