Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 190

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 190
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Board

received

throughout

the

course

of

the

year

with

respect

to

the

Franklin

Templeton

Closed-

end

Funds

was

relevant

to

the

Board’s

consideration

of

the

### Management
Agreement

and

Sub-Advisory

Agreements.

A

presentation

made

by

the

Manager

and

the

Sub-Advisers

to

the

Board

at

the

Contract

Renewal

Meeting

in

connection

with

the

Board’s

evaluation

of

each

of

the

### Management
Agreement

and

the

Sub-Advisory

Agreements

encompassed

the

Fund

and

other

Franklin

Templeton

Closed-end

Funds.

In

addition

to

the

Contract

Renewal

Information,

the

Board

received

performance

and

other

information

related

to

the

respective

services

rendered

by

the

Manager

and

the

Sub-Advisers

to

the

Fund.

The

Board’s

evaluation

took

into

account

the

information

received

and

also

reflected

the

knowledge

and

experience

gained

as

members

of

the

Boards

of

the

other

Franklin

Templeton

Closed-end

Funds

with

respect

to

the

services

provided

to

the

Fund

by

the

Manager

and

the

Sub-Advisers.

The

information

received

and

considered

by

the

Board

(including

its

various

committees)

in

conjunction

with

both

the

Contract

Renewal

Meeting

and

throughout

the

year

was

both

written

and

oral.

The

contractual

arrangements

discussed

below

are

the

product

of

multiple

years

of

review

and

negotiation

and

information

with

respect

to

the

other

Franklin

Templeton

Closed-end

Funds

received

and

considered

by

the

Board

during

each

of

those

years.

At

a

meeting

held

on

April