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Templeton Emerging Markets Smaller Companies Fund Franklin Templeton Investment Funds Templeton Emerging Markets Smaller Companies Fund Regional Portfolio Structure(Semi-Annual Comparison) Sectorial Portfolio Structure(Semi-Annual Comparison) Price   Ranking Sector: Global-Equity-Emerging Markets Size: (USD) 315 830 000   Sector Rank: 26 out of 28 (lump sum over 3 years to 31 Jan 2026)   Overall Rank: 320 out of 502 (lump sum over 3 years to 31 Jan 2026)   R20000 invested on 31 Jan 2023 was worth R24 132 at 31 Jan 2026 (6.46% annual compound return)   R5000 per month since 31 Jan 2023 was worth R190 399 at 31 Jan 2026 (3.62% 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 The fund's primary objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing at least two-thirds of net assets in small-cap companies in emerging market countries or in companies that derive a significant share of revenue from emerging markets.   Technical Overview Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Index Annual fee (A): 2.10 Formation date: 18 Oct 2007 Base currency: USD Management fee (p.a.): 2.12% Domicile Luxembourg Number of holdings: 143   Top holdings on 30 Sep 2021 Share (Sector) Value (USD) % of fund BAJAJHOLDINGS (Financial Services) 21 934 100 4.21% MERIDAINDUSTR (Goods & Services) 16 463 600 3.16% HOAP JSC (Construction) 15 004 800 2.88% NOVATEKMICRO (Goods & Services) 14 379 600 2.76% RICHTERGEDEON (Equities) 13 546 000 2.60% DAQONEW (Energy) 10 732 600 2.06% SYNNEX CORP (Technology) 10 628 400 2.04% TOTALS 102 689 100 19.71%

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