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PROSPECTUS OF FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT FUNDS
Franklin Templeton Investment Funds
Addendum dated April 2010 to
the full and simplified Prospectuses dated November 2009
(the “Addendum”)
The Board of Directors of Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (the “Company”) has approved the
following changes to the current full and simplified prospectuses:
Launch of new Funds of the Company
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT FUNDS—FRANKLIN GOLD AND PRECIOUS METALS FUND
Investment Objective and Policies
The Fund’s principal investment objective is capital appreciation. Its secondary objective is income.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests principally its net assets in securities issued by gold
and precious metals operation companies. Gold and precious metals operation companies include
companies that mine, process, or deal in gold or other precious metals, such as silver, platinum and
palladium, including mining finance and exploration companies as well as operating companies with
long-, medium-, or short-life mines.
The Fund principally invests in equity and/or equity-related securities such as common stocks, preferred
stocks, warrants and convertible securities issued by gold and precious metals operation companies
located anywhere in the world and across the entire market capitalization spectrum, including small-cap
and medium-cap companies, as well as in American, Global and European Depositary Receipts.
The base currency of the Fund is U.S. dollar.
Investment Manager
Franklin Advisers, Inc. has been appointed Investment Manager pursuant to an Investment Management
Agreement dated April 30, 2010 entered into between the Company and Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Classes of Shares
The Shares of the Fund are:
Class
Fund/Class
No Fund Name and Class Currency ISIN Code Launch date
1128 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (acc) USD USD LU0496367417 April 30, 2010
1129 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (acc) EUR EUR LU0496367763 April 30, 2010
1130 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (acc) HKD HKD LU0498741114 April 30, 2010
1131 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (acc) SGD SGD LU0498741890 April 30, 2010
1132 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (Ydis) EUR EUR LU0496367920 April 30, 2010
1133 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (acc) EUR-H1 EUR LU0496368142 April 30, 2010
1134 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (Ydis) EUR-H1 EUR LU0496368498 April 30, 2010
1135 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class I (acc) USD USD LU0496368654 April 30, 2010
1136 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class I (Ydis) USD USD LU0496368902 April 30, 2010
1137 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class N (acc) USD USD LU0496369116 April 30, 2010
1138 Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class N (acc) EUR EUR LU0496369389 April 30, 2010
Further details of these Classes of Shares and the charges relating to them are available under section
“Share Classes—Sales Charge Structure” of the current full prospectus of the Company.
For Class A Shares, a maintenance charge of up to 0.50% per annum of the applicable average net asset
value is deducted and paid to the Principal Distributor in order to compensate the Principal Distributor
for any expenses incurred by it in connection with Shareholders liaison and administration of the Shares.
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