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: Beth S. Mazor, Vice President Putnam Premier Income Trust One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109 |
| Copy to: John W. Gerstmayr, Esq. Ropes & Gray LLP One International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
| Registrant's telephone number
including area code: (617) 292-1000 |
| Date of fiscal year
end: 07/31 |
| Date of Reporting
Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 |
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
| ========================= PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST ========================== | |||||||
| COINMACH SERVICE CORP | |||||||
| Ticker: | DRY | Security ID: | 19259W107 | ||||
| Meeting Date: JUL 27, | 2005 | Meeting Type: A | |||||
| Record Date: JUN 14, | 2005 | ||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.01 | Elect Stephen R. Kerrigan | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.02 | Elect James N. Chapman | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.03 | Elect David A. Donnini | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.04 | Elect Woody M. McGee | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.05 | Elect Bruce V. Rauner | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.06 | Elect John R. Scheessele | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 2.00 | Ratify selection of auditors | For | For | Management | |||
| 3.00 | Approve other business | For | Against | Management | |||
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| CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. | |||||||
| Ticker: | CCI | Security ID: | 228227104 | ||||
| Meeting Date: MAY 25, | 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | |||||
| Record Date: MAR 31, | 2006 | ||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Director Ari Q. Fitzgerald | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.2 | Elect Director John P. Kelly | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.3 | Elect Director Robert E. Garrison, II | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 2 | Ratify Auditors | For | Abstain | Management | |||
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| DOBSON COMMUNICATION CORPORATION | |||||||
| Ticker: | DCEL | Security ID: | 256069105 | ||||
| Meeting Date: JUN 7, 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | ||||||
| Record Date: APR 17, | 2006 | ||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Director Everett R. Dobson | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.2 | Elect Director Stephen T. Dobson | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.3 | Elect Director Robert A. Schriesheim | For | For | Management | |||
| 2 | Amend Omnibus Stock Plan | For | Against | Management | |||
| 3 | Ratify Auditors | For | For | Management | |||
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| GENESIS HEALTHCARE CORP. | |||||||
| Ticker: | GHCI | Security ID: | 37184D101 | ||||
| Meeting Date: FEB | 22, 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | ||||||
| Record Date: JAN | 6, 2006 | |||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | ||||
| 1.1 | Elect Director Robert H. Fish | For | For | Management | ||||
| 1.2 | Elect Director Charles W. McQueary | For | For | Management | ||||
| 1.3 | Elect Director Charlene Connolly Quinn | For | For | Management | ||||
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| ION MEDIA NETWORKS INC | ||||||||
| Ticker: | ION | Security ID: | 704231604 | |||||
| Meeting Date: JUN | 23, 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | ||||||
| Record Date: APR | 24, 2006 | |||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | ||||
| 1 | Elect Director Frederick M. R. Smith | For | For | Management | ||||
| 2 | Change Company Name | For | For | Management | ||||
| 3 | Increase Authorized Common Stock | For | For | Management | ||||
| 4 | Approve Omnibus Stock Plan | For | Against | Management | ||||
| 5 | Ratify Auditors | For | For | Management | ||||
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| IWO HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||||
| Ticker: | Security ID: | 45071TAF2 | ||||||
| Meeting Date: MAR | 20, 2006 | Meeting Type: Written Consent | ||||||
| Record Date: MAR | 2, 2006 | |||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | ||||
| 1 | THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS | None | Did Not | Management | ||||
| Vote | ||||||||
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| KNOLOGY, INC. | ||||||||
| Ticker: | KNOL | Security ID: | 499183804 | |||||
| Meeting Date: MAY | 2, 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | ||||||
| Record Date: MAR | 7, 2006 | |||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | ||||
| 1.1 | Elect Director O. Gene Gabbard | For | Withhold | Management | ||||
| 2 | Approve Omnibus Stock Plan | For | Against | Management | ||||
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| NORTHWESTERN CORP | ||||||||
| Ticker: | NWEC | Security ID: | 668074305 | |||||
| Meeting Date: JUL | 14, 2005 | Meeting Type: A | ||||||
| Record Date: | MAY 16, 2005 | |||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | ||
| 1.01 | Elect Stephen P. Adik | For | For | Management | ||
| 1.02 | Elect E. Linn Draper Jr. | For | For | Management | ||
| 1.03 | Elect Jon S. Fossel | For | For | Management | ||
| 1.04 | Elect Michael J. Hanson | For | For | Management | ||
| 1.05 | Elect Julia L. Johnson | For | For | Management | ||
| 1.06 | Elect Philip L. Maslowe | For | For | Management | ||
| 2.00 | Ratify selection of auditors | For | For | Management | ||
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| PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST | ||||||
| Ticker: | PPT | Security ID: | 746853100 | |||
| Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | |||||
| Record Date: | APR 3, 2006 | |||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | ||
| 1.1 | Elect | Director J.A. Baxter | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.2 | Elect | Director C.B. Curtis | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.3 | Elect | Director M.R. Drucker | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.4 | Elect | Director C.E. Haldeman, Jr. | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.5 | Elect | Director J.A. Hill | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.6 | Elect | Director P.L. Joskow | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.7 | Elect | Director E.T. Kennan | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.8 | Elect | Director R.E. Patterson | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.9 | Elect | Director G. Putnam, III | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.10 | Elect | Director W.T. Stephens | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 1.11 | Elect | Director R.B. Worley | For | Did Not | Management | |
| Vote | ||||||
| 2 | Approve Conversion from Closed-End to | Against | Did Not | Management | ||
| Open-End Fund | Vote | |||||
| 3 | Approve Decrease in Size of Board | Against | Did Not | Management | ||
| Vote | ||||||
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| STERLING CHEMICALS, INC. | ||||||
| Ticker: | SCHI | Security ID: | 859166100 | |||
| Meeting Date: APR 21, 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | |||||
| Record Date: | MAR 3, 2006 | |||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Director Richard K. Crump | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 1.2 | Elect Director Dr. Peter Ting Kai Wu | For | Withhold | Management | |||
| 2 | Ratify Auditors | For | For | Management | |||
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| STERLING CHEMICALS, INC. | |||||||
| Ticker: | SCHI | Security ID: | 859166AA8 | ||||
| Meeting Date: APR 21, | 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | |||||
| Record Date: MAR 3, 2006 | |||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1 | Elect Director John W. Gildea | For | Against | Management | |||
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| SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP INC | |||||||
| Ticker: | SUNH | Security ID: | 866933401 | ||||
| Meeting Date: OCT 31, | 2005 | Meeting Type: S | |||||
| Record Date: SEP 16, | 2005 | ||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.00 | Approve common stock issuance | For | For | Management | |||
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| SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC. | |||||||
| Ticker: | SUNH | Security ID: | 866933401 | ||||
| Meeting Date: MAY 25, | 2006 | Meeting Type: Annual | |||||
| Record Date: APR 6, 2006 | |||||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.1 | Elect Director Gregory S. Anderson | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.2 | Elect Director Tony M. Astorga | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.3 | Elect Director Christrian K. Bement | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.4 | Elect Director Michael J. Foster | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.5 | Elect Director Barbara B. Kennelly | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.6 | Elect Director Steven M. Looney | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.7 | Elect Director Richard K. Matros | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.8 | Elect Director Keith W. Pennell | For | For | Management | |||
| 1.9 | Elect Director Milton J. Walters | For | For | Management | |||
| 2 | Amend Omnibus Stock Plan | For | Against | Management | |||
| 3 | Ratify Auditors | For | For | Management | |||
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| TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA INC | |||||||
| Ticker: | Security ID: | 894172113 | |||||
| Meeting Date: JUL | 22, | 2005 | Meeting Type: C | ||||
| Record Date: JUL | 11, | 2005 | |||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.00 | Misc. management - Fund/Trust/Debtholders For | Against | Management | ||||
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| WHX CORP | |||||||
| Ticker: | Security ID: 929248AB8 | ||||||
| Meeting Date: JUL | 11, | 2005 | Meeting Type: C | ||||
| Record Date: JUN | 14, | 2005 | |||||
| # | Proposal | Mgt Rec | Vote Cast | Sponsor | |||
| 1.00 | Approve plan of reorganization | For | Did Not | Management | |||
| Vote | |||||||
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, 'None' is used to indicate that there is no management recommendation that a shareholder may vote 'For' or 'Against.'
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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.
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PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST __________________________________________________________________________ (Registrant) |
By /s/ Charles E. Porter, Executive Vice President, Associate Treasurer
|
and Principal Executive Officer _______________________________________________________________________ (Signature & Title) |
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Date: August 11, 2006 |