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| UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY | |||||||||
| Investment Company Act File Number : | 811-5452 | ||||||||
| Name of Registrant: | Putnam Premier Income Trust | ||||||||
| Address of Principal Executive Offices: | One Post Office Square | ||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts 02109 | |||||||||
| Name and address of agent of service: | James P. Pappas, Vice President | ||||||||
| Putnam Premier Income Trust | |||||||||
| One Post Office Square | |||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts 02109 | |||||||||
| CC: | Bryan Chegwidden, Esq. | ||||||||
| Ropes & Gray LLP | |||||||||
| 1211 Avenue of the Americas | |||||||||
| New York, New York 10036 | |||||||||
| Registrant's telephone number including area code: | (617) 292-1000 | ||||||||
| Date of fiscal year end: | 7/31/13 | ||||||||
| Date of reporting period: | 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014 | ||||||||
| Registrant : | Putnam Premier Income Trust | |||||||
| Fund Name : | Putnam Premier Income Trust | |||||||
| Date of fiscal year end: | 07/31/2013 | |||||||
| Lear Corporation | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| LEA | CUSIP 521865204 | 05/15/2014 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Annual | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1 | Elect Richard H. Bott | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 2 | Elect Thomas P. Capo | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 3 | Elect Jonathan F. Foster | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 4 | Elect Kathleen A. Ligocki | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 5 | Elect Conrad L. Mallett, Jr. | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 6 | Elect Donald L. Runkle | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 7 | Elect Matthew J. Simoncini | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 8 | Elect Gregory C. Smith | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 9 | Elect Henry D. G. Wallace | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 10 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 11 | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 12 | Amendment to the 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 13 | Amendment to the Annual Incentive Plan | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| MTR Gaming Group, Inc. | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| MNTG | CUSIP 553769AL4 | 01/08/2014 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Consent | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1 | TO AMEND THE INDENTURE TO PERMIT THE FORMATION OF A NEW HOLDING COMPANY AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE MERGER AGREEMENT. | Mgmt | For | Against | Against | |||
| Putnam Short Term Investment Fund | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| CUSIP 74676P664 | 02/27/2014 | Voted | ||||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Special | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1 | Approving a new management contract for your fund | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 2 | Elect Liaquat Ahamed | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 3 | Elect Ravi Akhoury | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 4 | Elect Barbara M. Baumann | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 5 | Elect Jameson A. Baxter | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 6 | Elect Charles B. Curtis | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 7 | Elect Robert J. Darretta | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 8 | Elect Katinka Domotorffy | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 9 | Elect John A. Hill | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 10 | Elect Paul L. Joskow | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 11 | Elect Kenneth R. Leibler | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 12 | Elect Robert E. Patterson | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 13 | Elect George Putnam, III | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 14 | Elect Robert L. Reynolds | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 15 | Elect W. Thomas Stephens | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 16 | Approving an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for your fund | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| N/A | CUSIP 89816T202 | 11/26/2013 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Annual | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Michael Elkins | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Against | |||
| 1.2 | Elect David Licht | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Against | |||
| 1.3 | Elect Jeffrey Gilbert | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Against | |||
| Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to have been voted against management's recommendation if management's recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' and for management’s recommendation if management’s recommendation is ‘Abstain.’ Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item, a ballot marked 'For' or 'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.' | ||
| Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, 'N/A' is used to indicate that there is no management recommendation that a shareholder may vote 'For' or 'Against.' | ||
| SIGNATURES | ||
| Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. | ||
| Registrant: | Putnam Premier Income Trust | |
| By: | /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz | |
| Name: | Jonathan S. Horwitz | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison | |
| Date: | August 8, 2014 | |