Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 146

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 146
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are

free

of

material

misstatement,

whether

due

to

error

or

fraud.

Our

audits

included

performing

### procedures
to

assess

the

risks

of

material

misstatement

of

the

### financial
statements,

whether

due

to

error

or

fraud,

and

performing

### procedures
that

respond

to

those

risks.

Such

### procedures
included

examining,

on

a

test

basis,

evidence

regarding

the

amounts

and

disclosures

in

the

### financial
statements.

Our

audits

also

included

evaluating

the

accounting

principles

used

and

significant

estimates

made

by

management,

as

well

as

evaluating

the

overall

presentation

of

the

### financial
statements.

Our

### procedures
included

confirmation

of

securities

owned

as

of

July

31,

2025

by

correspondence

with

the

custodian,

transfer

agent,

agent

banks

and

brokers;

when

replies

were

not

received

from

brokers

or

agent

banks,

we

performed

other

auditing

procedures.

We

believe

that

our

audits

provide

a

reasonable

basis

for

our

opinion.

/s/

PricewaterhouseCoopers

LLP

Boston,

Massachusetts

September

23,

2025

We

have

served

as

the

auditor

of

one

or

more

investment

companies

in

the

Putnam

Funds

family

of

funds

since

at

least

1957.

We

have

not

been

able

to

determine

the

specific

year

we

began

serving

as

auditor.

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

Tax

Information

(unaudited)

59

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

By

mid-February,

tax

information

related

to

a

shareholder's

proportionate

share

of

distributions

paid

during

the

preceding

calendar

year

will

be

received,

if

applicable.

Please