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ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President |
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GEORGE PUTNAM BALANCED FUND |
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One Post Office Square |
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(Name and address of agent for service) |
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Copy to: |
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BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire |
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ROPES & GRAY LLP |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in
the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 18th day of December, 2017.
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| By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the date indicated:
| Jameson A. Baxter * |
Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Kenneth R. Leibler* |
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Robert L. Reynolds* |
President and Trustee |
| Jonathan S. Horwitz* |
Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer |
| Janet C. Smith* |
Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer |
| Barbara M. Baumann* |
Trustee |
| Katinka Domotorffy* |
Trustee |
| Catharine Bond Hill* |
Trustee |
| Robert E. Patterson* |
Trustee |
| George Putnam, III* |
Trustee |
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By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact |
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*Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 115 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on November
22, 2017. |