0000928816-09-000264 Sample Contracts

PUTNAM UTILITIES GROWTH AND INCOME FUND AMENDMENT NO. 1 to AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST

Agreement and Declaration of Trust • February 27th, 2009 • Putnam Global Utilities Fund • Massachusetts

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Declaration of Trust
• Filed
  February 27th, 2009
• Company
  Putnam Global Utilities Fund
• Jurisdiction
  Massachusetts

This instrument may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all taken together shall constitute one instrument.

PUTNAM FUNDS SUB-MANAGEMENT CONTRACT

Sub-Management Contract • February 27th, 2009 • Putnam Global Utilities Fund

• Contract Type
  Sub-Management Contract
• Filed
  February 27th, 2009
• Company
  Putnam Global Utilities Fund

This Sub-Management Contract is dated as of May 15, 2008, between PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”) and PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Sub-Manager”).

PUTNAM FUNDS SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT

Sub-Advisory Contract • February 27th, 2009 • Putnam Global Utilities Fund

• Contract Type
  Sub-Advisory Contract
• Filed
  February 27th, 2009
• Company
  Putnam Global Utilities Fund

This Sub-Advisory Contract is dated as of May 15, 2008 between and among PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“PIL”), and THE PUTNAM ADVISORY COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Advisor”).