Common Contracts
5 similar Agreement and Plan of Reorganization contracts by Franklin Custodian Funds, Franklin Investors Securities Trust, Franklin Managed Trust, Franklin Real Estate Securities Trust
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • February 11th, 2020 • Franklin Custodian Funds • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Plan”) is made as of this 17th day of July, 2019 by and between Franklin Custodian Funds (“FCF”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906, on behalf of its series, Franklin Growth Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Franklin Strategic Series (“FSS”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906, on behalf of its series, Franklin Select U.S. Equity Fund (the “Target Fund”). Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“FAI”), a Delaware limited liability company, investment manager to the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund, joins this Plan solely for purposes of Section 7.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • January 7th, 2020 • Franklin Investors Securities Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Plan”) is made as of this 17th day of July, 2019 by and between Franklin Investors Securities Trust (“FIST”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906, on behalf of its series, Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Franklin Strategic Series (“FSS”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906, on behalf of its series, Franklin Flexible Alpha Bond Fund (the “Target Fund”). Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“FAI”), a Delaware limited liability company, investment manager to the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund, joins this Plan solely for purposes of Section 7.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • May 25th, 2018 • Franklin Real Estate Securities Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Plan”) is made as of this 24th day of October, 2017 by and between Franklin Real Estate Securities Trust (“FREST”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906, on behalf of its series, Franklin Real Estate Securities Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Franklin Global Trust (“FGT”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906, on behalf of its series, Franklin Global Real Estate Fund (the “Target Fund”). Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC (“FT Institutional”), a Delaware limited liability company, investment manager to the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund, joins this Plan solely for purposes of Section 7.
Agreement and Plan of ReorganizationAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • June 17th, 2016 • Franklin Managed Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Plan”) is made as of this 29th day of April, 2016, by and between Franklin Managed Trust (“FMT”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403, on behalf of its series, Franklin Rising Dividends Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Franklin Value Investors Trust (“FVIT”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403, on behalf of its series, Franklin Large Cap Value Fund (the “Target Fund”). Franklin Advisory Services, LLC (“FAS”), a Delaware limited liability company, investment manager to the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund, joins this Plan solely for purposes of Section 7.
Agreement and Plan of ReorganizationAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • March 15th, 2016 • Franklin Custodian Funds • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Plan”) is made as of this 9th day of March, 2016 by and between Franklin Custodian Funds (“FCF”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403, on behalf of its series, Franklin Growth Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Franklin Global Trust (“FGT”), a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403, on behalf of its series, Franklin Large Cap Equity Fund (the “Target Fund”). Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Advisers”), a California corporation, investment manager to the Acquiring Fund, and Fiduciary International Inc. (“Fiduciary”), a New York corporation, investment manager to the Target Fund, join this Plan solely for purposes of Section 7.
