TYPE OF SCHEME

Small-cap Fund- An open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in small cap stocks
SCHEME CATEGORY

Small Cap Fund
SCHEME CHARACTERISTICS

Min 65% Small Caps
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in small cap companies
DATE OF ALLOTMENT:

January 13, 2006 (Launched as a closed end scheme, the scheme was converted into an open end scheme effective January 14, 2011).
FUND MANAGER(S):

Akhil Kalluri (effective September 8, 2022 )
R Janakiraman
Sandeep Manam
(dedicated for making investments for Foreign Securities)
BENCHMARK:

Nifty Smallcap 250

TURNOVER:
Portfolio Turnover	32.31%
VOLATILITY MEASURES (3 YEARS):
Standard Deviation	5.92%
Beta	0.86
Sharpe Ratio*	0.68
* Annualised. Risk-free rate assumed to be 5.34% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR)

BASE EXPENSE RATIO^#: 1.46%
BASE EXPENSE RATIO^# (DIRECT) : 0.79%
#Base Expense Ratio (BER) is the actual expense ratio charged as per the AUM slabs and within the BER limits prescribed in Regulation 66 of SEBI MF regulations. BER excludes brokerage and transaction costs incurred towards execution of trades and the applicable statutory levies as on that date. Brokerage and transaction costs incurred towards execution of trades and statutory levies are charged, at actuals, and is over and above the BER.
For Total Expense Ratio (TER) and break up of TER i.e., BER, brokerage and transaction costs and statutory levies, please refer to daily TER disclosures on our website www.franklintempletonindia.com. For detailed understanding of TER, please refer to the TER note on our website.

MINIMUM INVESTMENT/
MULTIPLES FOR NEW INVESTORS:

Rs 5000/1
MINIMUM INVESTMENT FOR SIP

Rs 500/1
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT/
MULTIPLES FOR EXISTING INVESTORS:

Rs1000/1
LOAD STRUCTURE:

Entry Load	:	Nil
Exit Load (for each purchase of Units)	:	1% if the Units are redeemed/switched-out within one year of allotment

Different plans have a different expense structure