Putnam Announces Dividend Rates for Class A Open-End Funds

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

	RECORD/	PAYMENT
FUND NAME AND DISTRIBUTIONS	EX DATE	DATE
Putnam Convertible Securities Fund– Class A Shares (PCONX)
$0.1200 per share investment income	12/26/18	12/28/18
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund– Class A Shares (PABAX)
$0.0650 per share investment income	12/18/18	12/20/18
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund– Class A Shares (PACAX)
$0.0170 per share investment income	12/18/18	12/20/18
	1/17/19	1/22/19
Putnam Diversified Income Trust – Class A Shares (PDINX)
$0.0260 per share investment income	12/14/18	12/20/18
	1/15/19	1/22/19
Putnam Equity Income Fund – Class A Shares (PEYAX)
$0.0790 per share investment income	12/26/18	12/28/18
Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund – Class A Shares (PTRNX)
$0.0310 per share investment income	12/18/18	12/20/18
	1/17/19	1/22/19
George Putnam Balanced Fund – Class A Shares (PGEOX)
$0.0710 per share investment income	11/28/18	11/30/18
Putnam Global Income Trust – Class A Shares (PGGIX)
$0.0210 per share investment income	11/26/18	11/30/18
	12/21/18	12/28/18
	1/24/19	1/30/19
Putnam Global Utilities Fund – Class A Shares (PUGIX)
$0.0840 per share investment income	12/26/18	12/28/18
Putnam High Yield Fund– Class A Shares (PHYIX)
$0.0240 per share investment income	11/19/18	11/26/18
	12/19/18	12/26/18
	1/18/19	1/25/19
Putnam Income Fund – Class A Shares (PINCX)
$0.0200 per share investment income	11/19/18	11/26/18
	12/19/18	12/26/18
	1/18/19	1/25/19
Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund – Class A Shares (PGSIX)
$0.0490 per share investment income	12/14/18	12/20/18
	1/15/19	1/22/19
Putnam Short Duration Bond Fund – Class A Shares (PARTX)
$0.0240 per share investment income	11/21/18	11/26/18
	12/21/18	12/26/18
	1/23/19	1/25/19