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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: | John W. Gerstmayr, Esq. | ||||||||
| Ropes & Gray LLP | |||||||||
| Prudential Tower | |||||||||
| 800 Boylston Street | |||||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600 | |||||||||
| Registrant's telephone number including area code: | (617) 292-1000 | ||||||||
| Date of fiscal year end: | 7/31/11 | ||||||||
| Date of reporting period: | 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2012 | ||||||||
| Registrant : | Putnam Premier Income Trust | |||||||
| Fund Name : | Putnam Premier Income Trust | |||||||
| Date of fiscal year end: | 07/31/2011 | |||||||
| Magellan Health Services Inc. | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| MGLN | CUSIP 559079207 | 05/16/2012 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Annual | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Rene Lerer | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 1.2 | Elect Mary Sammons | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 1.3 | Elect Eran Broshy | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 2 | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 3 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| Opti Canada Inc. | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| OPCDF | CUSIP 68383KAB5 | 09/07/2011 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Special | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1 | Approval of the plan | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| RBS | CUSIP 780097AU5 | 05/30/2012 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Annual | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1 | Accounts and Reports | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 3 | Elect Alison Davis | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 4 | Elect Tony Di lorio | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 5 | Elect Baroness Sheila Noakes | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 6 | Elect Sir Sandy Crombie | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 7 | Elect Sir Philip Hampton | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 8 | Elect Stephen Hester | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 9 | Elect Penny Hughes | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 10 | Elect Joseph MacHale | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 11 | Elect Brendan Nelson | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 12 | Elect Arthur Ryan | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 13 | Elect Bruce Van Saun | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 14 | Elect Philip Scott | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 15 | Appointment of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 16 | Authority to Set Auditor's Fees | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 17 | Authority to Issue Shares w/ Preemptive Rights | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 18 | Authority to Issue Shares w/o Preemptive Rights | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 19 | Share Subdivision and Consolidation | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 20 | Amendments to Articles Regarding Deferred Shares | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 21 | Authority to Issue Shares w/ Preemptive Rights to Convert B Shares | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 22 | Authority to Issue Shares w/o Preemptive Rights to Convert B Shares | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 23 | Amendment to the Sharesave Plan and Irish Sharesave Plan | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 24 | Authority to Set General Meeting Notice Period at 14 Days | Mgmt | For | Against | Against | |||
| 25 | Authorisation of Political Donations | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. | ||||||||
| Ticker | Security ID: | Meeting Date | Meeting Status | |||||
| TRMPQ | CUSIP 89816T202 | 11/03/2011 | Voted | |||||
| Meeting Type | Country of Trade | |||||||
| Annual | United States | |||||||
| Issue No. | Description | Proponent | Mgmt Rec | Vote Cast | For/Agnst Mgmt | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Robert Griffin | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Against | |||
| 1.2 | Elect Eugene Davis | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Against | |||
| 2 | 2011 Equity Incentive Plan | Mgmt | For | For | For | |||
| 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, 2012 | |