Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 106

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 106
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,239,309

Net

increase

(decrease)

in

net

assets

resulting

from

### operations
..........................................

$24,985,193

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

### Financial
Statements

Statements

of

Changes

in

Net

Assets

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#### Putnam

#### Premier

#### Income

#### Trust

#### Year

#### Ended

#### July

#### 31,

#### 2025

#### Year

#### Ended

#### July

#### 31,

#### 2024
Increase

(decrease)

in

net

assets:

Operations:

Net

investment

income

.................................................

$19,745,884

$23,349,281

Net

realized

gain

(loss)

.................................................

1,781,836

(22,356,765)

Net

change

in

unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

...........................

3,457,473

31,011,496

Net

increase

(decrease)

in

net

assets

resulting

from

### operations
................

24,985,193

32,004,012

Distributions

to

shareholders

..............................................

(19,390,338)

(20,299,800)

Distributions

to

shareholders

from

tax

return

of

capital

...........................

(10,429,111)

(9,704,516)

Total

distributions

to

shareholders

..........................................

(29,819,449)

(30,004,316)

Capital

share

transactions

(Note

2

)

..........................................

(107,871)

(3,872,140)

Net

increase

(decrease)

in

net

assets

...................................

(4,942,127)

(1,872,444)

Net

assets:

Beginning

of

year

.......................................................

367,933,948

369,806,392

End

of

year

...........................................................

$362,991,821

$367,933,948

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

Notes

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### Financial
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#### Organization

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#### Significant

#### Accounting