FORM OF Selling Agreement May 1, 2010Selling Agreement • February 25th, 2011 • Franklin Value Investors Trust • California
Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. (“we” or “us”) invites you to participate in the distribution of shares of the Franklin Templeton investment companies (the “Funds”) for which we now or in the future serve as principal underwriter, subject to the terms of this Agreement. We will notify you from time to time of the Funds that are eligible for distribution and the terms of compensation under this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes any prior dealer or selling agreements between us, as stated in Section 21, below.
Special Servicing AgreementSpecial Servicing Agreement • February 25th, 2011 • Franklin Value Investors Trust • California
THIS AGREEMENT is dated December 2, 2009 and effective as of May 1, 2009, and is between and among the “Underlying Funds,” the “Top-Tier Funds” and the “Service Providers,” as each is defined below. This Agreement sets forth the principles and arrangements whereby the Underlying Funds will bear some or all of the Operating Expenses, as defined below, of the Top-Tier Funds.
Franklin Value Investors Trust One Franklin Parkway San Mateo, California 94403-1906Franklin Value Investors Trust • February 25th, 2011 • Franklin Value Investors Trust • California
We, Franklin Value Investors Trust, (the “Fund”), comprise of the series listed on Attachment A (each a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) are a Massachusetts business trust operating as an open-end management investment company or “mutual fund”, which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and whose shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). We desire to issue one or more series or classes of our authorized but unissued shares of capital stock or beneficial interest (the “Shares”) to authorized persons in accordance with applicable Federal and State securities laws. The Fund’s Shares may be made available in one or more separate series, each of which may have one or more classes.
