Franklin Resources, Inc. is a diversified financial services company. Through its wholly owned direct and indirect subsidiary companies, the Company provides a broad range of investment advisory, investment management and related services to open-end investment companies, including its own family of retail mutual funds, institutional accounts, high-net-worth families, individuals and separate accounts in the United States and internationally. FRIs 249 sponsored investment products include a broad range of domestic and global/international equity, hybrid, fixed-income and money market mutual funds, as well as other investment products that are sold to the public under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett and Fiduciary Trust brand names.