Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 10

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 10
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(8/1/24–7/31/25)

#### Net

#### Investment

#### Income

#### Tax

#### Return

#### of

#### Capital

#### Total
$0.2029

$0.1091

$0.3120

#### See

#### page

#### 7

#### for

#### Performance

#### Summary

#### footnotes.
Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

Performance

Summary

6

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

#### See

#### page

#### 7

#### for

#### Performance

#### Summary

#### footnotes.
Total

Return

Index

Comparison

for

a

Hypothetical

$10,000

Investment

Total

return

represents

the

change

in

value

of

an

investment

over

the

periods

shown.

It

includes

any

applicable

maximum

sales

charge,

Fund

expenses,

account

fees

and

reinvested

distributions.

The

unmanaged

indexes

include

reinvestment

of

any

income

or

distributions.

They

differ

from

the

Fund

in

composition

and

do

not

pay

### management
fees

or

expenses.

One

cannot

invest

directly

in

an

index.

#### 07/31/15–07/31/25
Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

Performance

Summary

7

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

Events

such

as

the

spread

of

deadly

diseases,

disasters,

and

financial,

political

or

social

disruptions

may

heighten

risks

and

adversely

affect

performance.

The

Fund

is

actively

managed

but

there

is

no

guarantee

that

the

manager's

investment

decisions

will

produce

the

desired

results.

#### All

#### investments

#### involve

#### risks,

#### including

#### possible

#### loss

#### of

#### principal.

#### Fixed

#### income

#### securities
involve

interest

rate,

credit,

inflation

and

reinvestment

risks,

and

possible

loss

of

principal.

As

interest

rates

rise,

the

value

of

fixed

income

securities