Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee
future results. Current performance may differ from figures shown. Investment
return and principal value will fluctuate with market conditions, and you may
have a gain or loss when you sell your shares.
Hypothetical $10,000 investment
$10,000 invested in the fund at inception, with all dividend and capital gain distributions reinvested, including sales charges, would be worth:
$16,406.00
as of September 30, 2009
(updated quarterly)
Inception Date 2 June 23, 1999
Fund's Benchmark3
A benchmark is a comparable broad-based index that can be used in evaluating a fund's performance.
S&P 500 Index
Russell 3000 Growth
Max. Initial Sales Charge
5.75%
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Annual Total Return (For the past 10 years or since inception for younger funds)
Results in %
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Including all sales charges
-43.52
13.97
0.63
4.68
10.53
35.65
-39.44
-27.03
-30.09
Without sales charges
-40.08
20.93
6.76
11.07
17.31
43.94
-35.74
-22.59
-25.83
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Important Legal Information
For more information on any of our funds, contact your financial advisor or download a free prospectus. Investors should carefully consider a fund's investment goals, risks, sales charges and expenses before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.
The manager of the Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund uses an aggressive growth strategy which involves a greater degree of risk. The fund may be more volatile than a more conservative equity fund, and it may be best suited for long-term investors. The fund's investments in smaller-company stocks involve special risks, such as relatively small revenues, limited product lines and small market share. Smaller-company stocks historically have exhibited greater price volatility than larger-company stocks, particularly over the short term. The fund's portfolio includes investments in the technology sector, which has been among the most volatile sectors in the market. These and other risks are described more fully in the fund's prospectus.
Footnotes
1.
After-tax average annual total returns represent the average change in value of an investment on an annualized basis. Returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rates; state and local taxes are not considered. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your particular tax situation and may differ from those shown. The before shares sold calculation assumes taxes are paid on fund distributions (dividends and capital gains) but does not reflect taxes that may be incurred upon sale or exchange of shares. The after shares sold calculation also adjusts for taxes due if the fund investment is sold at the end of the measurement period.
2.
For performance reporting purposes, the inception date for Classes A, R, Z and Advisor Class shares of all Franklin Templeton Funds is the date of effectiveness of the fund's registration statement or the first day the fund commenced operations. For Classes B and C shares of those funds, except Mutual Series, Class B of the Franklin Income Fund, and Class C of the Franklin International Small Cap Growth Fund and the Franklin Large Cap Equity Fund, inception date is the first day the fund commenced offering such shares. Franklin Income Fund Class B uses the inception date of the old Class B shares, renamed Class B1, for performance reporting purposes. For Mutual Series Funds and Franklin International Small Cap Growth and Franklin Large Cap Equity Funds, the inception date for Classes A, B, C and R shares is the funds' oldest class', Z or Advisor, inception date.
3.
Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in them.
