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Putnam Investments today announced quarterly performance results for Putnam High Income Securities Fund (NYSE: PCF) with respect to the three months ended 5/31/09.

Putnam High Income Securities Fund

The per-share net asset value (NAV) for Putnam High Income Securities Fund was $6.38 as of the close of business on 5/29/09. The per-share NAV for this fund was $5.38 as of 2/27/09. The closing New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) share price on 5/29/09 was $6.06. The closing NYSE share price for this fund was $5.20 as of 2/27/09. The fund�s total return for the three months ended 5/29/09 was 21.30% based on NAV and 19.21% based on NYSE share price.

Additional quarterly data is as follows:

� � � � � � � � Three months � Three months ended ended � � May 29, 2009 � May 30, 2008 Total investment income Total $ 2,244,305 $ 3,068,751 Per common share $ .13 $ .16 � � � � � � � Net investment income Total $ 1,978,442 $ 2,688,738 Per common share $ .11 $ .14 � � � � � � � Net realized and unrealized gain on investments Total $ 17,591,857 $ 5,134,669 Per common share $ 1.02 $ .29 � � � � � � � Net increase in net assets resulting from operations Total $ 19,570,299 $ 7,823,407 Per common share $ 1.13 $ .43 � � � � � � � Net assets available at the end of the period Total $ 110,288,087 $ 165,844,242 Per common share $ 6.38 $ 8.99 � � � � � � �

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