C000002281 Fees and Costs — Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund, Floating Rate Income Fund CL R

Data updated: 2026-07-27

The net expense ratio is 1.23%: a 0.54% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.19% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 34%.

C000002281 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000002281. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.54%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.19%
Gross expense ratio1.23%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.23%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000002281 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000002281, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $766 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.29% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.23%)$129$402$695
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$70
Total costs$129$422$766
Value after costs$10,371$11,154$11,997
Impact on return, per year1.29%1.29%1.29%

C000002281 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $385.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 34%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000002281 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$59.0M18.01%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$47.2M14.42%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$37.4M11.42%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$35.1M10.72%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$28.8M8.80%
BofA Securities, Inc.$27.5M8.39%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$26.3M8.03%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$24.6M7.52%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$22.5M6.85%
Jefferies LLC$19.2M5.85%

Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000203062Floating Rate Income Fund CL R60.67%none
C000002282Floating Rate CL Y0.73%none
PFLRXFloating Rate Income Fund CL A0.98%2.25%
C000002281Floating Rate Income Fund CL R1.23%none
C000002279Floating Rate Income Fund CL C1.73%none

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.