-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, K0QZ6Dtm1resUVpaVCde33oR6778lq19rn+2yuuNwozzx85rwi4Jw+/8XRfRNGve s5vdgqGDPJWwQdKZSWjuHw== 0000928816-06-000200.txt : 20060228 0000928816-06-000200.hdr.sgml : 20060228 20060228142307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-06-000200 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060228 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20060228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MONEY MARKET FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081248 IRS NUMBER: 046386436 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02608 FILM NUMBER: 06650224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A-14 LEGAL DEPARTMENT CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921471 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MAILSTOP A-14 LEGAL DEPARTMENT STREET 2: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM DAILY DIVIDEND TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000081248 S000006251 PUTNAM MONEY MARKET FUND C000017191 Class T Shares C000017192 Class A Shares PDDXX C000017193 Class B Shares PTBXX C000017194 Class C Shares PFCXX C000017195 Class M Shares PTMXX C000017196 Class R Shares PURXX N-Q 1 a_moneymarket1.htm PUTNAM MONEY MARKET FUND 010_NQ1.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: (811- 02608 )

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Putnam Money Market Fund

Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Name and address of agent for service: Beth S. Mazor, Vice President One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Copy to: John W. Gerstmayr, Esq. Ropes & Gray LLP One International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000 Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2005 Date of reporting period: December 31, 2005


Item 1: Schedule of Investments

Putnam Money Market Fund

The fund's portfolio

12/31/05 (Unaudited)

COMMERCIAL PAPER (60.0%)(a)

 

Yield (%) Maturity date Principal amount  Value
Domestic (49.6%)           
Amstel Funding Corp.  4.635  6/20/06  $ 56,000,000  $  54,799,611 
Amstel Funding Corp.  4.378  2/28/06  20,000,000    19,860,478 
Amstel Funding Corp.  4.353  2/23/06  39,000,000    38,752,821 
Amstel Funding Corp.  4.317  2/15/06  23,000,000    22,877,237 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  4.449  3/15/06  30,000,000    29,732,333 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  4.375  2/15/06  25,000,000    24,864,063 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  4.364  1/17/06  21,275,000    21,233,868 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  4.304  1/27/06  20,000,000    19,933,267 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  4.044  1/09/06  40,000,000    39,964,444 
Bank of America Corp.  4.250  2/08/06  32,000,000    31,857,964 
Bank of America Corp.  4.080  1/23/06  20,800,000    20,748,774 
Bear Stearns Cos.  4.469  3/22/06  30,000,000    29,705,333 
Bear Stearns Cos.  4.413  2/21/06  17,000,000    16,894,515 
Bear Stearns Cos.  4.316  2/14/06  30,000,000    29,843,433 
Bear Stearns Cos.  4.240  1/17/06  25,000,000    24,953,222 
Bryant Park Funding, LLC  4.430  2/21/06  34,000,000    33,788,067 
Bryant Park Funding, LLC  4.397  2/28/06  15,827,000    15,716,079 
Bryant Park Funding, LLC  4.333  2/15/06  17,630,000    17,535,459 
CAFCO, LLC.  4.407  2/17/06  22,000,000    21,874,197 
CAFCO, LLC.  4.332  2/09/06  45,000,000    44,790,619 
CIESCO, LLC  4.277  1/20/06  35,000,000    34,921,493 
CIT Group, Inc.  4.315  2/23/06  14,000,000    13,912,197 
CIT Group, Inc.  4.222  1/24/06  17,000,000    16,954,601 
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (Dakota)  4.330  1/05/06  25,000,000    24,988,000 
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (Dakota)  4.260  1/19/06  33,000,000    32,930,205 
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (Dakota)  4.211  1/25/06  50,000,000    49,861,000 
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (Dakota)  4.153  1/18/06  28,000,000    27,945,657 
Countrywide Financial Corp.  4.371  1/17/06  18,000,000    17,965,120 
Countrywide Financial Corp.  4.368  1/11/06  35,000,000    34,957,611 
Countrywide Financial Corp.  4.357  1/30/06  35,000,000    34,877,636 
CRC Funding, LLC  4.222  1/18/06  40,000,000    39,920,856 
Curzon Funding, LLC  4.326  1/12/06  18,000,000    17,976,295 
Curzon Funding, LLC  4.282  1/23/06  25,000,000    24,935,069 
Curzon Funding, LLC  4.135  3/27/06  40,000,000    39,617,500 
Curzon Funding, LLC 144A FRN, Ser. 1ML-5  4.329  4/28/06  20,000,000    19,998,707 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)  4.552  5/23/06  29,000,000    28,490,969 
Govco, Inc.  4.647  6/23/06  45,000,000    44,017,264 
Govco, Inc.  4.133  1/18/06  23,000,000    22,955,578 
Klio II Funding Corp.  4.456  3/08/06  25,000,000    24,797,875 
Klio II Funding Corp.  4.410  2/28/06  58,310,000    57,897,072 
Klio II Funding Corp.  4.368  1/23/06  30,000,000    29,920,250 
Klio II Funding Corp.  4.344  2/14/06  23,213,000    23,091,003 
Master Funding, LLC Ser. B  4.372  1/26/06  22,000,000    21,933,542 
Master Funding, LLC Ser. B  4.350  1/31/06  10,000,000    9,964,000 
Master Funding, LLC Ser. B  4.343  2/02/06  20,000,000    19,923,378 
Master Funding, LLC Ser. B  4.325  1/18/06  30,000,000    29,939,083 
Master Funding, LLC Ser. B  4.299  2/02/06  30,000,000    29,886,400 
Master Funding, LLC Ser. B  4.161  1/13/06  10,000,000    9,986,267 
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust  4.469  3/14/06  30,000,000    29,734,800 
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust  4.440  2/22/06  30,000,000    29,808,900 
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust  4.425  2/22/06  41,000,000    40,740,014 
Old Line Funding Corp.  4.366  2/06/06  31,000,000    30,865,460 
Park Granada, LLC  4.478  3/17/06  26,286,000    26,043,402 
Park Granada, LLC  4.469  3/16/06  48,000,000    47,563,893 
Park Granada, LLC  4.353  1/05/06  30,000,000    29,985,533 
Ranger Funding Co., LLC  4.260  1/09/06  27,322,000    27,296,257 
Sheffield Receivables Corp.  4.315  1/10/06  20,640,000    20,617,812 
Thunder Bay Funding, Inc.  4.331  2/02/06  14,473,000    14,417,681 
Thunder Bay Funding, Inc.  4.240  1/17/06  14,371,000    14,344,110 
Thunder Bay Funding, Inc.  4.232  1/06/06  30,000,000    29,982,458 
Yorktown Capital, LLC  4.330  1/04/06  25,000,000    24,991,000 
          1,710,681,732 

 
Foreign (10.4%)           
Atlantis One Funding Corp. (Netherlands)  4.136  3/31/06  20,000,000    19,799,750 
Banco Continental de Panama, S.A. (Calyon Letter Of Credit (LOC))           
(France)  3.720  3/10/06  20,000,000    19,863,244 
Banco Continental de Panama, S.A. (Calyon (LOC)) (France)  3.677  3/03/06  33,000,000    32,799,818 
Bank of Ireland (Ireland)  4.400  2/27/06  24,000,000    23,834,320 
Bank of Ireland (Ireland)  4.303  2/10/06  29,000,000    28,862,733 
Bank of Ireland (Ireland)  4.251  1/23/06  33,000,000    32,914,897 
Dexia Delaware, LLC (Belgium)  4.331  2/01/06  30,000,000    29,888,787 
ING America Insurance Holdings (Netherlands)  4.373  1/13/06  20,000,000    19,970,900 
Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA) (Canada)  4.470  3/31/06  30,000,000    29,672,183 
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (Japan)  4.272  1/31/06  14,000,000    13,950,533 
Tulip Funding Corp. (Netherlands)  4.277  1/03/06  20,000,000    19,995,267 
Tulip Funding Corp. (Netherlands)  4.239  1/06/06  20,000,000    19,988,278 
Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)  4.469  3/30/06  27,000,000    26,708,280 
Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)  4.451  3/06/06  26,900,000    26,689,104 
Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)  4.307  2/09/06  13,000,000    12,939,864 
          357,877,958 

 
Total commercial paper (cost $2,068,559,690)          $2,068,559,690 
 
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT (16.7%)(a)           
 
  Yield (%)  Maturity Date  Principal amount    Value 

Domestic (3.6%)


Suntrust Bank FRN, Ser. CD  4.324  9/26/06  $36,000,000  $35,997,864 
Suntrust Bank FRN, Ser. CD  4.282  5/12/06  31,000,000  31,000,000 
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ser. CD  4.340  2/16/06  35,000,000  35,000,000 
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ser. CD  4.310  1/18/06  22,000,000  22,000,000 
        123,997,864 

 
Foreign (13.1%)         
Bank of Ireland Ser. ECD (Ireland)  4.320  1/26/06  24,000,000  23,999,834 
Bank of Nova Scotia FRN, Ser. YCD (Canada)  4.224  1/03/06  17,000,000  16,999,971 
Barclays Bank PLC FRN, Ser. YCD (United Kingdom)  4.236  6/01/06  15,000,000  14,999,381 
Barclays Bank PLC Ser. ECD (United Kingdom)  4.380  3/01/06  22,000,000  21,998,834 
Barclays U.S. Funding Corp. Ser. ECD (United Kingdom)  4.125  2/07/06  30,000,000  29,996,400 
BNP Paribas FRN, Ser. YCD (France)  4.308  6/19/06  30,000,000  29,993,244 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FRN, Ser. YCD (Canada)  4.561  9/15/06  30,000,000  30,014,875 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FRN, Ser. YCD1 (Canada)  4.350  1/23/07  31,000,000  31,000,000 
Credit Suisse New York FRN, Ser. YCD (Switzerland)  4.390  7/18/06  25,000,000  25,006,324 
Dexia Credit Local FRN, Ser. YCD (Belgium)  4.325  10/03/06  32,000,000  31,995,202 
Fortis Bank SA/NV Ser. YCD (Belgium)  3.950  4/21/06  24,000,000  24,000,000 
Societe Generale Ser. ECD (France)  3.900  4/18/06  63,000,000  62,998,559 
Svenska Handelsbanken FRN, Ser. YCD1 (Sweden)  4.315  4/03/06  45,000,000  44,986,455 
Svenska Handelsbanken FRN (Sweden)  4.310  9/20/06  36,000,000  35,994,868 
Swedbank FRN, Ser. YCD (Sweden)  4.300  3/20/06  27,750,000  27,740,265 
        451,724,212 

 
Total Certificates Of Deposit (cost $575,722,076)        $575,722,076 
 
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (15.3%)(a)         
 
  Yield (%)  Maturity Date  Principal amount  Value 
 
 
Domestic (12.6%)         
Bank of New York Co., Inc. (The) 144A sr. notes FRN Ser. XMTN  4.390  1/10/07  20,000,000  20,000,000 
Citigroup, Inc. notes  5.750  5/10/06  38,964,000  39,129,152 
Citigroup, Inc. sr. notes FRN, Ser. MTN  4.521  3/29/06  20,000,000  20,002,183 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. FRN, Ser. G  4.762  2/13/06  20,428,000  20,438,552 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. FRN, Ser. G  4.590  6/2/06  73,400,000  73,428,926 
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. FRN, Ser. C  4.349  1/16/07  14,500,000  14,500,000 
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. FRN  4.540  11/24/06  36,000,000  36,053,815 
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. sr. notes FRN  4.799  3/27/06  104,000,000  104,071,505 
National City Bank FRN, Ser. BKNT  4.380  6/2/06  35,000,000  34,996,500 
National City Bank FRN, Ser. BKNT  4.379  7/26/06  72,000,000  72,015,445 
        434,636,078 

 
Foreign (2.7%)         
Bank of Ireland 144A unsec. FRN, Ser. XMTN (Ireland)  4.340  1/19/07  $23,000,000  $23,000,000 
HSBC USA, Inc. sr. notes FRN, Ser. EXT (United Kingdom)  4.349  1/12/07  36,000,000  36,000,000 
Nordea Bank AB 144A FRN (Sweden)  4.417  1/11/07  20,000,000  20,000,000 
Societe Generale 144A unsec. FRN, Ser. MTN (France)  4.264  3/3/11  15,000,000  15,000,000 
        94,000,000 

 
Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $528,636,078)        $528,636,078 
 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (1.4%)(a)         
 
  Yield %  Maturity date  Principal amount  Value 
 
Fannie Mae FRN  4.299  9/7/06  $23,000,000  $22,978,378 
Federal Farm Credit Bank FRB  4.280  7/20/06  25,000,000  24,990,600 

 
Total U.S. government agency obligations (cost $47,968,978)        $47,968,978 
 
PROMISSORY NOTES (1.0%)(a) (cost $36,000,000)         
 
  Yield (%)  Maturity Date  Principal amount  Value 
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) FRN (acquired 6/22/05, cost         
$36,000,000) (RES)  4.400  1/19/06  $ 36,000,000  $ 36,000,000 

 
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (1.0%)(a) (cost $34,694,526)         
 
  Yield (%)  Maturity Date  Principal amount  Value 
TIAA Real Estate CDO, Ltd. 144A FRN, Ser. 03-1A, Class A1MM         
(Cayman Islands)  4.410  3/21/06  $ 34,694,526  $ 34,694,526 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (4.7%)(a) (cost $162,820,000)         
 
      Principal amount  Value 
 
 
Interest in $552,000,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated         
December 30, 2005 with UBS Securities, LLC due January 3, 2006 with         
respect to various U.S. Government obligations -- maturity value of         
$162,898,335 for an effective yield of 4.33% (collateralized by Fannie Mae         
and Freddie Mac with yields ranging from 3.50% to 12.00% and due dates         
ranging from July 1, 2006 to December 1, 2035, valued at $563,044,303)      $162,820,000  $162,820,000 

 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS         
 
Total investments (cost $3,454,401,348) (b)        $3,454,401,348 


  NOTES 
(a)  Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $3,445,840,207. 
(b)  The aggregate identified cost on a financial reporting and tax basis is the same. 
 
(RES)  Restricted, excluding 144A securities, as to public resale. The total market value of restricted securities held at December 31, 2005 was $36,000,000 or 1.0% of net assets. 

Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund invests in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund, an open-end management investment company managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC ("Putnam Management"), the fund's manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam, LLC. Management fees paid by the fund are reduced by an amount equal to the management and administrative fees paid by Putnam Prime Money Market Fund with respect to assets invested by the fund in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund. Income distributions earned by the fund totaled $69,089 for the period ended December 31, 2005. During the period ended Decemeber 31, 2005, cost of purchases and cost of sales of investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund aggregated $126,110,000 and $126,110,000 respectively.

144A after the name of a security represents those exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

The rates shown on Floating Rate Bonds (FRB) and Floating Rate Notes (FRN) are the current interest rates at December 31, 2005.

DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY   
 
Distribution of investments by country of issue at December 31, 2005: (as a percentage of Portfolio Value)   
 
 
Australia  1.9% 
Belgium  2.5 
Canada  3.1 
Cayman Islands  1.0 
France  4.7 
Ireland  3.9 
Japan  0.4 
Netherlands  2.3 
Sweden  3.7 
Switzerland  0.7 
United Kingdom  3.0 
United States  72.8 

Total  100.0% 

Security valuation The valuation of the fund’s portfolio instruments is determined by means of the amortized cost method (which approximates market value) as set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The amortized cost of an instrument is determined by valuing it at its original cost and thereafter amortizing any discount or premium from its face value at a constant rate until maturity.

Repurchase agreements The fund, or any joint trading account, through its custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the market value of which at the time of purchase is required to be an amount at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements is held at the counterparty’s custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund and the counterparty. Putnam Management is responsible for determining that the value of these underlying securities is at all times at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest.

For additional information regarding the fund please see the fund's most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site, www.sec.gov, or visit Putnam's Individual Investor Web site at www.putnaminvestments.com


Item 2. Controls and Procedures:

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable

Item 3. Exhibits:

Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

NAME OF REGISTRANT
By (Signature and Title):

/s/ Michael T. Healy

Michael T. Healy

Principal Accounting Officer

Date: February 28, 2006

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):

/s/ Charles E. Porter
Charles E. Porter

Principal Executive Officer

Date: February 28, 2006

By (Signature and Title):


/s/ Steven D. Krichmar

Steven D. Krichmar

Principal Financial Officer

Date: February 28, 2006


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Certifications

I, Charles E. Porter, the Principal Executive Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of each registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Charles E. Porter
_____________________________
Date: February 28, 2006

Charles E. Porter

Principal Executive Officer


Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of each registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
_______________________________
Date: February 28, 2006

Steven D. Krichmar

Principal Financial Officer


Attachment A
NQ
Period (s) ended December, 31, 2005

054  Putnam High Yield Municipal Trust 
074  Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust 
027  Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund 
033  Putnam American Government Income Fund 
011  Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund 
539  Putnam International New Opportunities Fund 
032  Putnam US Government Income Trust 
010  Putnam Money Market Fund 
062  Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund 
23T  Putnam Prime Money Market Fund 
075  Putnam Diversified Income Trust 
259  Putnam Asset Allocation: Conservative Portfolio 
250  Putnam Asset Allocation: Growth Portfolio 
264  Putnam Asset Allocation: Balanced Portfolio 


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