C000011169 Fees and Costs — Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund, Class R

Data updated: 2026-10-13

The net expense ratio is 1.30% (1.99% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $165K in broker commissions, 0.0416% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 22%.

C000011169 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000011169. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.48%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.32%
Gross expense ratio1.99%
Fee waiver−0.69%
Net expense ratio1.30%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—

C000011169 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000011169, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $833 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.41% 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 1.30%)$136$424$733
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$14$23
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$22$77
Total costs$141$460$833
Value after costs$10,359$11,117$11,929
Impact on return, per year1.41%1.41%1.41%

C000011169 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0416%
  • Total broker commissions: $165K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 22%

C000011169 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$44K26.54%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$34K20.49%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$31K18.90%
Mischler Financial Group, Inc.$26K15.97%
Citadel Securities LLC$21K12.87%
Flow Traders U.S. Institutional Trading LLC$7K3.95%
Old Mission Markets LLC$1K0.73%
Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP$9010.55%

Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000174678Class R60.55%none
C000011170Class Y0.65%none
C000222444Class R50.65%none
C000222443Class R40.80%none
C000011165Class A0.90%5.75%
C000222445Class R31.05%none
C000011169Class R1.30%none
C000011167Class C1.65%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.