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Franklin Templeton Investments Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011
1. Organization
(a) Inception and Financial Reporting Dates
The Franklin Templeton Investments Funds (the “Funds”) are open-ended mutual fund trusts and unit trusts governed by the laws of
Ontario pursuant to a Master Declaration of Trust, with inception dates as follows:
Templeton Funds
Templeton Asian Growth Fund ............................................................................... December 23, 2010
Templeton Canadian Balanced Fund .......................................................................... September 14, 1994
Templeton Canadian Stock Fund ............................................................................. January 3, 1989
Templeton EAFE Developed Markets Fund ..................................................................... January 2, 1994
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund ........................................................................... September 20, 1991
Templeton Frontier Markets Fund ............................................................................ July 11, 2011
Templeton Global Balanced Fund (formerly Templeton Global Income Fund) .......................................... December 1, 2005
Templeton Global Bond Fund ................................................................................ June 7, 1988
Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund .................................................................... January 3, 1989
Templeton International Stock Fund ........................................................................... January 3, 1989
Franklin Funds
Franklin Flex Cap Growth Fund .............................................................................. March 27, 1997
Franklin High Income Fund ................................................................................. February 7, 2003
Franklin Strategic Income Fund .............................................................................. February 7, 2003
Franklin U.S. Core Equity Fund .............................................................................. July 25, 2007
Franklin U.S. Rising Dividends Fund .......................................................................... December 1, 1984
Franklin World Growth Fund ................................................................................. February 27, 2008
Bissett Funds
Bissett All Canadian Focus Fund ............................................................................. September 3, 2004
Bissett Bond Fund ........................................................................................ August 1, 1986
Bissett Canadian Balanced Fund ............................................................................. August 1, 1991
Bissett Canadian Dividend Fund .............................................................................. December 12, 2003
Bissett Canadian Equity Fund ................................................................................ March 1, 1983
Bissett Canadian High Dividend Fund ......................................................................... June 30, 1996
Bissett Canadian Short Term Bond Fund ....................................................................... December 12, 2003
Bissett Corporate Bond Fund ................................................................................ December 11, 2006
Bissett Dividend Income Fund ............................................................................... May 31, 1988
Bissett Focus Balanced Fund ................................................................................ January 5, 2009
Bissett Microcap Fund ..................................................................................... August 19, 1997
Bissett Small Cap Fund ..................................................................................... January 2, 1992
Bissett Strategic Income Fund ............................................................................... December 19, 2011
Bissett U.S. Focus Fund .................................................................................... February 27, 2008
Mutual Series Funds
Mutual Beacon Fund ...................................................................................... December 31, 1996
Mutual Global Discovery Fund (formerly Mutual Discovery Fund) .................................................... February 7, 2003
Franklin Templeton Funds
Franklin Templeton Canadian Core Equity Fund ................................................................. June 23, 2008
Franklin Templeton Canadian Large Cap Fund .................................................................. June 23, 2008
Franklin Templeton Global Blend Fund ........................................................................ January 5, 2009
Franklin Templeton Money Market Fund ....................................................................... August 1, 1991
Franklin Templeton Treasury Bill Fund ........................................................................ February 29, 1988
Franklin Templeton U.S. Money Market Fund ................................................................... May 1, 2000
Each of the Funds may offer one or more series of units designated as Series A, F, I, O, R, S, T and T USD. Each Series differs by its initial
sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, management fees and initial minimum investment amount. Series T and T USD have the
same features except that the latter is offered in USD only.
Bissett Canadian Balanced Fund, Franklin Templeton Global Blend Fund and Bissett Strategic Income Fund invest in mutual funds
(“Underlying Funds”) managed by Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. (the “Manager”), an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin
Resources Inc. (“FRI”), a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
206 Franklin Templeton Investments Funds