Franklin LifeSmart 2050 Retirement Target Fund - A

HISTORICAL DATA - After-Tax Average Annual Total Returns

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  • Indexes are unmanaged, and one cannot invest directly in an index. Index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
  • Total Returns include change in share price, assume reinvestment of all distributions, and reflect the deduction of fund expenses and applicable fees. Total Returns With Sales Charge: returns reflect the deduction of the stated sales charge. Total returns, distribution rate, and yields reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the results for those impacted funds would have been lower.
  • Your clients should carefully consider a fund's investment goals, risks, charges and expenses before investing. Download a prospectus, which contains this and other information. Your clients should read the prospectus carefully before they invest or send money.
  • Effective 1/29/2021, the fund modified the landing point of its glide path (the strategic asset allocation of a target date fund over time) to be in line with the new required minimum distribution (RMD) age of 72. Effective 5/1/19, the fund made changes to its glide path and asset allocation, including removing its strategic allocation to alternative investments. Additionally, the fund revised its fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements to include acquired fund fees and expenses. Such changes can impact performance. The fund's investment goal has remained the same.
  • The investment risk of the retirement target fund changes over time as its asset allocation changes. Since the fund invests in underlying funds, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which may engage in a variety of investment strategies involving certain risks, the Franklin LifeSmart 2050 Retirement Target Fund is subject to those same risks. All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. Principal invested is not guaranteed at any time, including at or after the fund's retirement target date; nor is there any guarantee that the fund will provide sufficient income at or through the investor's retirement. Stock prices fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and dramatically, due to factors affecting individual companies, particular industries or sectors, or general market conditions. Bond prices generally move in the opposite direction of interest rates. Thus, as the prices of bonds in the fund adjust to a rise in interest rates, the fund's share price may decline. Foreign investing carries additional risks such as currency and market volatility and political or social instability, risks which are heightened in developing countries. These risks are described more fully in the fund's prospectus. Investors should consult their financial professional for help selecting the appropriate fund of funds, or fund combination, based on an evaluation of their investment objectives, retirement time horizons and risk tolerance.

Footnotes

  1. A measure of the fund's volatility relative to the market, as represented by the Blended Benchmark. Allocations for the fund's blended benchmark reflect or map the fund's current target asset class allocations and may not be representative of the fund's historical asset class allocations. A beta greater than 1.00 indicates volatility greater than the market. Based on the 3-year period ended as of the date of the calculation.
  2. Prior to 9/10/18, these shares were offered at a higher initial sales charge of 5.75%; thus actual returns would have differed. Total returns with sales charges have been restated to reflect the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.50%.
  3. Net Asset Value — The amount per share you would receive if you sold shares that day.
  4. 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.
  5. Portfolio holdings are subject to change.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Portfolio holdings are subject to change. The asset class of each underlying fund is based on its predominant investments under normal market conditions. Alternatives Funds refers to the fund's investments in underlying Franklin commodities, managed futures funds, and multi-manager alternative strategies.
  9. For net asset value (NAV) purchases, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) may apply to shares redeemed within 18 months.
  10. 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.
  11. Percentage of the fund's returns explained by movements in the Blended Benchmark. 100 equals perfect correlation to the index. Based on the 3-year period ended as of the date of the calculation.
  12. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in them. Index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
  13. The fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of the underlying fund.
  14. The annualized percentage difference between a fund's actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk, as measured by beta.
  15. The Gross Expense Ratio does not include an expense reduction or fee waiver related to the fund's investment in a Franklin Templeton money fund and/or other underlying fund, contractually guaranteed through 4/30/20. Fund investment results reflect the expense reduction and fee waiver; without these reductions, the results would have been lower.
  16. 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).
  17. The expense ratio for this fund includes estimated indirect expenses of its underlying funds.
  18. 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.
  19. 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 and Franklin International Small Cap Growth 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.
  20. The hypothetical scenario does not take into account federal, state or municipal taxes. If taxes were taken into account, the hypothetical values shown would have been lower.
  21. Public Offering Price — Purchase price for each share of the fund on a given day. It includes the maximum initial sales charge, if any.

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