Form 485BPOS PUTNAM HIGH YIELD FUND

April 18, 2018 7:51 AM EDT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on

April 18, 2018

 
  Registration No. 033-2710 
  811-4616 

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
 
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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  Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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  Post-Effective Amendment No. 42  / X / 
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
  ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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  Amendment No. 43  / X / 
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PUTNAM HIGH YIELD FUND
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
(617) 292-1000
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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
  (check appropriate box) 
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/ /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph ( b) 
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/ X /  on March 30, 2018 pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ /  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. 
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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/ /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM HIGH YIELD FUND 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
  (Name and address of agent for service) 
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  Copy to: 
  BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire 
  ROPES & GRAY LLP 
  1211 Avenue of the Americas 
  New York, New York 10036 



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 April, 2018.

 

   Putnam High Yield Fund

 

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 dates indicated.

 

 

Signature Title
   
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 and Compliance Liaison
   
Janet C. Smith* Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer
   
Liaquat Ahamed* Trustee
   
Ravi Akhoury* Trustee
   
Barbara M. Baumann* Trustee
   
Katinka Domotorffy* Trustee
   
Catharine Bond Hill* Trustee
   
Paul L. Joskow* Trustee
   
Robert E. Patterson* Trustee
   
George Putnam, III* Trustee
   
Manoj P. Singh* Trustee

 

 

 

By:/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact
  April 18, 2018
   
  *Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on March 27, 2018.


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