Company: PPT
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-010195
Chunk: 193

Company: PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-09-26
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 193
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for

an

additional

one-

year

period.

#### Nature,

#### Extent

#### and

#### Quality

#### of

#### the

#### Services

#### under

#### the

### Management

#### Agreement

#### and

#### Sub-Advisory

#### Agreements
The

Board

received

and

considered

Contract

Renewal

Information

regarding

the

nature,

extent,

and

quality

of

services

provided

to

the

Fund

by

the

Manager

and

the

Sub-Advisers

under

the

### Management
Agreement

and

the

Sub-Advisory

Agreements,

respectively,

during

the

past

year.

The

Board

noted

information

received

at

regular

meetings

throughout

the

year

related

to

the

services

provided

by

the

Manager

in

its

### management
of

the

Fund’s

affairs

and

the

Manager’s

role

in

coordinating

the

activities

of

the

Sub-Advisers

and

the

Fund’s

other

service

providers.

The

Board

observed

that

the

scope

of

services

provided

by

the

Manager

and

the

Sub-Advisers,

and

of

the

undertakings

required

of

the

Manager

and

Sub-Advisers

in

connection

with

those

services,

including

maintaining

and

monitoring

their

respective

compliance

programs

as

well

as

the

Fund’s

compliance

programs,

had

expanded

over

time

as

a

result

of

regulatory,

market

and

other

developments.

The

Board

also

noted

that

on

a

regular

basis

it

received

and

reviewed

information

from

the

Manager

and

the

Sub-Advisers

regarding

the

Fund’s

compliance

policies

and

### procedures
established

pursuant

to

Rule

38a-1

under

the

1940

Act.

The

Board

also

considered

the

risks

borne

by

the

Manager,

the

Sub-Advisers

and