UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940 FORM 4
/ / Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16, Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b)
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Dawson III William D.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Federated Investors, Inc.
1001 Liberty Avenue
(Street)
Pittsburgh PA 15222-3779
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund FMN
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
4. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_______ Director ________ 10% Owner
___X____ Officer (give title below) ___X___ Other (specify below)
Chief Investment Officer; Director Federated Investment Management Co.
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Limit)
__X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_______ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of 2. 2A. Deemed 3. 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. 7. Nature of
Security Transaction Execution Transaction(A) or Disposed of Securities Ownership Indirect
(Instr. 3) Date Date if Code (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Month/Day/Year)any 5) Owned at End of Direct (D) Ownership
(Month/Day/ (Instr. Month (Instr. 3 or (Instr. 4)
Year) 8) and 4) Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or Price
(D)
Common Stock 12/19/2002 P 200 A $15 200 D
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of 2. 3. 3A. Deemed 4. 5. Number of 6. Date
Derivative Security Conversion Transaction Execution Transaction Derivative Exercisable and
(Instr. 3) or Exercise Date Date if any Code Securities Expiration Date
Price of (Month/Day/Year(Month/Day/ (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Derivative Year) Disposed of (D)
Security (Instr. 3, 4,
and 5)
Code V (A) (D) Date
Exercisable Expiration
Date
7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership Form of 11. Nature of
Underlying Securities Derivative derivative Securities Derivative Security: Direct Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Owned at (D) or indirect (I) Beneficial
(Instr. 5) End of Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who
are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.
/s/William D. Dawson III December 19, 2002
**Signature of Reporting Person Date