Franklin Templeton partners with additional Neobrokers to expand distribution efforts in Germany and Austria

• New partnerships will include all ETFs in the Franklin Templeton ICAV range for investors on Trade Republic and justTRADE platforms

Frankfurt and London – 2 July 2024 – Franklin Templeton¹ is pleased to announce two new partnerships with German neobrokers Trade Republic² and justTRADE³ to expand its distribution efforts in Germany and Austria through their respective digital platforms. Today, investors in Germany and Austria will have the choice to trade any Franklin Templeton ETFs⁴ at zero cost through their cost-savings plans or with a low fee of €1 for individual trades.

Martin Bechtloff, ETF Distribution for Germany and Austria, Franklin Templeton, commented: “There is a significant untapped opportunity within the retail space for ETFs in Europe and we believe this will be a significant growth area in the future. We have been partnering with several brokerage platforms for a couple of years now and they have proven themselves to be important distribution channels for our ETF business. In addition, while cost-saving plans are popular with German and Austrian retail investors, by partnering with neobrokers we increase access and visibility with younger investors.”

Stefan Bauer, Head of Distribution for Germany and Austria, Franklin Templeton, added: "Since we listed our first suite of ETFs in Germany in 2017, we have seen an ever-increasing demand for our expanding and competitively priced ETF range. These partnerships underpin our continued build out of our ETF business strategy, which is integrated in our overall distribution efforts at Franklin Templeton.”

Franklin Templeton’s global ETF platform enables investors to pursue their desired outcomes through a range of indexed and active ETFs. Supported by the strength and resources of one of the world’s largest asset managers, the global ETF platform has approximately $26 billion in assets under management globally as of 31 May 2024.

For more information on the Franklin Templeton ETF range please visit: www.franklintempleton.de.

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Contacts:

Alina Ulkina Corporate Communications Franklin Templeton Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street London EC4N 6HL   Tel: +44 79 009 00 184 Email: [email protected]

Oliver Trenk Corporate Communications Franklin Templeton Mainzer Landstraße 16 60325 Frankfurt   Tel: +49 69 272 23 718 Email: [email protected]

Notes to Editors:

About Franklin Templeton

1. Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organisation with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialisation on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in fixed income, equity, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With more than 1,500 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and over $1.6 trillion in assets under management as of 31 May 2024. For more information, please visit www.franklintempleton.de and follow us on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
2. Trade Republic is on a mission to set millions of Europeans up for wealth creation with secure, easy and commission-free access to capital markets. With customers across 17 European countries and billions of assets under management, Trade Republic is already the home screen app for many Europeans to manage their wealth. It offers savings plans, fractional trading of shares, ETFs, bonds as well as derivatives and cryptos and, from January 2024, the Trade Republic card with a 1 percent Saveback reward. Trade Republic is a full-service bank and is supervised by the Bundesbank and BaFin. As Europe’s largest broker and leading savings platform, Trade Republic has received growth capital from leading global investors such as Accel, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Ontario Teachers’, Sequoia and TCV. The Berlin-based company was founded in 2015 by Christian Hecker, Thomas Pischke and Marco Cancellieri.
3. justTRADE is a Frankfurt-based online broker that offers investors trading of securities and cryptocurrencies for €0 order commission (plus standard market spreads and max. 1€ external cost) and from a single securities account. More than 500,000 securities - shares, ETFs, ETCs, wikifolios, certificates, warrants and leveraged products - can now be traded via iOS and Android or via the desktop browser, both on-exchange via three exchanges (LS Exchange, Quotrix and Tradegate Exchange) and off-exchange via five trading partners (J.P. Morgan, Société Générale, UBS, Vontobel and L&S (wikifolios)). Around 1,500 ETFs, ETCs and ETPs from twelve providers complete the offering. With the ability to trade also 27 native cryptocurrencies from the same custody account as all securities, justTRADE offers its customers an unprecedented offering in Germany. In addition, a total of around 200 securities are also eligible for savings plans. For more information, please visit www.justtrade.com.
4. An investment in Franklin Templeton UCITS ETF range entails risks, which are described in the prospectus, its supplements and in the relevant Key Information Document (KID)/Key Investor Information Document (KIID). Please refer to the prospectus of the UCITS and to the KID/KIID before making any final investment decisions. The Fund's documents are available in English, German and French from your local website or can be requested via FT's European Facilities Service which is available at https://www.eifs.lu/franklintempleton. In addition, a Summary of Investor Rights is available from www.franklintempleton.lu/investor-rights. The summary is available in English. Franklin Templeton ICAV is notified for marketing in multiple EU Member States under the UCITS Directive. Franklin Templeton ICAV can terminate such notifications for any share class and/or sub-fund at any time by using the process contained in Article 93a of the UCITS Directive.

Franklin Templeton ICAV UCITS ETFs (domiciled outside of the U.S. or Canada) may not be directly or indirectly offered or sold to residents of the United States of America or Canada. ETFs trade like stocks, fluctuate in market value and may trade at prices above or below their net asset value. Brokerage commissions and ETF expenses will reduce returns.

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