Company: PIM
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-012988
Chunk: 111

Company: PUTNAM MASTER INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 111
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,

principal-

only

securities

increase

in

value

if

prepayments

are

greater

than

anticipated

and

decline

if

prepayments

are

slower

than

anticipated.

The

fair

value

of

these

securities

is

highly

sensitive

to

changes

in

interest

rates.

#### d.

#### Securities

#### Purchased

#### on

#### a

#### When-Issued,

#### Forward Commitment or

#### Delayed

#### Delivery

#### Basis

#### and

#### TBA

#### Basis
The

Fund

may

purchase

securities

on

a when-issued,

forward

commitment

or

delayed

delivery

and to-be-

announced

(TBA)

basis,

with

payment

and

delivery

scheduled

for

a

future

date.

These

transactions

are

subject

to

market

fluctuations

and

are

subject

to

the

risk

that

the

value

at

delivery

may

be

more

or

less

than

the

trade

date

purchase

price.

Although

the

Fund

will

generally

purchase

these

securities

with

the

intention

of

holding

the

securities, it

may

sell

the

securities

before

the

settlement

date.

Collateral

has

been

pledged

and/or

received

for

open

TBA

trades.

The

Fund

may

also

enter

into

TBA

sale

commitments

to

hedge

its

portfolio

positions,

to

sell

mortgage-backed

securities

it

owns

under

delayed

delivery

arrangements

or

to

take

a

short

position

in

mortgage-backed

securities.

Proceeds

of

TBA

sale

commitments

are

not

received

until

the

contractual

settlement

date.

During

the

time

a

TBA

sale

commitment

is

outstanding,

either

equivalent

deliverable

securities

or

an

offsetting

TBA

purchase

commitment

deliverable

on

or

before

the

sale

commitment

date

are

held

as

“cover”

for

the

transaction