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Putnam Closed End Funds Release Updated Portfolio Information.


BOSTON Boston, town, England
Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent.
 -- Putnam Investments Putnam Investments was founded in 1937 by George Putnam. At the same time, he founded its first mutual fund offering, The George Putnam Fund of Boston.[1] Putnam has offices in London and Tokyo, and its headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts.  today released call schedule information on certain of its closed-end closed-end
adj.
Issuing a fixed number of shares that can be traded publicly but are not redeemable by the issuer: a closed-end investment company. 
 fixed income funds. This call schedule reflects the percentage of assets in each portfolio, as of December December: see month.  31, 2005, representing bonds with call (redemption) dates in each specified year. Putnam Put·nam   , Israel 1718-1790.

American soldier active in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. During the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775), he supposedly issued the order, "Don't one of you shoot until you see the whites of their
 and the funds make no representations regarding whether or not any bond will be called or whether or not a fund will hold any bond until the next call date. Each fund's holdings are subject to change.
Call Data - Tax Exempt Funds

Fund Name                               2006  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Putnam Investment Grade Municipal Trust
 (NYSE:PGM)                             8.1% 12.6% 4.7% 4.3% 8.8% 4.7%
Putnam Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:PMG)   8.1%  8.5% 1.9% 5.7% 9.2% 8.0%
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
 (NYSE:PMM)                             9.9%  8.3% 6.5% 7.7% 8.9% 5.3%
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
 (NYSE:PMO)                             9.1%  7.1% 2.0% 4.3% 3.4% 6.5%
Putnam High Yield Municipal Trust
 (NYSE:PYM)                             8.1%  5.4% 6.2%10.0% 7.7% 8.6%
Putnam Tax-Free Health Care Fund
 (NYSE:PMH)                             1.3%  1.7% 7.8%10.4% 7.2% 9.4%
Putnam California Investment Grade
 Municipal Trust (AMEX:PCA)             1.2%  2.9% 5.6% 8.0% 2.3% 1.4%
Putnam New York Investment Grade
 Municipal Trust (AMEX: PMN)            6.2%  0.6% 5.5% 0.0% 3.2% 8.5%

Data represent percentages of gross assets. Cash is included in 2006


Call Data - Taxable Funds

Fund Name                       2006   2007   2008  2009   2010  2011
Putnam Premier Income Trust
 (NYSE:PPT)                     1.81%  2.55%  4.73% 3.40%  1.27% 0.88%
Putnam Master Intermediate Income
 Trust (NYSE:PIM)               1.81%  2.83%  4.84% 3.18%  1.31% 0.87%
Putnam Managed High Yield Trust
 (NYSE:PTM)                     7.79% 12.28% 21.45% 17.81% 9.11% 3.30%
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Data represent percentages of gross assets, excluding cash.

Notes

1.  Percentages are of each fund's total assets other than cash as of
    12/31/2005, and reflect rounding.

2.  Table excludes callable bonds currently in default. For each bond,
    the table reflects the next call date and does not account for
    extraordinary call features.

3.  Currently callable bonds are included in 2006 figures.


To access this and other information on Putnam's closed-end funds Closed-end fund

An investment company that issues shares like any other corporation and usually does not redeem its shares. A publicly traded fund sold on stock exchanges or over the counter that may trade above or below its net asset value. Related: Open-end fund.
, please visit www.putnaminvestments.com and select "Mutual funds" from the "Investment Choices" tab on the Individual Investor site home page. Within the mutual fund section, scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll.  down to find Putnam closed-end funds. This link provides fund details, daily pricing and yield information, semiannual Semiannual

An event that occurs twice in a calendar year.

Notes:
A bond with semiannual coupons would issue payment once every six months.
See also: Annual, Bond, Coupon Bond
 and annual reports, and other information about Putnam closed-end funds.

About Putnam Investments: Founded in 1937, Putnam Investments is one of the nation's oldest and largest money management firms. As of January 31, 2006, Putnam managed $192 billion in assets, of which mutual fund assets Fund assets

The total value of a portfolio's securities, cash, and other holdings, minus any outstanding debts.
 were $128 billion and institutional assets were $64 billion. Putnam has offices in Boston, London and Tokyo. For more information, go to www.putnaminvestments.com.
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