Franklin K2 Global Macro Opportunities Fund - R6

TWELVE-MONTH-ROLLING DISTRIBUTIONS PER SHARE

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Footnotes

  1. Short Exposure: Sum of the short exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of total assets.
  2. Figures shown reflect certain derivatives held in the portfolio (or their underlying reference assets) and may not total 100% or may be negative due to rounding, use of derivatives, unsettled trades or other factors.
  3. A statistical measurement of a fund's historical risk-adjusted performance. It is calculated by taking a fund's excess return over that of the three-month Treasury bill divided by its standard deviation. Higher values generally indicate better historical risk-adjusted performance.
  4. Portfolio holdings are subject to change.
  5. A statistical measurement of a fund's historical risk-adjusted performance. It is calculated by taking a fund's excess return over that of the three-month Treasury bill divided by its standard deviation. Higher values generally indicate better historical risk-adjusted performance. Based on the 3 years ended as of the date of the calculation.
  6. Costs associated with the fund's short positions. The fund's manager and sub-advisors use short positions in an attempt to either protect against losses or provide an additional source of returns versus long-only strategies. There is no guarantee that these positions will perform as the fund's manager or sub-advisors intended, and losses may occur.
  7. A statistical measurement of the range of a fund's total returns. In general, a higher standard deviation means greater volatility. Based on the fund's monthly returns over the 3-year period ended as of the date of the calculation.
  8. Manager roster includes managers that have been appointed as sub-advisors or managers of investment funds. K2 may determine in its sole discretion not to allocate to one or more of the managers and or to add new managers. Accordingly, the manager roster is presented for illustrative purposes only, and should not be viewed as predictive of the ongoing composition of the Fund's portfolio, which may change at any time.
  9. Source: Hedgemark. The risk allocation data above represents how the fund's expected risk is distributed across the various categories or securities shown, based on holdings within the fund for the given as-of-date. Risk is defined as VaR, which is a measure of potential loss in value for a portfolio over a defined period for a given confidence level. The VaR exposure used to calculate these risk allocation figures is as previously described above (see VaR footnote - estimated one month VaR exposure calculated at the 95% confidence level). The Fund may hold cash and cash equivalent instruments that are not shown, as they don't contribute to the risk exposure of the Fund. Where a cash position would contribute to risk (ex. foreign spot currency cash), it is included within the illustration. Information is historical and may not reflect current or future portfolio characteristics. All portfolio holdings are subject to change.
  10. Net Exposure: Net exposure is the sum of the total value of all exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of total assets. The percentage value of the long positions less the percentage value of the short positions.
  11. Gross Exposure: Gross exposure is the sum of the absolute value of all exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of total assets. The sum of the percentage of long positions and short (in absolute terms) positions.
  12. Source: Hedgemark. Weightings as percent of invested capital into fund managers (sub-advisors or co-managers). Percentage may not total 100% due to rounding. Manager allocation includes managers that have been appointed as sub-advisors or managers of investment funds. K2 may determine in its sole discretion not to allocate to one or more of the managers and/or to add new managers. Accordingly, the manager allocation is presented for illustrative purposes only, and should not be viewed as predictive of the ongoing composition of the Fund's portfolio, which may change at any time.
  13. Top Risk Allocation by Asset Class is determined by issuer-level holding for the equity and fixed income asset classes, commodity subsector for the commodity asset class, and currency pair for the currency asset class. For issuer level holdings, issuer exposures include direct security holdings and single security and index/multiple security exposures obtained through the use of derivatives. Direct security holdings and single security derivatives exposures are combined for calculation purposes. The portfolio manager for the fund reserves the right to withhold release of information with respect to holdings that would otherwise be included in the top holdings list. The information provided is not a recommendation to purchase, sell, or hold any particular security.
  14. Long Exposure: Sum of the long exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of the total assets.
  15. The Gross Expense Ratio does not include an expense reduction and a Class R6 transfer agency fee reduction contractually guaranteed through 9/30/19. Fund investment results reflect any expense reduction and fee waiver ("Total Annual Operating Expenses with Waiver"), as applicable; without these reductions, the results would have been lower. Please see the prospectus for additional information.
  16. Source: Hedgemark. Actual Allocation is a percentage of invested capital into fund managers (sub-advisors or co-managers) as of the end of the period. Percentage may not total 100% due to rounding. Target Allocations reflect end of period target allocations. The Fund may shift allocations among strategies at any time. Further, K2 may determine in its sole discretion not to allocate to one or more of the strategies and or to add new strategies. Accordingly the above target allocations are presented for illustrative purposes only, and should not be viewed as predictive of the ongoing composition of the fund's portfolio (and its managers), which may change at any time.
  17. Net Asset Value — The amount per share you would receive if you sold shares that day.
  18. Costs associated with the fund's short positions. The fund's manager and sub-advisors use short positions in an attempt to either protect against losses or provide an additional source of returns versus long-only strategies. There is no guarantee that these positions will perform as the fund's manager or sub-advisors intended, and losses may occur.
  19. A measure of potential loss in value for a portfolio over a defined period of time at a given confidence level. This statistic reflects an estimated one-month VaR exposure calculated at the 95% confidence level, which implies there is a 5% chance the portfolio will lose that VaR amount or more over that time period, assuming that portfolio holdings remain the same. It's important to note that the actual risk an investment experiences may be higher or lower than the projected VaR estimate, as both portfolio positions and market volatility levels are subject to change.
  20. Standard deviation is a statistical measurement of the dispersion of historical returns. A higher standard deviation means greater volatility. Calculated by annualizing the standard deviation of the fund's daily returns over the 1-year period ended as of the date of the calculation.
  21. Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. www.hedgefundresearch.com. The HFR indices are being used under license from Hedge Fund Research, Inc., which does not endorse or approve of any of the contents of this report. Unlike most asset class indexes, HFR Index returns reflect fees and expenses.
  22. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in them. Index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
  23. The annualized percentage difference between a fund's actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk, as measured by beta.
  24. Information ratio is a way to evaluate a manager's ability to outperform a benchmark in relation to the risk that manager is assuming, with risk defined as deviation from the benchmark. This measure is calculated by dividing the portfolio's excess return (portfolio return less the benchmark return) by the tracking error (derived by taking the standard deviation of the monthly differences between the portfolio return and the benchmark return over time).
  25. For performance reporting purposes, the inception date for Classes A/A1, R, R6, 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 Class C shares, generally the inception date is the first day the fund commenced offering such shares. Exceptions: Templeton Global Balanced Fund Classes A and C use the inception date of the old Class A and C shares, renamed Class A1 and Class C1. For Franklin Mutual Series Funds, Franklin International Small Cap Growth Fund and Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund, the inception date for Classes A, C, R and R6 shares is the funds' oldest class', Z or Advisor, inception date. Franklin U.S. Government Money Fund Class R6 inception date is the first day it commenced offering such shares. For Franklin California Ultra-Short Tax-Free Income Fund Classes A1 and Advisor Class use the inception date of its predecessor, Franklin California Tax-Exempt Money Fund.
  26. The annualized percentage difference between a fund's actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk, as measured by beta. Based on the 3-year period ended as of the date of the calculation.
  27. Public Offering Price — Purchase price for each share of the fund on a given day. It includes the maximum initial sales charge, if any.
  28. Net Exposure: Net exposure is the sum of the total value of all exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of total assets. The percentage value of the long positions less the percentage value of the short positions.

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