Putnam Announces Dividend Rates for One Open-End Fund

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Trustees of The Putnam Funds declared the following distributions today.

	RECORD	PAYMENT
FUND NAME AND DISTRIBUTIONS	DATE	DATE
Putnam Retirement Ready Maturity Fund-Class A Shares – (PRMAX)	11/25/09	11/30/09
$.013 per share investment income