Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 104

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 104
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629

Unrealized

depreciation

on

forward

premium

swap

option

contracts

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

1,815,817

TBA

sale

commitments,

at

value

(proceeds

$9,472,031)

(Note

1d)

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

9,460,993

Accrued

expenses

and

other

liabilities

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

267,598

Total

liabilities

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

105,891,512

Net

assets,

at

value

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

$362,991,821

Net

assets

consist

of:

Paid-in

capital

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

$600,996,062

Total

distributable

earnings

(losses)

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

(238,004,241)

Net

assets,

at

value

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

$362,991,821

Shares

outstanding

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

95,567,537

Net

asset

value

per

share

a

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

$3.80

a

Net

asset

value

per

share

may

not

recalculate

due

to

rounding.

Putnam

Premier

Income

Trust

### Financial
Statements

Statement

of

### Operations
for

the

year

ended

July

31,

2025

franklintempleton.com

Annual

Report

The

accompanying

notes

are

an

integral

part

of

these

### financial
statements.

40

#### Putnam

#### Premier

#### Income

#### Trust
Investment

income:

Dividends:

Non-controlled

affiliates

(Note

3

e

)

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

$2,330,814

Interest:

Unaffiliated

issuers

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

20,841,850

Total

investment

income

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

23,172,664

Expenses:

### Management
fees

(Note

3

a

)

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

2,673,000

Administrative

fees

(Note

3

b

)

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

5,889

Transfer

agent

fees

(Note

3

)

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

181,152

Custodian

fees

(Note

4

)

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

62,872

Reports

to

shareholders

fees

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

110,899

Registration

and

filing

fees

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

69,536

Professional

fees