Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 188

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 188
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 Began*

#### Number

#### of

#### Portfolios

#### in

#### Fund

#### Complex

#### Overseen

#### by

#### Board

#### Member**

#### Other

#### Directorships

#### Held

#### During

#### at

#### Least

#### the

#### Past

#### 5

#### Years

#### Christopher

#### Berarducci
**(Born**

#### 1974)
Treasurer

and

Principal

### Financial
Officer

Since

2025

Not

Applicable

None

#### Principal

#### Occupation(s)

#### During

#### the

#### Past

#### Five
**Years:

Vice

President,

Fund

Administration

and

Reporting,

Franklin

Templeton

(since

2020);

Treasurer

(since

2010)

and

Principal**

### Financial
Officer

(since

2019)

of

certain

funds

associated

with

Legg

Mason

&

Co.

or

its

affiliates;

#### formerly
,

Managing

Director

(2020),

Director

(2015

to

2020),

and

Vice

President

(2011

to

2015)

of

Legg

Mason

&

Co.

Interested

Board

Members

and

Officers:

(continued)

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

Shareholder

Information

75

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

Board

Approval

of

### Management
and

Sub-

Advisory

Agreements

#### Putnam

#### Premier

#### Income

#### Trust
**(PPT)

(unaudited)**

### Background
The

Investment

Company

Act

of

1940,

as

amended

(the

“1940

Act”),

requires

that

the

Board

of

Trustees

(the

“Board”)

of

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

(the

“Fund”),

including

a

majority

of

its

members

who

are

not

considered

to

be

“interested

persons”

under

the

1940

Act

(the

“Independent

Trustees”)

voting

separately,

approve

on

an

annual

basis

the

continuation

of

the

investment

### management
agreement

(the

“Management

Agreement”)

between

the

Fund