Putnam Announces Preliminary Results of Tender Offers for Two Closed-End Funds
12 Julio 2007 - 8:13AM
Business Wire
Putnam Investments today announced preliminary results of issuer
tender offers for 10% of the outstanding common shares of two
closed-end funds: Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:
PIM) and Putnam Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE: PMG). The offers expired
at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 11, 2007. The tender offer for
each fund was oversubscribed, meaning that pursuant to the terms of
the offers, which were commenced on June 4, 2007, each fund will
repurchase the maximum number of shares covered by the offer
(approximately 10% of its outstanding common shares) using the
pro-ration procedures disclosed in the fund�s tender offer
materials provided to shareholders. Below are preliminary results
of the tender offers for these funds. Putnam Master Intermediate
Income Trust Number of shares tendered and not withdrawn:
40,642,948 Shares tendered under a notice of guaranteed delivery:
655,045 Approximate percentage of common shares tendered: 45.19%
Approximate per-share purchase price (98% of NAV as of July 11,
2007: $ 6.98 Number of shares expected to be repurchased: 9,138,976
� Putnam Municipal Bond Fund Number of shares tendered and not
withdrawn: 4,834,027 Shares tendered under a notice of guaranteed
delivery: 207,316 Approximate percentage of common shares tendered:
30.04% Approximate per-share purchase price (98% of NAV as of July
11, 2007: $ 13.02 Number of shares expected to be repurchased:
1,678,471 These results are approximate and preliminary and will be
confirmed within five business days. The number of shares tendered
and not withdrawn for each fund reflects shares properly tendered
and excludes fractional shares tendered. The percentage of shares
tendered includes those shares tendered pursuant to a notice of
guaranteed delivery. Proceeds of the tender offer are expected to
be mailed to shareholders beginning in the week of July 16, 2007.
In approving the tender offer program for these funds, the Trustees
considered that tender offers would give shareholders an
opportunity to sell at least some of their shares at a price close
to NAV, and that the tender offer price of 98% of NAV would help
offset the costs that shareholders who retain their shares would
otherwise bear in connection with the tender offers. About Putnam
Investments: Founded in 1937, Putnam Investments is one of the
nation's oldest and largest money management firms. As of June 30,
2007, Putnam managed $193 billion assets. Mutual fund assets were
$121 billion. Institutional assets were $72 billion. Putnam has
offices in Boston, London, and Tokyo. For more information, go to
www.putnam.com.
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