UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-08226
Templeton Global Investment Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL
33301-1923
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Craig S. Tyle, One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 954
527-7500
Date of fiscal year end: 8/31
Date of reporting period: 2/28/22
Item
1. Reports to Stockholders.
The
following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to
Rule30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)
(17 CFR 270.30e-1.)
Include a
copy of each notice transmitted to stockholders in reliance on Rule 30e-3 under
the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-3) that contains disclosures specified by paragraph
(c)(3) of that rule.
(a) The
Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive
officers and principal financial and accounting officer.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(f) Pursuant
to Item 13(a)(1), the Registrant is attaching as an exhibit a copy of its code
of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal
financial and accounting officer.
Item 3. Audit Committee
Financial Expert.
(a)(1) The
Registrant has an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit
committee.
(2) The
audit committee financial experts are Ann Torre Bates and David W. Niemiec and they
are "independent" as defined under the relevant Securities and
Exchange Commission Rules and Releases.
Item 4.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
N/A
Item
5. Audit Committee
of Listed Registrants.
N/A Item
6. Schedule of Investments.
N/A
Item 7
. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and
Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. N/A
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management
Investment Companies.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End
Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers. N/A
Item
10
. Submission of Matters to
a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no changes to the procedures by which
shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's Board of Trustees that
would require disclosure herein.
Item 11. Controls and
Procedures.
(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures. The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures
that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to
be disclosed in the Registrant’s filings under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules
and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is
accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant’s
management, including the principal executive officer and the principal
financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no
matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
achieving the desired control objectives.
Within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, the Registrant
had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation
of the Registrant’s management, including the Registrant’s principal executive
officer and the Registrant’s principal financial officer, of the effectiveness
of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and
procedures. Based on such evaluation, the Registrant’s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant’s
disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(b)
Changes in Internal Controls.
There have been no changes in the Registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period
covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect the internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of
Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Company. N/A
(a)(2) Certifications pursuant
to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of
Matthew T. Hinkle
,
Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration, and
Christopher Kings, Chief Financial Officer, Chief
Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Matthew T. Hinkle, Chief Executive Officer -
Finance and Administration, and Christopher Kings, Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST
By S\MATTHEW T. HINKLE______________________
Chief Executive Officer
- Finance and Administration
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By S\MATTHEW T. HINKLE______________________
Chief Executive Officer
- Finance and Administration
By S\CHRISTOPHER KINGS______________________
Chief Financial
Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer