Company: PIM
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-012988
Chunk: 115

Company: PUTNAM MASTER INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 115
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with

the

applicable

counterparty

exceeds

the

minimum

transfer

amount,

which

typically

ranges

from

$100,000

to

$250,000,

and

can

vary

depending

on

the

counterparty

and

the

type

of agreement.

Generally,

collateral

is

determined

at

the

close

of

Fund

### business
each

day

and

any

additional

collateral

required

due

to

changes

in

derivative

values

may

be

delivered

by

the

Fund

or

the

counterparty

the

next

### business
day,

or

within

a

few

### business
days.

Collateral

pledged

and/or

received

by

the

Fund

for

OTC

derivatives,

if

any,

is

held

in

segregated

accounts

with

the

Fund's

custodian/counterparty

broker

and

can

be

in

the

form

of

cash

and/or

securities.

Unrestricted

cash

may

be

invested

according

to

the

Fund's

investment

objectives.

To

the

extent

that

the

amounts

due

to

the

Fund

from

its

counterparties

are

not

subject

to

collateralization

or

are

not

fully

collateralized,

the

Fund

bears

the

risk

of

loss

from

counterparty

non-performance.

The

Fund

entered

into

exchange

traded

futures

contracts

primarily

to

manage

and/or

gain

exposure

to

interest

rate

risk.

A

futures

contract

is

an

agreement

between

the

Fund

and

a

counterparty

to

buy

or

sell

an

asset

at

a

specified

price

on

a

future

date.

Required

initial

margins

are

pledged

by

the

Fund,

and

the

daily

change

in

fair

value

is

accounted

for

as

a

variation

margin

payable

or

receivable

in

the

Statement

of

Assets

and

Liabilities.

Futures

contracts

outstanding