Putnam Investments | |
One Post Office Square | |
Boston, MA 02109 | |
March 1, 2010 |
BY EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE FILING
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Linda Stirling, Esq.
Re: | Putnam Convertible Income-Growth Trust (Securities Act Reg. No. 2-43384 and Investment Company Act |
File No. 811-02280) (the Fund)Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 to the Funds Registration | |
Statement on Form N-1A (the Amendment) |
Dear Ms. Stirling:
We are filing today through the EDGAR system, on behalf of the above-referenced Fund, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the above-referenced Amendment.
The Amendment is electronically coded to show changes from the Funds prospectus and statement of additional information included in a filing made by the Fund on December 30, 2009 pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act (the 485(a) filing) and Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. These changes include the updating of financial statements and other information pursuant to Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act. Certain changes also have been made in response to comments that you provided telephonically to me on behalf of the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Staff) on February 2, 2010, regarding the 485(a) filing.
For convenience of reference, I have summarized the Staffs comments before the responses by the Fund.
Prospectus
1. In Fund summaryInvestments, risks, and performance:
a. In the Investments section, disclose that the Fund invests in small and midsize companies if these are principal investments for the Fund, since small and midsize company risk is identified in the Risks section.
b. In the first sentence of the second paragraph in the Risks section, please refer to the Funds investments in convertible securities to correspond to the disclosure in the Investments section.
c. Expand the disclosure in the Risks section to include all risks disclosed in response to Item 9 of Form N-1A (in the What are the funds main investment strategies and related risks? section).
d. Revise the lead-in paragraph to the performance tables in the Performance section to correspond with the text provided in Item 4(b)(2)(i) of Form N-1A.
Responses:
a. As the Fund invests across the capitalization spectrum, without any bias in favor of small, midsize or large companies, we have modified the first sentence in the Investments section to reflect simply that [w]e invest mainly in convertible securities of U.S. companies. We have retained disclosure in the Risks section that certain risks . . . are generally greater for convertible securities issued by small and midsize companies.
b. We have modified the disclosure, as requested.
c. While various risks relating to foreign investments and derivatives are disclosed in response to Item 9, we believe that the Risks section is an appropriate summary of the principal risks of investing in the Fund. See Item 4(b)(1)(i) of Form N-1A, which states, Based on the information given in response to Item 9(c), summarize the principal risks of investing in the Fund . . . (italics added for emphasis). Accordingly, we have not expanded the disclosure in the Risks section to reflect these other risks.
d. We have retained the current disclosure because we believe that the text in Item 4(b)(2)(i) is provided as sample disclosure only and that the current disclosure complies with the requirements to [p]rovide a brief explanation of how the information illustrates the variability of the Funds returns.
Statement of Additional Information
1. Please adopt a non-fundamental policy with respect to senior securities, and propose addition of such a fundamental policy at the next meeting of Fund shareholders.
Response:
We have disclosed this non-fundamental policy with respect to senior securities in the statement of additional information, noting that it is subject to the approval of the Funds Board of Trustees. We will seek approval of the adoption of this non-fundamental policy at the Trustees March 2010 regular meeting. Also, we will propose that the Trustees recommend shareholder approval of a corresponding fundamental policy at the next meeting of the Funds shareholders.
I believe that this letter addresses the Staffs comments. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call me at (617) 760-1224.
Having reviewed the Amendment, the undersigned represents pursuant to Rule 485(b)(4) under the Securities Act that it does not contain disclosure which would render it ineligible to become effective pursuant to Rule 485(b).
Very truly yours, | |
/s/ Carlo N. Forcione | |
Carlo N. Forcione | |
Vice President and Counsel |
cc: | Brian D. McCabe, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP |
Ruth S. Kanfer, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP | |
Philip W. Romohr, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP | |
Timothy F. Cormier, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP |
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