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* Donahue John C. (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 Intermediate Municipal Income Fund FPT 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) ___X___ Director ________ 10% Owner ___X __ Officer (give title below) ________ Other (specify below) President 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/Yeany 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 12/20/2002 P 3,400 A $15 3,400 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/Yea(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/ John C. Donahue December 23, 2002 **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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* Donahue John C. (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) 12/20/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___X___ Director ________ 10% Owner ___X __ Officer (give title below) ________ Other (specify below) President 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/Yeany 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 3,400 A $15 3,400 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/Yea(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/ John C. Donahue December 23, 2002 **Signature of Reporting Person Date