Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 249

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 249
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ley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CERT

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.906CERT

(c) Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s
Order granting relief from Section 19(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the 19(a) Notices to Beneficial Owners are attached hereto
as Exhibit.

<div align='center'>SIGNATURES</div>

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, there unto
duly authorized.

Putnam Premier Income Trust

| By:   | /s/ Jane                    
 Trust                       |
|       | Jane Trust                  |
|       | Principal Executive Officer |
| Date: | September 26, 2025          |

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:   | /s/ Jane                    
 Trust                       |
|       | Jane Trust                  |
|       | Principal Executive Officer |
| Date: | September 26, 2025          |

| By:   | /s/ Christopher             
 Berarducci                  |
|       | Christopher Berarducci      |
|       | Principal Financial Officer |
| Date: | September 26, 2025          |