# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001005942
**File Stem:** 0000928816-23-000017
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 8131
**Document Hash:** b77405c519e232c6ca6f4aeff362cf52
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000928816-23-000017.hdr.sgml**: 20230106

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000928816-23-000017

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230106

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230106

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001005942
- **IRS NUMBER:** 043299786
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-07513
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23514180

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02110
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6177601000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02110
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001005942
- **IRS NUMBER:** 043299786
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-00515
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23514179

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02110
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6177601000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02110

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund (Series ID: S000024275)

| Class ID   | Class Name     | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000071712 | Class R        |  |
| C000071713 | Class Y        |  |
| C000071714 | Class A        |  |
| C000071715 | Class B        |  |
| C000071716 | Class C        |  |
| C000118006 | Class R6       |  |
| C000174702 | Class P Shares |  |

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| As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on |  |
| January 6, 2023 |  |
| Registration No. 333-00515 | Registration No. 333-00515 |
| 811-07513 | 811-07513 |
| **SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** |  |
| **WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** |  |
| **FORM N-1A** |  |
| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** | / X / |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | / / |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 377 | / X / |
| and |  |
| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY** | / X / |
| **ACT OF 1940** |  |
| Amendment No. 376 | / X / |
| (Check appropriate box or boxes) |  |
| **PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST** |  |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) |  |
| 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |  |
| (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 |
|  | (check appropriate box) |
| / / | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| / x / | on February 10, 2023 pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| / / | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| / / | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| / / | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| / / | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
| If appropriate, check the following box: | If appropriate, check the following box: |
| / x / | this post-effective amendment designates a new |
|  | effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
|  | **STEPHEN J. TATE**, Vice President |
|  | PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST |
|  | 100 Federal Street |
|  | Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
|  | (Name and address of agent for service) |
|  | 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 No. 377 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely to designate February 10, 2023, as the new effective date for Post-Effective Amendment No. 368 filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on July 28, 2022. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 377 is not intended to amend or supersede any information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 368.

This Post-Effective Amendment relates solely to the Registrant's Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund (to be renamed "Putnam Core Bond Fund") series. Information contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby.

**PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST**

**Part A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS** 

[Part A is incorporated by reference to Part A of Post-Effective Amendment No. 368 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Putnam Funds Trust (the "Registrant") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 367 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 28, 2022 ("Amendment No. 368/367").](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005942/000092881622000813/a_fiar485a.htm)

**Part B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

[Part B is incorporated by reference to Part B of Amendment No. 368/367 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005942/000092881622000813/a_fiar485a.htm)

**Part C. OTHER INFORMATION**

[Part C is incorporated by reference to Part C of Amendment No. 368/367 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005942/000092881622000813/a_fiar485a.htm)

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and 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 6th day of January, 2023.

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

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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:

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|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Title** |
| Kenneth R. Leibler\* | Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Barbara M. Baumann\* | Vice Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Robert L. Reynolds\* | President and Trustee |
| Jonathan S. Horwitz\* | Executive Vice President, Principal Executive |
|  | Officer and Compliance Liaison |
| Janet C. Smith\* | Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, |
|  | Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant |
|  | Treasurer |
| Liaquat Ahamed\* | Trustee |
| Katinka Domotorffy\* | Trustee |
| Catharine Bond Hill\* | Trustee |
| Jennifer Williams Murphy\*\*\* | Trustee |

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|:---|:---|
| Marie Pillai\*\*\* | Trustee |
| George Putnam, III\* | Trustee |
| Manoj P. Singh\* | Trustee |
| Mona K. Sutphen\*\* | Trustee |

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| By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as |
| Attorney-in-Fact |
| January 6, 2023 |
| \* Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed |
| in Post-Effective Amendment No. 297 to the |
| Registrant's Registration Statement under |
| the Securities Act of 1933 on October 26, |
| 2018. |
| \*\*Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed |
| in Post-Effective Amendment No. 335 to the |
| Registrant's Registration Statement under |
| the Securities Act on May 29, 2020. |
| \*\*\*Signed pursuant to power of attorney |
| filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 368 |
| to the Registrant's Registration Statement |
| under the Securities Act on July 28, 2022. |

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