Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form Type: 5
Source: 0000914851-25-000118
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Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form: 5
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FORM 5

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
 Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*                                       
 Marie PillaiC/O PUTNAM INVESTMENTS100 FEDERAL STREETBOSTON MA 02110            
 1a. IRS/SSN Identification Number of Reporting Person                          | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol              
 PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST [PPT]                        
 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)         
 07/31/2025                                               
 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) |
| XDirectorOfficer (give title below)10% OwnerOther (specify below)              |                                                          |
| Form filed by One Reporting PersonForm filed by More than One Reporting Person |                                                          |

| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) |       | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |   |     |    5. Amount of Securities Beneficially 
 Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) 
                        (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) 
 (Instr. 4)                                    | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership 
 (Instr. 4)                                 |
| Code                            | V                                    | Amount                                             | -A) or (D                      | Price |                                                                   |   |     |                                         |                                               |                                            |
| Common Shares                   | 07/31/2025                           | N/A                                                |