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Templeton China Fund

Franklin Templeton Investment Funds
	Templeton China Fund
		Regional Portfolio Structure(Semi-Annual Comparison)
		Sectorial Portfolio Structure(Semi-Annual Comparison)

Price

Ranking

Sector:	Far East-Equity-General
Size:	(USD) 313 770 000

Sector Rank:	15 out of 18
(lump sum over 3 years to 30 Sep 2025)

Overall Rank:	377 out of 491
(lump sum over 3 years to 30 Sep 2025)

R20000 invested on 30 Sep 2022 was worth R25 412 at 30 Sep 2025
(8.31% annual compound return)

R5000 per month since 30 Sep 2022 was worth R228 230 at 30 Sep 2025
(14.96% annual return compounded monthly)

Please note that offshore fund performance figures are calculated from NAV prices (ie, equivalent to sell-to-sell) and therefore not directly comparable to domestic fund performance figures on this site.

Management
Dr Mark Mobius, PhD
Mark Mobius joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1987 as president of the Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Inc in Hong Kong, with responsibility for all of Templeton's emerging markets activity. In this capacity, he directs the analysts based in Templeton's eleven emerging markets offices and manages the emerging markets portfolios. Dr Mobius has spent over thirty years working in Asia and other parts of the emerging markets world, and has extensive experience in economic research and analysis. Each year he spends over 200 days travelling from one emerging market to another in search of emerging market opportunities. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Investments, from 1983 to 1986 he was president of International Investment Trust Company Ltd - Taiwan's first and largest investment management firm. He had served as a director at Vickers da Costa, an international securities firm. He started in that firm's Hong Kong office in 1980, and then moved to Taiwan in 1983 to open an office and to direct operations in India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Korea. Before joining Vickers, Dr Mobius operated his own consulting firm in Hong Kong for ten years, and was a research scientist for Monsanto Overseas Enterprises Company in Hong Kong and the American Institute for Research in Korea and Thailand. Dr Mobius holds bachelor and master degrees from Boston University; and received his PhD in economics and political science in 1964 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also studied at the University of Wisconsin, University of New Mexico, and Kyoto University in Japan.

Focus and Objective
Long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located primarily in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Technical Overview
Benchmark:	MSCI Golden Dragon Index
Allows debit orders	No	Formation date:	01 Sep 1994
Annual Registrar Fee	0.20%	Management fee (p.a.):	2.12%
Base currency:	USD	Minimum lump sum:	$5 000
Broker Comm. Payable	Yes	Minimum monthly:	$1 000
Domicile	Luxembourg	Number of holdings:	77
Exit fee charge:	No	Pricing system:	Forward

Top holdings on 30 Jun 2025

Share (Sector)	Value (USD)	% of fund
TENCENT (Cyclical Goods & Services)	29 274 741	9.33%
ALIBABA (Consumer Services)	27 297 990	8.70%
XIAOMI (Technology)	26 513 565	8.45%
CHINACONSTRUC (Banks)	16 723 941	5.33%
MEITU DIA (Telecom)	14 025 519	4.47%
TRIPCOMGROUP (Consumer Services)	13 900 011	4.43%
INDUST&COMM (Banks)	10 605 426	3.38%
BYD (Equities)	10 291 656	3.28%
NETEASE.COM (Technology)	9 977 886	3.18%
PICC_PROP (Insurance)	9 695 493	3.09%
TOTALS	168 306 228	53.64%