13D Filings
Putnam Premier Income Trust
PPT
Amendment
Ownership

23.00%

Total Shares

21,965,065

Issuer CIK

827773

CUSIP

746853100

Event Date

Jan 6, 2025

Accepted

Jan 8, 2025, 03:32 PM

Reporting Persons (2)
Joint Filing

This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.

NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
Sit Investment Associates, Inc.
Investment Adviser
23.00%21,965,065021,965,065
Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC
Investment Adviser
23.00%21,965,065021,965,065
Disclosure Items (3)

Security Title

Common Stock

Issuer Name

Putnam Premier Income Trust

Percentage of Class

The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by Sit Entities herein is based upon 95,598,021 Shares outstanding as of July 31, 2024, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's Report on Form N-CSR filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. As of the date hereof, the Sit Entities may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 21,965,065 Shares held in client accounts which represent 23.0% of the Issuer's outstanding Shares.

Number of Shares

Each of the Sit Entities may be deemed to have shared power to vote and dispose of such Shares. However, none of SIA's or SFI's directors or executive officers own Shares directly.

Transactions

Transactions in Shares by the Sit Entities in the last 60 days are set forth in Exhibit A.

Shareholders

The clients of SIA and SFI have the right to participate in the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sales of, the Shares held for their respective accounts.

Date of 5% Ownership

Not applicable

Exhibit A: Schedule of Transactions in Shares by Sit Entities in the last 60 days.