Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 12

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 12
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4.

Assumes

reinvestment

of

distributions

based

on

the

dividend

reinvestment

and

cash

purchase

plan.

5.

Source:

FactSet.

ICE

BofA

U.S.

Treasury

Bill

Index

tracks

the

performance

of

U.S.

dollar-denominated

U.S.

Treasury

bills

publicly

issued

in

the

U.S.

domestic

market.

Qualifying

securities

must

have

a

remaining

term

of

at

least

one

month

to

final

maturity

and

a

minimum

amount

outstanding

of

$1

billion.

Important

data

provider

notices

and

terms

available

at

www.franklintempletondatasources.com.

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

### Financial
Highlights

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

The

accompanying

notes

are

an

integral

part

of

these

### financial
statements.

8

a

#### Year

#### Ended

#### July

#### 31,

#### 2025

#### 2024

#### 2023

#### 2022

#### 2021

#### Per

#### share

#### operating

#### performance
(for

a

share

outstanding

throughout

the

year)

Net

asset

value,

beginning

of

year

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

$3.85

$3.82

$4.12

$4.62

$4.80

Income

from

investment

operations:

Net

investment

income

a

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

0.21

0.24

0.23

0.21

0.21

Net

realized

and

unrealized

gains

(losses)

...........

0.05

0.10

(0.23)

(0.41)

(0.04)

Total

from

investment

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

0.26

0.34

—

(0.20)

0.17

Less

distributions

from:

Net

investment

income

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

(0.20)

(0.21)

(0.26)

(0.26)

(0.07)

Tax

return

of

capital

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

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.05