Covers Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law); Franklin Templeton mutual fund TOD (Franklin Templeton Investor Services transfer agent).
In the institution’s own words
Trust as beneficiary. “Except as otherwise provided herein, any individual and any trust, corporation, partnership, or other entity may be designated as a beneficiary under a TOD registration.”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Trust as contingent. “Section 3C - Contingent beneficiary(ies) ... Full name of entity/trust (required)”
Page 3, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
How to name the trust. “Full name of entity/trust (required) ... Date of trust (mm/dd/yyyy; required for a trust)”
Page 3, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Trust documents. “A certified copy or excerpt of the trust must be provided (original certification within 120 days); the document must include the first page, signature page, and the page naming the trustees and successor trustees.”
Page 1, form FM532, revision 2025-01, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Per stirpes. “Putnam will not accept customized beneficiary designations (for example, designations which involve multiple contingencies within a primary or contingent beneficiary category) or "per stirpes" designations.”
Page 1, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
A class like "my children". “All beneficiaries must be designated as either primary or contingent and must include all identifying informa”
Page 1, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Refused wording. “Putnam will not accept customized beneficiary designations ... or "per stirpes" designations.”
Page 1, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Custom designation. “Putnam will not accept customized beneficiary designations”
Page 1, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Minor as beneficiary. “Account owners seeking to designate a minor as a beneficiary may specify a custodian for the minor under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act ... (designations of custodians under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of any state will not be accepted). If no custodian is specified for a minor under the UTMA, PSERV will require formal letters of conservatorship/guardianship issued by a court”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Default beneficiary. “If no primary beneficiary or contingent beneficiary survives the last surviving account owner, the account assets will be transferred as if the account were not subject to TOD registration (usually, to the last surviving account owner's estate).”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
If a beneficiary dies first. “If a primary beneficiary does not survive the last surviving account owner, the share specified for that beneficiary will be transferred to the primary beneficiary(ies) who do survive the last surviving account owner, in the proportions that their shares bear to one another ... Account assets transferable to a beneficiary who dies after the last surviving account owner but before the assets are actually transferred will be transferred to the beneficiary's estate.”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Effect of divorce. “TOD registration is not automatically initiated, changed, or revoked in any way by the marriage, divorce, separation, or remarriage of any party”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Limit on beneficiaries. “If you wish to designate more than five primary beneficiaries and/or more than five contingent beneficiaries, you must include a separate sheet of paper with the additional designation.”
Page 1, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Online designation. “TOD registration may be initiated, changed, or revoked only by completion of a Putnam TOD Registration Form signed by all living account owners.”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Notary or medallion. “If the new TOD account is being established by a transfer from an existing Putnam account, or the beneficiary of an existing TOD account is being changed, each signature in Section 5 must be authenticated with a Signature Guarantee or Medallion Guarantee stamp.”
Page 1, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
Electronic signature. “While photocopies and facsimiles of the form are acceptable, all signatures and signature guarantees must be original.”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
How to submit. “A Putnam TOD Registration Form and any accompanying certificates or documentation should be mailed to the address indicated on the Putnam TOD Registration Form.”
Page 6, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document
How to disclaim. “A beneficiary may disclaim all interest in all or a portion of account assets transferable to the beneficiary pursuant to a TOD registration, by written notice signed by the beneficiary with a signature guarantee and received by PSERV before the disclaimed account assets have been transferred to and accepted by the beneficiary.”
Page 7, form FM523C, revision 2025-02, Putnam mutual fund non-retirement TOD (Putnam Investor Services transfer agent; Massachusetts law). Source document