FRANkLiN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT FUNDS - Citibank

PROSPECTUS OF FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT FUNDS
Facsimile Dealing
When purchase, redemption, exchange and/or transfer of Shares are made by facsimile, as long as and
when expressly allowed by the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent will rely on the facsimile instructions
received in good faith without further inquiry. The Transfer Agent may in its own discretion request a
written and duly signed confirmation (this includes the right to request original documentation), in which
case it may delay the processing of the request until receipt of the written confirmation thereof.
Neither the Board of Directors nor the Transfer Agent will accept responsibility for use of the incorrect
facsimile number, failure of the facsimile transmission or the working order of our facsimile machines or
for any allotment, transfer, payment or other act done in good faith in accordance with any facsimile
instructions.
For institutions issuing automatically generated unsigned fax orders an indemnity letter or agreement
must be provided with the relevant Application Form. Such institutions agree to indemnify the Company
or any other entity of Franklin Templeton Investments for any damage, loss or other expenses they may
incur further to the processing of erroneous facsimile instructions.
Trading Policy
Market timing generally. The Company discourages short- term or excessive trading, often referred to as
“market timing”, and intends to seek to restrict or reject such trading or take other action, as described
below, if in the judgment of the Company or Transfer Agent such trading may interfere with the efficient
management of the portfolio of any Fund, may materially increase the Fund’s transaction costs, administrative
costs or taxes, or may otherwise be detrimental to the interests of the Company and its Shareholders.
Market timing consequences. If information regarding a shareholder’s activity in the Company or in any
other Franklin Templeton investment fund or non- Franklin Templeton investment fund is brought to the
attention of the Company or the Transfer Agent and based on that information the Company or its agents
in their sole discretion conclude that such trading may be detrimental to the Company as described in this
Market Timing Trading policy, the Company may temporarily or permanently bar a Shareholder’s future
purchases into the Company or, alternatively, may limit the amount, number or frequency of any future
purchases and/or the method by which a Shareholder may request future purchases and redemptions
(including purchases and/or redemptions by an exchange or transfer between the Company and any
other Franklin Templeton investment fund).
In considering an investor’s trading activity, the Company may consider, among other factors, the
Shareholder’s trading history both directly and, if known, through financial intermediaries, in the Company,
in other Franklin Templeton investment funds, in non- Franklin Templeton investment funds, or in accounts
under common control or ownership.
Market timing through financial intermediaries. Shareholders are subject to this policy whether they are a
direct Shareholder of the Fund or are investing indirectly in the Company through a financial intermediary
such as a bank, an insurance company, an investment advisor, or any other Distributor that acts as
nominee for Shareholders subscribing the Shares in their own name but on behalf of its customers (the
Shares being held in an “omnibus account”).
While the Company will encourage financial intermediaries to apply the Company’s Market Timing Trading
policy to their customers who invest indirectly in the Company, the Company is limited in its ability to
monitor the trading activity or enforce its Market Timing Trading policy with respect to customers of
financial intermediaries. For example, should it occur, the Company may not be able to detect market
timing that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or made difficult to identify in the omnibus
accounts used by those intermediaries for aggregated purchases, exchanges and redemptions on behalf of
all their customers. More specifically, unless the financial intermediaries have the ability to apply the
Company’s Market Timing Trading policy to their customers through such methods as implementing
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