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All investments in mutual funds and securities are subject to market risks and the NAVs of the schemes may go up or down depending upon the factors and forces affecting the securities market including the fluctuations in the interest rates. There can be no assurance that the schemes’ investment objectives will be achieved. The past performance of the mutual funds managed by the Franklin Templeton Group and its affiliates is not necessarily indicative of future performance of the schemes. The the names of the schemes/plans do not in any manner indicate the quality of the schemes/plans, their future prospects or returns. The Mutual Fund is not guaranteeing or assuring any dividend under any of the schemes. The Mutual Fund is also not assuring that it will make any dividend distributions under the dividend plans of the schemes though it has every intention of doing so. All dividend distributions are subject to the investment performance of the schemes and availability and adequacy of distribution surplus. The expenses of the Fund of Funds scheme will be over and above the expenses charged by the underlying schemes. The existence, accuracy and performance of the S&P CNX Nifty Index and BSE Sensex Index will directly affect the performance of index schemes and tracking errors are inherent in any index scheme. All subscriptions in FIT and FITF are subject to a lock-in period of 3 years from the date of allotment and the unitholder cannot redeem, transfer, assign or pledge the units during this period. All subscriptions in TIPP are locked in for a period of 3 full financial years. The Trustee, AMC, their directors or their employees shall not be liable for any of the tax consequences that may arise, in the event that the Scheme is wound up before the completion of the lock-in period. Investors are requested to review the prospectus carefully and obtain expert professional advice with regard to specific legal, tax and financial implications of the investment/participation in the scheme. All subscriptions in TICAP are locked till the beneficiary child attains 18 years of age. All subscriptions in TIMMA are locked-in for a period of 15 days. The investments made by the schemes are subject to external risks. Please read the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and Scheme Information Document (SID) before investing.
STATUTORY DETAILS
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund in India has been set up as a trust by Templeton International Inc. (liability restricted to the seed corpus of Rs.1 lac) with Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Pvt. Ltd. as the Trustee (Trustee under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882) and Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. as the Investment Manager.
SCHEME CLASSIFICATION, INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND PATTERN
Franklin India Bluechip Fund (FIBCF) is an open end growth scheme with an objective to primarily provide medium to long term capital appreciation. The investment range is: Equity- Above 60%, Debt- Upto 40% and Money Market Instruments- Upto 15%. Franklin India Prima Fund (FIPF) is an open end growth scheme with an objective to provide medium to long term capital appreciation as a primary objective and income as a secondary objective. The investment range is: Equity- Above 60%, Debt- Upto 40% and Money Market Instruments- Upto 15%. Franklin India Prima Plus (FIPP) is an open end growth scheme with an objective to provide growth of capital plus regular dividend through a diversified portfolio of equities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The investment range is: Equity- At least 40%, Debt- Upto 40% and Money Market Instruments- Upto 20%. Franklin Infotech Fund (FIF) is an open end growth scheme with an objective to provide long term capital appreciation from a portfolio that is invested primarily in the information technology industry. The investment range is: Equities/Equity related instruments- Upto 100%, and Money Market Instruments- Upto 60%. Under normal circumstances at least 65% of the total assets will be invested in the equities of information technology industry. Franklin India Opportunities Fund (FIOF) is an open end diversified growth scheme with an objective to generate appreciation by capitalising on long – term growth opportunities in the Indian economy. The investment range is: Equities/Equity related instruments- Upto 100%, and Money Market Instruments- Upto 35%. Franklin India Taxshield (FIT) is an open end equity linked savings scheme with an objective to provide medium to long term growth of capital along with income tax rebate. The investment range is: Equities/Equity related instruments- Upto 100%, PSU Bonds / Debentures- Upto 20% and Money Market Instruments- Upto 20%. Templeton India Income Builder Account (TIIBA) is an open end income scheme with an objective to provide investors regular income under the Dividend Plan and Capital appreciation under the Growth Plan. The investment range is: Debentures (investment grade, privately placed etc), Bonds issued by public sector units & other fixed income instruments (including Securitised Debt)- Upto 100%, Money Market Instruments- Upto 20% and Shares- Upto 20%. FT India Balanced Fund (FTIBF) is an open end balanced scheme with an objective to provide long term growth of capital and current income by investing in equity, equity related securities and fixed income instruments. The high quality fixed income securities would include AAA rated corporate debt, PSU bonds, central and state government securities and money market instruments. The investment range is: Equities/Equity related instruments- 51% to 70%, Fixed Income and Money Market Instruments- 30% to 20% (including high quality securitised debt upto a maximum limit of 10% of the scheme’s corpus). Within the allocation towards fixed income instruments, up to 90% may be invested in Government securities (Central/State Government) supported by unconditional guarantee of the respective governments. Franklin India International Fund (FINTF) is an open end foreign securities income scheme with an objective to provide returns by investing predominantly in overseas mutual fund which primarily invests in US Government Securities or securities backed by the US Government. The scheme proposes to invest in units of Franklin US Government Fund. The investment range is : Franklin US Government Fund primarily investing in US Government Securities or securities backed by the US Government national mortgage association obligations (Ginnie Maes) –80% - 100%, Cash , Money Market Instruments and Short Term Instruments in India –0% - 20%. Templeton India Growth Fund (TIGF) is an open end growth scheme with the objective to provide long-term capital growth to its unitholders. The investment range is: Equity- Equity & Equity linked - 85%, Debt/Money Market - 15%. Templeton India Income Fund (TIIF) is an open end income scheme with the objective to generate a steady stream of income through investment in fixed income securities. The investment range is: Debt instrument- upto 100%, Money Market Instrument: upto 25%. Franklin India Index Fund (FIIF) is an open end index linked growth scheme with the objective to invest in companies whose securities are included in the Nifty and subject to tracking errors, endeavouring to attain results commensurate with the S&P CNX Nifty Index under NSE Nifty Plan, and to provide returns that, before expenses, closely correspond to the total return of common stocks as represented by the BSE Sensex under BSE Sensex Plan. The investment range is: NSE Nifty Plan: Securities covered by the Nifty – Up to 100%, Money Market Instruments, Convertible Bonds & Cash including Money at Call but excluding subscription and redemption Cash Flow – Up to 5%; BSE Sensex Plan: Securities covered by BSE Sensex – Up to 100%, Money Market Instruments, Convertible Bonds & other securities including Cash at Call but excluding subscription and redemption Cash Flow – Up to 20%. Franklin India Index Tax Fund (FITF) is an open end index linked equity linked savings scheme scheme with the objective to invest in companies whose securities are included in the Nifty and subject to tracking errors, endeavouring to attain results commensurate with the S&P CNX Nifty Index. The investment range is: Securities covered by Nifty- upto 100%, Money Market Instruments, Convertible Bonds & Cash including Money at Call but excluding subscription and redemption Cash Flow- upto 5%. The Money market instruments, convertible bonds & cash including money at call but excluding Subscription and Redemption Cash Flow would be allowed to go up to 10% before a rebalancing would be called for. Templeton Monthly Income Plan (TMIP) is an open-end income scheme (with no assured returns) having an objective to earn regular income for investors through investment primarily in high rated domestic fixed income securities. The investment range is: Debt including corporate debt, PSU Bonds, Gilts & Securitised Debt - up to 100%, Money Market Instruments - up to 20%, Equity & Equity linked Instruments- up to 15%. Templeton India Cash Management Account (TICMA) is an open end liquid scheme with the objective of providing income and liquidity consistent with prudent risk from a portfolio comprising of money market and debt instruments. The investment range is: Money Market Instruments & Cash & Deposits (including money at Call, Mibor linked instruments & Fixed Deposits): 65% - 100%, Debt including Corporate Debt, PSU Bonds, Gilts & Securitised Debts: 0%. - 35%. It is the intention of the Fund that the investment in Securitised Debts will not, normally, exceed 35% of the Corpus of the scheme. Templeton India Government Securities Fund (TGSF) is an open end dedicated Gilts scheme with the objective to generate credit risk-free return through investments in sovereign securities issued by the Central Government and/or State Government and/or any security unconditionally guaranteed by the Central Government and/or State Government for repayment of Principal and Interest. The investment range is: Composite Plan/PF Plan/Treasury Plan: Gilt- 100%; Long Term Plan – Gilt: 70% - 100%, Money Market Instruments and securities held under reverse repo – 0% - 30%. In normal circumstances, the average maturity of the securities in Long Term Plan will be over 3 years. Treasury Plan will have a portfolio with a shorter maturity. Templeton Floating Rate Income Fund (TFIF) is an open end income scheme with the objective to provide income consistent with the prudent risk from a portfolio comprising substantially of floating rate debt instruments, fixed rate debt instruments swapped for floating rate returns, and also fixed rate instrument and money market instruments. The investment range is: Fixed rate instruments- 0% - 35%, Floating rate instrument: 65%- 100%. Investment in securitised debts (including floating securitisation) will not, normally, exceed 35% of the net assets of the scheme. Floating Rate debt instruments include fixed rate instruments swapped for floating rate returns. The portfolio of the Short Term Plan will normally be skewed towards short term maturities and the portfolio of the Long Term Plan will be normally skewed towards longer term maturities. Franklin FMCG Fund (FFF) is an open end growth scheme with an objective to provide long term capital appreciation from a portfolio that is invested primarily in the shares of companies operating in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. The investment range is: Equities/Equity related instruments – Upto 100%, Money Market Instruments – Upto 35%. Under normal circumstances at least 65% of the total assets will be invested in the equities of FMCG industry. Franklin Pharma Fund (FPF) is an open end growth scheme with an objective to provide long term capital appreciation from a portfolio that is invested in shares of companies operating in pharmaceutical/life sciences industry sector. The investment range is: Equities/Equity related instruments – Upto 100%, Money Market Instruments – Upto 35%. Under normal circumstances at least 65% of the total assets will be invested in the equities of the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. FT India Monthly Income Plan (FTIMIP) is an open end income scheme (with no assured returns) with an objective to provide regular income from a portfolio that is invested in predominantly high quality fixed income securities with a maximum exposure of 20% to equities. The investment range is: Fixed Income instruments (includes securitised debt) including cash and money market instruments – Upto 100%, Equities – Upto 20%. Templeton India Pension Plan (TIPP) is an open end tax saving scheme whose objective is to provide investors regular income under the Dividend Plan and capital appreciation under the Growth Plan. The investment range is: Debentures (investment grade, privately placed etc.), Bonds issued by Public Sector Units & Money Market Instruments (including Securitised Debt): up to 100%, Equities, Preference Shares & Equity related instruments: up to 40%. Templeton India Money Market Account (TIMMA) is an open end liquid scheme with an objective to provide investors with a high degree of liquidity combined with current income through investment in high quality money market instruments such as treasury bills, dated government securities having an unexpired maturity up to 1 year, call money, rated commercial papers, trade/commercial bills accepted/co-accepted by banks, repos, certificates of deposit and other money market instruments that may be notified by RBI/SEBI from time to time. The Investment Range is: Money Market Instruments (including Cash/Call Money) – 100%. Templeton India Treasury Management Account (TITMA) is an open end liquid scheme with an objective to provide current income with high liquidity. The investment Ranges are: Money market instruments – 70% - 100%, Debenture (investment grade, privately placed etc.) – 0%-30%. The fund will under normal circumstances, invest at least 70% of its corpus in money market instruments, Government of India securities, Zero coupon bonds/treasury bills etc. and not more than 30% of the corpus in debentures (including public sector bonds/corporate debenture). Within the allocation towards fixed income instruments, upto 30% may be invested in Government securities (central/state government) supported by unconditional guarantee of the respective governments. The proposed limit for each type of individual security is as follows: Debentures (investment grade, privately placed etc.) – Upto 30%, Public sector bonds – Upto 30%, Commercial Paper – Upto 50% and other Money Market Instruments/treasury bills, unconditionally guaranteed Government Securities – Upto 100%. Templeton India Children’s Asset Plan (TICAP) is an open end balanced scheme whose objective is to provide regular income under the Education Plan and Dividend option of Gift Plan and capital appreciation under the Growth option of Gift Plan. The investment range is: Education Plan - Debentures (investment grade, privately placed etc.), Bonds issued by public sector units, other Fixed Income instruments & Money Market Instruments: 80% - 100%, Equities and Equity Linked instruments: 0% - 20%. Gift Plan - Debentures (investment grade, privately placed etc.), Bonds issued by public sector units, other Fixed Income instruments and Money Market Instruments: 25% - 60%, Equities and Equity Linked instruments: 40% - 75%. On an average at least 80% of the corpus under Education Plan will be invested in Fixed Income instruments and under Gift Plan, at least 65% of the corpus will be invested in equities. At any point of time, not more than 10% of the equity investments shall be made in securities, which are not listed and traded on any stock exchange. Fixed Income instruments would include high quality securitised debt (up to a maximum limit of 10% of the scheme’s corpus), Central and State Government securities. Within the allocation towards Fixed Income instruments, up to 90% may be invested in the securities of Central/State Governments, which are unconditionally guaranteed. Templeton India Short-Term Income Plan (TISTIP) is an open end income scheme with an objective to provide stable returns by investing in fixed income securities. The investment range is: Debentures (investment grade, privately placed, etc.), government securities and other fixed income instruments - Upto 100% ( if the scheme decides to invest in securitised debt, it is the intention of the Fund Manager that such investments will not exceed 30% of the corpus of the scheme), Money Market Instruments and securities held under reverse repos (including debentures with maturity less than 1 year)- Upto 100%. Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund (FIFCF) is an open end diversified equity fund that seeks to provide medium to long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks across the entire market capitalisation range. The investment range is: Equities and Equity-linked instruments (including investments in ADR/GDR up to 50%) 75% - 100% out of which, Large Cap: 20%-100%, Mid Cap 0%-70% and Small Cap 0%-40%, Debt Securities (including securitised debt) 0%-25%, Money market instruments 0%-25%. Exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50% of the net assets of the scheme. Templeton India Equity Income Fund (TIEIF) is an open end diversified equity fund to provide a combination of regular income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in stocks that have current or potentially attractive dividend yield. The investment range is: Equities & Equity-linked instruments: 70% - 100% out of which, Large Companies: 20% - 75%, Other Companies: 0% - 25%, Foreign Securities as permitted by SEBI/RBI: 0% - 50%, Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt), Money Market Instruments & Cash: 0% - 30%. Investments in ADR/GDR/Foreign Securities/FCCBs and any other instruments as may be permitted by SEBI/RBI up to 50%; exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50%. Large Company means any company having market capitalisation of Rs.1350 crores and above. Other Company means any company having market capitalisation less than Rs.1350 crores. Franklin Asian Equity Fund (FAEF) is an open end diversified equity fund that seeks to provide medium to long term appreciation through investments primarily in Asian Companies / sectors (excluding Japan) with long term potential across market capitalisation. The investment range is: Equities and Equity Linked instruments: 70% - 100% out of which, Domestic securities- 0% - 40%, Foreign Securities (including investments in units/securities of overseas mutual funds/unit trusts and such other foreign securities/ instruments as may be permitted by SEBI/RBI)- 50% - 100%, Domestic Debt securities (Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments: 0% - 30%. Exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50% of the net assets of the scheme. The scheme would predominantly invest in Foreign Securities of Asian companies (excluding Japan) and other companies that are benefiting from growth in Asian economies. Franklin India High Growth Companies Fund (FIHGCF) is an open-end diversified equity fund that seeks to achieve capital appreciation through investments in Indian companies/sectors with high growth rates or potential. The investment range is: Equities and Equity Linked instruments- 70% - 100%, Debt securities (Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments- 0% - 30%. Investments in Foreign Securities as may be permitted by SEBI/RBI up to 35% of the net assets of the scheme, exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50% of the net assets of the scheme. Franklin Build India Fund (FBIF) is an open-end equity fund which seeks to achieve capital appreciation through investments in companies engaged either directly or indirectly in infrastructure-related activities. The investment range is : Equities and Equity-linked instruments: 70%-100% (Infrastructure-related companies: 65%-100%, Other companies: 0%-35%); Debt securities (including government securities & securitised debt) and Money Market Instruments: 0%-30% [including investments in Foreign Securities as may be permitted by SEBI/RBI up to 35% of the net assets of the scheme, exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50%]. Templeton India Ultra-short Bond Fund (TIUBF) is an open-end income fund that seeks to provide a combination of regular income and high liquidity by investing primarily in a mix of short term debt and money market instruments. The investment range is: Debt securities with maturity up to 12 months and Money Market Instruments- 70% - 100%, Debt securities with maturity over 12 months- 0% - 30%. Debt includes Securitised Debt. Investments in Foreign Securities as may be permitted by SEBI/RBI up to 50% of the net assets of the scheme. FT India Life Stage Fund of Funds (FTLF) is an open end fund of funds scheme seeking to generate superior risk adjusted returns to investors in line with their chosen asset allocation. FT India Dynamic PE Ratio Fund of Funds (FTDPEF) is an open end fund of funds scheme seeking to provide long-term capital appreciation with relatively lower volatility through a dynamically balanced portfolio of equity and income funds. The equity funds allocation will be determined based on the month-end weighted average PE ratio of the S&P CNX Nifty Index (NSE Nifty). Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund (FISCF) is a closed end diversified equity fund that seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in mid and small cap companies. The investment range is: Equities & Equity-linked instruments: 75% - 100% out of which, Smaller Companies: 75% - 100%, Other Companies: 0% - 25%, Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt), Money Market Instruments & Cash: 0% - 25%. Investments in ADR/GDR/foreign securities up to 50% of the equity/debt portion; exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50%. Smaller Company means any company, which has a market capitalisation below that of the 100th stock in S&P CNX 500 Index (i.e. top 20% of the Index by market capitalisation) and may or may not be a company forming part of the S&P CNX 500 index. Other Company means any company which has market capitalization of the 100th stock and above in S&P CNX 500 Index and may or may not be a company forming part of the S&P CNX 500 index. Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series I – (FTFTF-I), Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series II (FTFTF-II), Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series IV (FTFTF-IV), Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series VI (FTFTF-VI), Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series VIII (FTFTF-VIII), Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series IX (FTFTF-IX), Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series X (FTFTF-X) and Franklin Templeton Fixed Tenure Fund – Series XII are closed end income schemes that seek to provide investor steady returns along with capital appreciation through equity exposure. The investment range is: 5 Years (60 Months) Plans: Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments: 70% - 100%, Equities & Equity linked instruments: 0%-30%. 3 Years (36 Months) Plan: Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments: 80% - 100%, Equities & Equity linked instruments: 0% - 20%. Investments in ADR/GDR/foreign securities up to 40% of the equity/debt portion, exposure in derivatives up to a maximum of 50%. The schemes will invest in a portfolio predominantly of fixed income securities that are generally maturing in line with the duration of the Scheme. Templeton Fixed Horizon Fund – Series IV (TFHF–IV), Templeton Fixed Horizon Fund – Series IX(TFHF–IX) and Templeton Fixed Horizon Fund – Series XI (TFHF–XI) are closed end income funds that seek to generate returns and reduce interest rate volatility, through a portfolio of fixed income securities with a maturity profile generally in line with the fund's duration. The investment range is: Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments: 100%. Franklin Templeton Capital Safety Fund (FTCSF) and Franklin Templeton Capital Protection Oriented Fund (FTCPOF) are capital protection oriented funds that endeavour to protect the capital by investing in high quality fixed income securities as the primary objective and generate capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity related instruments as a secondary objective. The investment ranges (initial deployment of funds collected during NFO with an intention to protect capital) are: 5 Years Plan - Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments: 70% - 100%, Equities & Equity linked instruments: 0% - 30%. 3 Years Plan - Debt Securities (including Securitised Debt) and Money Market Instruments: 80% - 100%, Equities & Equity linked instruments: 0% - 20%. The Scheme will invest in a portfolio predominantly of fixed income securities that are generally maturing in line with the duration of the respective Plan.
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