Company: PIM
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-012988
Chunk: 119

Company: PUTNAM MASTER INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 119
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reement

between

the

Fund

and

a

counterparty

to

exchange

a

return

linked

to

an

underlying

instrument

for

a

floating

or

fixed

rate

payment,

both

based

upon

a

notional

amount.

Over

the

term

of

the

contract,

contractually

required

payments

to

be

paid

or

received

are

accrued

daily

and

recorded

as

unrealized

appreciation or

depreciation

until

the

payments

are

made,

at

which

time

they

are

recognized

as

realized

gain

or

loss. Total

return

swap contracts outstanding

at

period

end,

if

any,

are

listed

in

the

Fund's

Schedule

of

Investments.

The

Fund

purchased

or

wrote

OTC

option

contracts

primarily

to

manage

and/or

gain exposure

to

interest

rate

risk.

An

option

is

a

contract

entitling

the

holder

to

purchase

or

sell

a

specific

amount

of

shares

or

units

of

an

asset

or

notional

amount

of

a

swap

(swaption),

at

a

specified

price.

When

an

option

is

purchased

or

written,

an

amount

equal

to

the

premium

paid

or

received

is

recorded

as

an

asset

or

liability,

respectively.

Upon

exercise

of

an

option,

the

acquisition

cost

or

sales

proceeds

of

the

underlying

investment

is

adjusted

by

any

premium

received

or

paid.

Upon

expiration

of

an

option,

any

premium

received

or

paid

is

recorded

as

a

realized

gain

or

loss.

Upon

closing

an

option

other

than

through

expiration

or

exercise,

the

difference

between

the

premium

received

or

paid

and

the

cost

to

close

the

position

#### 1.

#### Organization

#### and

#### Significant

#### Accounting

#### Policies
(continued)

#### e.