Franklin Templeton Investment Launches New FTIF Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund

Dubai, UAE; 29 April 2013 – Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors is pleased to announce that it has launched Franklin Templeton Investment Funds Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund (the “Fund”), providing access to a rapidly expanding market driven by the global need to build new infrastructure or replace aging infrastructure. Local investors can access this new Fund beginning 26 April 2013.

The Fund seeks to maximise total investment return consisting of income and capital appreciation. It also seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in the securities of infrastructure-related companies whose principal business is the ownership, management, construction, operation, utilization or financing of infrastructure assets which are located around the world, including emerging markets.

The Fund’s portfolio managers are Wilson Magee, Director of Global REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), and Jack Foster, Head of Real Assets, for Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors (FTRAA). The portfolio managers are supported by an experienced team of regional research analysts focused on Europe, Asia, Australia, the U.S, and the Americas. The investment team also leverages the broader resources of Franklin Templeton Investments, including risk management and trading professionals.

Investing in infrastructure can offer compelling risk-adjusted returns with historically low correlation to bonds. It also offers the potential for relatively predictable and stable income and can provide an alternative source of income to bonds. The Fund managers believe that the team’s research and local expertise should ultimately define the Fund’s investment universe, which would include companies across the infrastructure-related sectors of utilities, transportation and energy. As a result, the Fund’s opportunity set may extend beyond the securities reflected in an index to include compelling prospects discovered by FTRAA’s regional specialists.

Mr. Magee commented, “The Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund, we believe, offers investors a tremendous opportunity to participate in the growth potential of the global listed infrastructure market. In many developed countries, we have aging infrastructure that requires repair or complete replacement. In emerging markets, by contrast, there is a need for new infrastructure to meet population growth, economic expansion and urbanization trends. And across all regions we have the issue of growing public fiscal constraints that is opening the door for private listed infrastructure involvement.”

Mr. Foster added, “We’re pleased to launch the Fund because it provides investors liquid access to a traditionally illiquid market. The infrastructure market has historically been limited to institutional investors who could invest large sums of capital, but the growing publically, traded listed infrastructure market provides retail investors a similar opportunity to earn income and capital appreciation.”

Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors

Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors has been investing globally since 1984 and counts among its clients leading institutions and retail investors from around the world. The team strives to provide investors with an efficient alternative for investing globally in private real estate funds, private infrastructure and real resources funds and listed real estate and infrastructure securities. As of 31 March 2013, FTRAA managed over USD 4.5 billion in assets.

¹Franklin Templeton Investment Funds, a Luxembourg domiciled SICAV

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For more information on Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund, please call/visit www.franklintempletonme.com

Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors is an investment platform within Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN], a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment management solutions managed by its Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Fiduciary Trust, Darby and Bissett investment teams. The San Mateo, CA-based company has more than 60 years of investment experience and over USD 823 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2013.

Notes to Editors:

Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure 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 (the “Fund”). 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. 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. 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. Past performance is not an indicator or a guarantee of future performance. Currency fluctuations may affect the value of overseas investments. When investing in a fund denominated in a foreign currency, your performance may also be affected by currency fluctuations.

An investment in the Fund entails risks which are described in the Fund’s prospectus and, where available, the relevant Key Investor Information Document. The risks associated with an infrastructure strategy include, but are not limited to, various risks inherent in the ownership of infrastructure assets, such as risks associated with oil- and gas-related regulations, environmental regulations, endangered species regulations, changes in governmental regulations, regulatory approvals, permits, development risk, construction risk, operating risk, commodity risk, price volatility, emerging markets risk, adequacy and availability of insurance, uncertainty of estimates of oil and gas reserves and risks related to timber companies. In emerging markets, the risks can be greater than in developed markets. Investments in derivative instruments entail specific risks that may increase the risk profile of the fund and are more fully described in the Fund’s prospectus and in the relevant Key Investor Information Document. References to particular industries, sectors or companies are for general information and are not necessarily indicative of a fund’s holding at any one time.

Shares of the Fund are not available for distribution in all jurisdictions and prospective investors should confirm availability with their local Franklin Templeton Investments representative before making any plans to invest.

This press release is intended to be of general interest only, and does not constitute professional advice. Franklin Templeton Investments and its management groups have exercised professional care and diligence in the collection and processing of the information in this press release. Franklin Templeton Investments makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy of this document. Franklin Templeton Investments shall not be liable to any user of this report or to any other person or entity for the inaccuracy of information contained in this press release or for any errors or omissions in its contents, regardless of the cause of such inaccuracy, error or omission. Any research and analysis contained in this document has been procured by Franklin Templeton Investments for its own purposes. Please consult your financial advisor before deciding to invest.

For more information, please contact: Franklin Templeton Investments, The Gate, East Wing, Level 2, Dubai International Financial Centre, P.O.Box 506613, Dubai, U.A.E., Tel.: +9714-4284100 Fax:+9714-4284140.

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