Franklin Templeton Investment Funds Japan Equity Franklin Japan Fund LU0231791483 31 August 2021 Fund Fact Sheet For Professional Client Use Only. Not for distribution to Retail Clients. Fund Overview Performance Base Currency for Fund JPY Performance over 5 Years in Share Class Currency (%) Total Net Assets (JPY) 9.13 billion Franklin Japan Fund I (acc) EUR Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) Fund Inception Date 01.09.2000 160 Number of Issuers 39 Benchmark Tokyo Stock Price Index 140 (TOPIX) Investment Style GARP Morningstar Category™ Japan Large-Cap Equity 120 Summary of Investment Objective The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by 100 primarily investing in equity securities of companies of any size located or performing business predominantly in Japan. 80 Fund Management 08/16 02/17 08/17 02/18 08/18 02/19 08/19 02/20 08/20 02/21 08/21 Peter Sartori: Singapore Discrete Annual Performance in Share Class Currency (%) Ferdinand Cheuk, CFA: Hong Kong 08/20 08/19 08/18 08/17 08/16 Lauran Halpin: United Kingdom 08/21 08/20 08/19 08/18 08/17 I (acc) EUR 23.27 0.56 -9.29 11.08 4.66 Asset Allocation Benchmark in EUR 20.43 1.43 -1.49 11.24 9.60 Performance in Share Class Currency (%) Cumulative Since 1 Mth 3 Mths 6 Mths YTD 1 Yr 3 Yrs 5 Yrs Incept % I (acc) EUR 4.02 7.32 6.54 6.37 23.27 12.45 30.73 31.90 Equity 97.93 Benchmark in EUR 3.37 5.30 5.27 6.73 20.43 20.34 46.72 97.86 Cash & Cash Equivalents 2.07 Category Average 3.55 4.85 5.62 7.15 22.47 21.11 46.40 91.38 Calendar Year Performance in Share Class Currency (%) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 I (acc) EUR 7.45 13.36 -14.81 11.89 1.04 Benchmark in EUR 3.75 21.71 -9.54 11.20 6.48 Past performance is not an indicator or a guarantee of future performance. All performance data shown is in the currency stated, include reinvested dividends and are net of management fees. Sales charges and other commissions, taxes and other relevant costs paid by the investor are not included in the calculations. When performance for either the portfolio or its benchmark has been converted, different foreign exchange closing rates may be used between the portfolio and its benchmark. Top Ten Holdings (% of Total) Fund Measures Issuer Name Price to Earnings (12-mo 15.85x SMC CORP 3.01 Trailing) JMDC INC 2.96 Price to Book 1.27x DAIFUKU CO LTD 2.84 Price to Cash Flow 10.41x CKD CORP 2.81 Historical 3 Yr Sales Growth 2.57% DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD 2.80 Estimated 3-5 Yr EPS Growth 18.35% FUJITSU LTD 2.79 Price to Earnings (12-mo 16.02x TOPCON CORP 2.77 Forward) MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO LTD 2.76 Standard Deviation (5 Yrs) 12.05% ROHM CO LTD 2.75 Sharpe Ratio (5 Yrs) 0.51 TBS HOLDINGS INC 2.71 Tracking Error (5 Yrs) 4.27% Information Ratio (5 Yrs) -0.58 Beta (5 Yrs) 0.94 Share Class Information (For a full list of available share classes, please visit our local website) Fees Fund Identifiers TER (%) Max. Annual Share Class Incept Date NAV 31.07.2021 Charge (%) Bloomberg ID ISIN Valoren I (acc) EUR 25.10.2005 EUR 13.19 0.93 0.70 TEMJIAE LX LU0231791483 2302524 Address Phone E-Mail Web Stockerstrasse 38 +41 (0)44 217 81 81 [email protected] www.franklintempleton.ch CH-8002 Zurich Franklin Japan Fund 31 August 2021 For Professional Client Use Only. Not for distribution to Retail Clients. Composition of Fund Franklin Japan Fund Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) Sector % of Total Market Capitalisation Breakdown in JPY % of Equity Industrials 33.56 / 24.27 <200.0 Billion 15.58 Information Technology 16.00 / 13.58 200.0-500.0 Billion 23.32 Consumer Discretionary 9.63 / 17.93 >500.0 Billion 61.10 Financials 9.49 / 8.99 Health Care 7.90 / 9.22 Performance Attribution by Security Real Estate 7.28 / 2.21 01.09.2020-31.08.2021 Total Effect Consumer Staples 6.46 / 7.68 5 Largest Contributing Securities Communication Services 2.71 / 7.80 TOPCON CORP 1.61 Materials 2.68 / 6.46 JMDC INC 1.37 Others 2.22 / 1.85 ROHM CO LTD 0.89 Cash & Cash Equivalents 2.07 / 0.00 AJINOMOTO CO INC 0.70 MURATA MANUFACTURING CO LTD 0.61 Performance Attribution by Sector 01.09.2020-31.08.2021 Total Effect 5 Smallest Contributing Securities Information Technology 3.23 TOTETSU KOGYO CO LTD -0.43 Health Care 2.44 *TOYOTA MOTOR CORP -0.44 Consumer Staples 0.82 COMSYS HOLDINGS CORP -0.52 Consumer Discretionary 0.32 SUNDRUG CO LTD -0.54 Utilities 0.31 TBS HOLDINGS INC -0.84 Financials 0.29 *Security not held in the portfolio at the end of the reporting period. Communication Services 0.21 Real Estate -0.14 Energy -0.24 Materials -0.58 Industrials -1.74 Cash & Other Net Assets -0.43 Largest Contributing Securities 01.08.2021-31.08.2021 Contribution to Return % JMDC Inc. Health Care Equipment & Services Japan 0.90 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. Capital Goods Japan 0.56 Topcon Corp. Technology Hardware & Equipment Japan 0.50 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Food Beverage & Tobacco Japan 0.38 Keyence Corporation Technology Hardware & Equipment Japan 0.24 TIS Inc. Software & Services Japan 0.24 SMC Corporation Capital Goods Japan 0.23 Fujitsu Limited Software & Services Japan 0.23 Air Water Inc. Materials Japan 0.21 Astellas Pharma Inc. Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences Japan 0.18 Smallest Contributing Securities 01.08.2021-31.08.2021 Contribution to Return % ENEOS Holdings, Inc. Energy Japan -0.19 ACOM Co., Ltd. Diversified Financials Japan -0.15 COMSYS Holdings Corporation Capital Goods Japan -0.08 TBS HOLDINGS INC. Media & Entertainment Japan -0.07 Raito Kogyo Co., Ltd. Capital Goods Japan -0.06 Rohm Co., Ltd. Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment Japan -0.04 Daifuku Co., Ltd. Capital Goods Japan -0.04 Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. Capital Goods Japan -0.03 Panasonic Corporation Consumer Durables & Apparel Japan -0.02 Sony Group Corporation Consumer Durables & Apparel Japan -0.02 What Are the Key Risks? The value of shares in the Fund and income received from it can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested. Performance may also be affected by currency fluctuations. Currency fluctuations may affect the value of overseas investments. The Fund invests mainly in Japanese equity securities. Such securities have historically been subject to significant price movements that may occur suddenly due to market or company-specific factors. As a result, the performance of the Fund can fluctuate significantly over relatively short time periods. Other significant risks include: foreign currency risk, emerging markets risk, liquidity risk, concentration risk. For full details of all of the risks applicable to this Fund, please refer to the “Risk Considerations” section of the Fund in the current prospectus of Franklin Templeton Investment Funds. Important Information Data as of 31 August 2021, unless otherwise stated. This document is intended to be of general interest only and does not constitute legal or tax advice nor is it an offer for shares or invitation to apply for shares of the Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV Franklin Templeton Investment Funds. Nothing in this document should be construed as investment advice. Subscriptions to shares of the Fund can only be made on the basis of the current Key Investor Information Document (KIID), the full prospectus of the Fund, accompanied by the latest available audited annual report and the latest semi-annual report, if published thereafter. 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