Franklin K2 Long Short Credit Fund - C

HISTORICAL DATA - DISTRIBUTIONS PER SHARE

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All fund distributions will vary depending upon current market conditions, and past distributions are not indicative of future trends.

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  • Most Franklin Templeton funds offer multiple share classes. Share classes are subject to different fees and expenses, which will affect their performance. In general, Class A/A1 have a maximum initial sales charge; Class C/C1 shares have a 1% contingent deferred sales charge; Class Z, Advisor Class and Class R6 shares have no sales charges nor Rule 12b-1 fees; Class R shares have no sales charges, but do have a Rule 12b-1 fee.
  • 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.
  • All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. The market values of securities owned by the Fund will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. The Fund's performance depends on the manager's skill in selecting, overseeing, and allocating Fund assets to the sub-advisors. The Fund is actively managed and could experience losses if the manager's and sub-advisors' judgment about particular Fund portfolio investments prove to be incorrect. Some sub-advisors may have little or no experience managing the assets of a registered investment company. Bond prices generally move in the opposite direction of interest rates. Changes in the financial strength of a bond issuer or in a bond's credit rating may affect its value. Lower-rated or high yield debt securities ("junk bonds") involve greater credit risk, including the possibility of default or bankruptcy. Liquidity risk exists when securities become more difficult to sell, or are unable to be sold, at the price at which they've been valued. Investments in derivatives involve costs and create economic leverage, which may result in significant volatility and cause the Fund to participate in losses (as well as gains) that significantly exceed the Fund's initial investment. The Fund may make short sales of securities, which involves the risk that losses may exceed the original amount invested. Please see the prospectus for information on these as well as other risk considerations, including the risks of foreign investments.
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Footnotes

  1. Short Exposure: Sum of the short exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of total assets.
  2. Source: Hedgemark. Average Duration: A measure of the sensitivity of the price (the value of principal) of a fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The figure shown reflects certain derivatives held in the portfolio (or their underlying reference assets).
  3. Portfolio holdings are subject to change.
  4. The Gross Expense Ratio does not include an expense reduction contractually guaranteed through 9/30/21. Fund investment results reflect the expense reduction ("Total Annual Operating Expenses with Waiver"); without this reduction, the results would have been lower. Please see the prospectus for additional information.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  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. 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.
  10. 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.
  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. Long Exposure: Sum of the long exposures, directly or through derivatives, as a percentage of the total assets.
  13. Net Asset Value — The amount per share you would receive if you sold shares that day.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Percentage of the fund's returns explained by movements in the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. 100 equals perfect correlation to the index. Based on the 3-year period ended as of the date of the calculation.
  18. Source: Hedgemark. 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.
  19. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in them. Index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. Includes distribution and service (12b-1) fees; acquired fund fees and expenses; and other expenses.
  23. A measure of the fund's volatility relative to the market, as represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Includes distribution and service (12b-1) fees; acquired fund fees and expenses; and other expenses.
  26. The investment manager has contractually agreed to waive or assume certain expenses so that the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding 12b-1 fees; acquired fund fees and expenses; expenses related to securities sold short; and certain non-routine expenses) for each class of the fund do not exceed (and could be less than) 1.95% until September 30, 2018. This rate differs from the fund's "Net Expense Ratio," which reflects the full costs associated with an investment in the fund minus the contractual waivers/reductions, and is the figure that is used to calculate a fund's total returns.
  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. Reference Benchmark: The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index is solely utilized as a reference benchmark to illustrate difference in behavior between global fixed income markets and the fund. However, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index is not fully reflective of the risk profile of the fund, which is not limited to investing solely for long global fixed income market exposures.
  29. 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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