GOF SA5 03/22
SUPPLEMENT DATED MARCH 25, 2022
TO THE CURRENTLY EFFECTIVE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OF EACH FUND LISTED BELOW
Franklin Alternative Strategies Fund
Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund
Franklin K2 Long Short Credit Fund
Franklin California Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
Franklin California Intermediate-Term Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Custodian Funds
Franklin DynaTech Fund
Franklin Growth Fund
Franklin Income Fund
Franklin U.S. Government Securities Fund
Franklin Utilities Fund
Franklin Focused Growth Fund
Franklin ETF Trust
Franklin Equity Portfolios
Franklin Fixed Income Portfolios
Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Fund Allocator Series
Franklin Corefolio Allocation Fund
Franklin Global Allocation Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ Retirement Income Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2020 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2025 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2030 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2035 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2040 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2045 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2050 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2055 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin LifeSmart™ 2060 Retirement Target Fund
Franklin Conservative Allocation Fund
Franklin Moderate Allocation Fund
Franklin Growth Allocation Fund
Franklin U.S. Core Equity (IU) Fund
Franklin International Core Equity (IU) Fund
Franklin Emerging Market Core Equity (IU) Fund
Franklin Global Trust
Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities Fund
Franklin International Small Cap Fund
Franklin International Growth Fund
Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund
Franklin High Income Trust
Franklin High Income Fund
Franklin Investors Securities Trust
Franklin Adjustable U.S. Government Securities Fund
Franklin Convertible Securities Fund
Franklin Equity Income Fund
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund
Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund
Franklin Managed Income Fund
Franklin Total Return Fund
Franklin Managed Trust
Franklin Rising Dividends Fund
Franklin Municipal Securities Trust
Franklin California High Yield Municipal Fund
Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund
Franklin Mutual European Fund
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund
Franklin New York Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin New York Tax-Free Trust
Franklin New York Intermediate-Term Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Real Estate Securities Trust
Franklin Real Estate Securities Fund
Franklin Strategic Mortgage Portfolio
Franklin Strategic Series
Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund
Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund
Franklin Natural Resources Fund
Franklin Strategic Income Fund
Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series E
Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series I
Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series CH
Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series H
Franklin Tax-Free Trust
Franklin Federal Intermediate-Term Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Federal Limited-Term Tax Free Income Fund
Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Massachusetts Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin New Jersey Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Alabama Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Georgia Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Louisiana Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Maryland Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Missouri Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Municipal Green Bond Fund
Franklin North Carolina Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Virginia Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Arizona Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Colorado Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Connecticut Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Michigan Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Minnesota Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Ohio Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Oregon Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Pennsylvania Tax-Free Income Fund
Franklin Templeton Trust
Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund
Franklin U.S. Government Money Fund
Franklin Value Investors Trust
Franklin MicroCap Value Fund
Franklin Mutual U.S. Value Fund
Franklin Small Cap Value Fund
Institutional Fiduciary Trust
Money Market Portfolio
Templeton China World Fund
Templeton Developing Markets Trust
Templeton Funds
Templeton Foreign Fund
Templeton World Fund
Templeton International Climate Change Fund
Templeton Global Investment Trust
Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
Templeton Global Balanced Fund
Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series EM
Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund
Templeton Growth Fund, Inc.
Templeton Income Trust
Templeton Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Templeton Global Bond Fund
Templeton Global Total Return Fund
Templeton International Bond Fund
Templeton Institutional Funds
Foreign Smaller Companies Fund
International Equity Series
The Funds’ statements of additional information (SAIs) are amended as follows:
I. For each Fund that has “Foreign Securities” disclosure under the “Goals, Strategies and Risks – Glossary of Investments” section of the SAI (except for the Franklin International Core Equity (IU) Fund, Franklin Emerging Markets Core Equity (IU) Fund, Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities Fund, Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund, Franklin Total Return Fund, Franklin Strategic Income Fund, Templeton Developing Markets Trust, Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund and Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series EM), the following is added after the seventh paragraph under the heading “Foreign Securities:”
Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the resulting responses by the United States and other countries, and the potential for wider conflict could increase volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect regional and global economies. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia, certain Russian individuals, banking entities and corporations, and Belarus as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and may impose sanctions on other countries that provide military or economic support to Russia. The extent and duration of Russia’s military actions and the repercussions of such actions (including any retaliatory actions or countermeasures that may be taken by those subject to sanctions, including cyber attacks) are impossible to predict, but could result in significant market disruptions, including in certain industries or sectors, such as the oil and natural gas markets, and may negatively affect global supply chains, inflation and global growth. These and any related events could significantly impact the Fund’s performance and the value of an investment in the Fund, even if the Fund does not have direct exposure to Russian issuers or issuers in other countries affected by the invasion.
II. For all Funds, the following is added under “Goals, Strategies and Risks – Glossary of Investments” section in their SAIs:
Cybersecurity Risk With the increased use of technologies such as mobile devices and Web-based or “cloud” applications, and the dependence on the Internet and computer systems to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. In general, cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events (arising from external or internal sources) that may cause the Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption, physical damage to a computer or network system or lose operational capacity. Cybersecurity attacks include, but are not limited to, infection by malicious software, such as malware or computer viruses or gaining unauthorized access to digital systems, networks or devices that are used to service the Fund’s operations (e.g., through “hacking,” “phishing” or malicious software coding) or other means for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cybersecurity attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on the Fund’s websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). Recently, geopolitical tensions may have increased the scale and sophistication of deliberate cybersecurity attacks, particularly those from nation-states or from entities with nation-state backing. In addition, authorized persons could inadvertently or intentionally release confidential or proprietary information stored on the Fund’s systems.
Cybersecurity incidents affecting the Fund’s investment manager and other service providers to the Fund or its shareholders (including, but not limited to, sub-advisers, accountants, custodians, sub-custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries) have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to both the Fund and its shareholders, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business and the Fund to process transactions (including fulfillment of purchases and redemptions), violations of applicable privacy and other laws (including the release of private shareholder information) and attendant breach notification and credit monitoring costs, regulatory fines, penalties, litigation costs, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, forensic investigation and remediation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could result from cybersecurity
incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages in transactions, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions (including financial intermediaries and other service providers) and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to safeguard against and reduce the risk of any cybersecurity incidents in the future. In addition to administrative, technological and procedural safeguards, the Fund’s investment manager has established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent or reduce the impact of, such cybersecurity incidents. However, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified, as well as the rapid development of new threats. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.
Because technology is frequently changing, new ways to carry out cyber attacks are always developing. Therefore, there is a chance that some risks have not been identified or prepared for, or that an attack may not be detected, which puts limitations on the Fund's ability to plan for or respond to a cyber attack. Like other funds and business enterprises, the Fund, the investment manager and their service providers are subject to the risk of cyber incidents occurring from time to time.
Please keep this supplement with your SAI for future reference.