Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Class A Open End Funds

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Dec 18, 2013) - The Trustees of The Putnam Funds declared the following distributions.

	RECORD	PAYMENT
FUND NAME AND DISTRIBUTIONS	DATE	DATE
Putnam Europe Equity Fund - Class A Shares (PEUGX)
$0.2150 per share investment income	12/19/2013	12/26/2013
Putnam Income Fund - Class A Shares (PINCX)
$0.0260 share investment income*	12/19/2013	12/26/2013
$0.0290 per share extra taxable income
$0.0550 per share total

* The Class A regular monthly distribution of $0.0260 for Putnam Income Fund (PINCX) was declared on the 11/22/13 press release. 

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