BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - December 18, 2012) - 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)
$0.3060 per share investment income		12/19/2012		12/26/2012
Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund * - Class A Shares (PHYIX)
$0.0310 share investment income		12/19/2012		12/26/2012
$0.0150 per share extra taxable income
$0.0460 per share total

* Class A regular monthly distributions of $0.0310 for High Yield Advantage were declared on the 12/14/2012 press release. 

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