Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 13

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 13
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)

(0.05)

(0.28)

Total

distributions

...............................

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.35)

Repurchase

of

shares

(Note

2)

.....................

—

b

—

b

0.01

0.01

—

b

Net

asset

value,

end

of

year

.......................

$3.80

$3.85

$3.82

$4.12

$4.62

Market

value,

end

of

year

c

.........................

$3.66

$3.63

$3.65

$3.89

$4.65

Total

return

(based

on

net

asset

value

per

share)

d

.......

7.14%

9.46%

0.39%

(4.16)%

3.40%

Total

return

(based

on

market

value

per

share)

d

.........

9.74%

8.53%

2.08%

(9.87)%

5.63%

#### Ratios

#### to

#### average

#### net

#### assets
Expenses

before

waiver

and

payments

by

affiliates

......

0.94%

0.96%

0.99%

0.96%

0.94%

Expenses

net

of

waiver

and

payments

by

affiliates

e

......

0.94%

f

0.94%

0.99%

0.96%

0.94%

Net

investment

income

...........................

5.42%

6.41%

5.76%

4.88%

4.21%

#### Supplemental

#### data
Net

assets,

end

of

year

(000’s)

.....................

$362,992

$367,934

$369,806

$409,600

$472,126

Portfolio

turnover

rate

............................

505%

1008%

1280%

1665%

1023%

a

Based

on

average

daily

shares

outstanding.

b

Amount

rounds

to

less

than

$0.01

per

share.

c

Based

on

the

last

sale

on

the

New

York

Stock

Exchange.

d

The

Market

Value

Total

Return