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Templeton Asian Growth Fund Franklin Templeton Investment Funds Templeton Asian Growth Fund News Regional Portfolio Structure(Semi-Annual Comparison) Sectorial Portfolio Structure(Semi-Annual Comparison) Price   Ranking Sector: Far East-Equity-General Size: (USD) 14 081 730 000   Sector Rank: 1 out of 7 (lump sum over 3 years to 31 Jan 2012)   Overall Rank: 3 out of 161 (lump sum over 3 years to 31 Jan 2012)   R20000 invested on 31 Jan 2009 was worth R39 141 at 31 Jan 2012 (25.08% annual compound return)   R5000 per month since 31 Jan 2009 was worth R233 922 at 31 Jan 2012 (16.46% 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 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 incorporated or who have their area of primary activity in Asia (excluding Australia, New Zealand and Japan).   Technical Overview Benchmark: MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan index Allows debit orders? No Minimum lump sum: $5 000 Annual trailer fee: 0.50% Minimum monthly: $1 000 Base currency: USD Number of holdings: 84 Broker comm payable? Yes Performance fee? No Domicile: Luxembourg Pricing system: Forward Exit fee? No Registrar fee: 0.20% Formation date: 30 Jun 1991 Risk rating: High Management fee (p.a.): 1.95%   Top holdings on 30 Sep 2011 Share (Sector) Value (USD) % of fund PETROCHINA (Energy) 958 965 813 6.81% PTASTRAINTERN (Goods & Services) 915 312 450 6.50% TATACONSSERVE (Technology) 595 657 179 4.23% PTTPUBLICCOLT (Energy) 585 799 968 4.16% SIAMCOMMERC (Financial Services) 568 901 892 4.04% SKENERGY (Energy) 537 922 086 3.82% OIL&GASDEVCO (Energy) 528 064 875 3.75% CHINAPETROL (Goods & Services) 511 166 799 3.63% CHINAMERCHANT (Goods & Services) 478 778 820 3.40% SIAMCEMENT (Construction) 461 880 744 3.28% TOTALS 6 142 450 626 43.62%

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