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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 Registrants 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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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Total | 100.0% |
Security valuation The valuation of the funds 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 counterpartys 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 |
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 registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrants auditors and the audit committee of each registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrants auditors and the audit committee of each registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants 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 |