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:
$68,886.00
as of September 30, 2009
(updated quarterly)
Inception Date 3 December 31, 1992
Fund's Benchmark4
A benchmark is a comparable broad-based index that can be used in evaluating a fund's performance.
S&P 500 Index
MSCI World Index
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
Including all sales charges
-30.95
4.58
15.94
8.66
12.14
23.59
-14.58
-4.94
Without sales charges
-26.73
10.96
23.02
15.29
18.98
31.13
-9.39
0.86
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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 Mutual Global Discovery Fund's focus on value securities carries special risks as such securities may not increase in price as anticipated or may decline further in value. Foreign securities risks include currency fluctuations, and economic and political uncertainties. Smaller-company stocks increase the risk of price fluctuation. The fund may also invest in companies engaged in mergers, reorganizations, or liquidations, as well as lower rated bonds, which entail higher credit risk. Please consult the prospectus for a more detailed description of the fund's risks.
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.
Prior to November 1, 1996, the fund offered only a single class of shares without a sales charge and Rule 12b-1 expenses, Class Z shares. Figures reflect a restatement of the original share class to include both the Rule 12b-1 fees and maximum initial sales charges (when quoting figures with sales charges) applicable to each share class as though in effect from the fund's inception. For periods after November 1, 1996, actual performance is used, reflecting all charges and fees applicable to that class.
3.
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.
4.
Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in them.
