Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 191

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 191
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25,

2025,

the

Independent

Trustees,

in

preparation

for

the

Contract

Renewal

Meeting,

met

in

a

private

session

with

their

independent

legal

counsel

to

review

the

Contract

Renewal

Information

regarding

the

Franklin

Templeton

Closed-end

Funds,

including

the

Fund,

received

to

date.

No

representatives

of

the

Manager

or

the

Sub-Advisers

participated

in

this

meeting.

Following

the

April

25,

2025

meeting,

the

Independent

Trustees

submitted

certain

questions

and

requests

for

additional

information

to

Fund

management.

The

Independent

Trustees

also

met

in

private

sessions

with

their

independent

legal

counsel

to

consider

the

Contract

Renewal

Information

and

Fund

management’s

responses

to

the

Independent

Trustees’

questions

and

requests

for

additional

information

in

advance

of

and

during

the

Contract

Renewal

Meeting.

The

### discussion
below

reflects

all

of

these

reviews.

The

Manager

provides

the

Fund

with

investment

advisory

and

administrative

services

pursuant

to

the

### Management
Agreement,

and

the

Sub-Advisers

together

provide

the

Fund

with

investment

sub-advisory

services

pursuant

to

the

Sub-

Advisory

Agreements.

The

### discussion
below

covers

both

the

advisory

and

administrative

functions

being

rendered

by

the

Manager,

each

such

function

being

encompassed

by

the

### Management
Agreement,

and

the

investment

sub-advisory

functions

being

rendered

by

the

Sub-Advisers

pursuant

to

the

Sub-Advisory

Agreements.

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

Shareholder

Information

76

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

#### Board

#### Approval

#### of

### Management

#### Agreement