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Putnam Convertible Securities Fund, et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 2/26/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/26/21, at 9:28am ET   ·   Effective:  2/28/21   ·   Accession #:  928816-21-258   ·   File #s:  2-43384, 811-02280

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/26/21  Putnam Conv Securities Fund       485BPOS     2/28/21   23:4.1M                                   McMunn Assocs Inc./FA
          → Putnam Convertible Securities Fund ⇒ Class I

Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A Registration   —   Rule 485(b)
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485BPOS     Putnam Convertible Securities Fund                  HTML   1.28M 
10: EX-99.g CUST AGREEMT  Custodian Agreement                       HTML     65K 
11: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML    128K 
12: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML     61K 
13: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML     31K 
14: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML     30K 
15: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML     23K 
16: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML     37K 
17: EX-99.h OTH MAT CONT  Other Material Contract                   HTML     15K 
 2: EX-99.j OTHER OPININ  Ex-99.J Other Opinin                      HTML      8K 
 3: EX-99.j OTHER OPININ  Ex-99.J Other Opinin                      HTML      8K 
 4: EX-99.n 18F-3 PLAN  Ex-99.N 18F-3 Plan                          HTML     81K 
19: R1          Risk/Return Summary                                 HTML    130K 
20: R7          Risk/Return Detail Data                             HTML    166K 
21: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     18K 
18: XML         XBRL Instance -- a2_put2102008ipro_htm               XML     57K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- pconx-20210226_cal              XML     27K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- pconx-20210226_def               XML    216K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- pconx-20210226_lab                    XML    333K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- pconx-20210226_pre             XML    412K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- pconx-20210226                        XSD     24K 
22: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              100±   201K 
23: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000928816-21-000258-xbrl      Zip    449K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — pconx-20210226_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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