Templeton Global Climate Change Fund Receives Three-Star FNG-Siegel Label 2023

Templeton Global Climate Change Fund Receives Three-Star FNG-Siegel Label 2023

Frankfurt – November 25, 2022 – Franklin Templeton¹ announced yesterday that the Templeton Global Climate Change Fund² (the Fund) received the three-star FNG (Forum für Nachhaltige Geldanlagen e.V.) label, an independent and non-profit organisation in Germany setting quality standards for sustainable investment funds in German-speaking countries. The fund had first been awarded the FNG label with two stars in November 2019. The three-star label was presented to Franklin Templeton on 24 November 2022 at an award ceremony in Frankfurt.

Craig Cameron, Portfolio Manager of the Templeton Global Climate Change Fund, commented: “We are delighted to receive the three-star FNG label in recognition of our investment approach and strong focus on the transition to a lower carbon economy. We currently find long-term opportunities in the materials sector, where the fund is significantly overweight relative to its benchmark. There is strong demand for materials needed to transition to a low carbon economy, where companies have the ability to differentiate competitively through decarbonising production.”

The FNG label sets standards and provides investors with guidance on integrity, quality and the diligence of the funds’ sustainable investment strategy in German-speaking countries. According to FNG’s quality standards, successfully certified funds follow a highly professional and transparent sustainable investment approach. Its implementation has been verified by an independent assessment of the University of Hamburg and supervised by an external committee.

According to FNG, the strategy received the highest rating (three stars), and the Fund stood out for its institutional credibility, product standards and portfolio-focus among other criteria.

Peter Gorynski, Director Territorial Retail Sales for Germany at Franklin Templeton, added: "We are seeing increased interest in this fund given its transparent and disciplined investment process with focus on value stocks. In terms of mitigating climate change, our clients appreciate how the Fund wants to have a positive impact through its holdings and how the strategy complements their sustainable portfolios with value-style-oriented stocks.”

The Fund combines Templeton’s fundamental value investing with robust, in-house climate change research. This approach is rooted in Templeton’s belief that buying undervalued stocks is the best strategy for maximising long-term returns and that the world must transition to a lower carbon future — and the most resilient and sustainable companies over time will be those able to successfully transition.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) analysis is integrated into Templeton Global Equity Group’s overall stock selection process, and only such approved stocks are eligible for inclusion in the Fund. Lead portfolio manager Craig Cameron, with 12 years of industry experience, is backed by a portfolio team including research analysts and ESG specialists. This group is additionally supported by the full breadth and depth of the Templeton Global Equity Group.

Templeton Global Equity Group has been a pioneer of global value investing for over 70 years. The group consists of over 30 portfolio managers and analysts located in research offices around the world. This structure enables the Templeton Global Equity Group to seek the best bargains across all sectors, geographies and market capitalisations by employing a consistent, long-term approach based on three timeless principles of investing: value, patience and bottom-up stock picking.

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Constanze Ullmann Corporate Communications Franklin Templeton Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street London EC4N 6HL Mobile: +44 739 138 0187 Email: [email protected]

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

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 equity securities of companies throughout the world which recognize and adapt to the long-term financial risks and opportunities presented by climate change and resource depletion. 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: the risk of loss arising from exchange-rate fluctuations or due to exchange control regulations. 
  Derivative Instruments risk: the risk of loss in an instrument where a small change in the value of the underlying investment may have a larger impact on the value of such instrument. Derivatives may involve additional liquidity, credit and counterparty risks. 
  Emerging markets risk: the risk related to investing in countries that have less developed political, economic, legal and regulatory systems, and that may be impacted by political/economic instability, lack of liquidity or transparency, or safekeeping issues.

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.

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1. Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 155 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 boutique specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, multi-asset solutions and alternatives. With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 investment professionals, the California-based company has 75 years of investment experience and approximately $1.3 trillion in assets under management as of October 31, 2022. For more information, please visit www.franklintempleton.co.uk and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

2. The Templeton Global Climate Change Fund is a sub-Fund of Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF), a Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV. 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. Opinions expressed are the author’s at publication date and they are subject to change without prior notice.

This fund has been classified as Article 9 under the Regulation on sustainability related disclosures in the financial services sector (EU) 2019/2088. These are Funds which have an ESG integration approach, have binding environmental and/or social characteristics and a clear sustainable investment objective.

Further information in relation to the sustainability-related aspects of the Fund can be found at franklinresources.com/countries. Please review all of the fund's objectives and characteristics before investing

The views expressed are those of the investment manager and the comments, opinions and analyses are rendered as of the publication date and may change without notice. The information provided in this material is not intended as complete analysis of every material fact regarding any country, region or market.

Subscriptions to shares of the Fund can only be made on the basis of the current prospectus, and, where available, the relevant Key Investor Information Document, accompanied by the latest available audited annual report and the latest semi-annual report if published thereafter. These documents can be found on our website at www.ftidocuments.com, obtained, free of charge, from your local FT representative or can be requested via FT's European Facilities Service which is available at https://www.eifs.lu/franklintempleton.  The Fund's documents are available in English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.

In addition, a summary of investor rights is available from franklintempleton.lu​. The summary is available in English.

The sub-funds of FTIF are notified for marketing in multiple EU Member States under the UCITS Directive. FTIF 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.

For the avoidance of doubt, if you make a decision to invest, you will be buying units/shares in the fund and will not be investing directly in the underlying assets of the fund.

The value of shares in FTIF and income received from it can go down as well as up, and investors may not get back the full amount invested.

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