AMENDMENT TO MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENTMaster Custody Agreement • September 28th, 2020 • Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds
Contract Type FiledSeptember 28th, 2020 CompanyThis Amendment (“Amendment”), dated as of the 25th day of February, 2020, is entered into separately by and between each Investment Company listed on Exhibit A to the Agreement (as defined below) (each an “Investment Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly, The Bank of New York) (the “Custodian”).
SUPPLEMENT TO THE MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENT HONG KONG - CHINA CONNECT SERVICESupplement to the Master Custody Agreement • September 28th, 2020 • Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds
Contract Type FiledSeptember 28th, 2020 CompanyThis Letter relates to the Hong Kong - China Connect Service (as referenced in the Rules of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and as hereafter referred to in this Letter, the China Connect Service or Connect). Connect is a trading and clearing service established between Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (China Connect Clearing House), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, China Foreign Exchange Trade System & National Interbank Funding Centre (CFETS), China Central Depository & Clearing (CCDC), Shanghai Clearing House (SCH), the Central Moneymarkets Unit of the Monetary Authority of Hong Kong (CMU), the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s clearing and nominee company, Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Ltd. (HKSCC). The service applies to listed stock/securities on a China Connect Market (China Connect Listed Stock) and bonds traded on the China Interbank Bond Market (Ch
TERMINAL LINK AGREEMENT EXHIBIT A (Effective as of February 2020)Terminal Link Agreement • September 28th, 2020 • Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds
Contract Type FiledSeptember 28th, 2020 CompanyThe following is a list of the Investment Companies and their respective Series for which the Custodian shall serve under the Master Custody Agreement dated as of February 16, 1996.
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • September 28th, 2020 • Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds
Contract Type FiledSeptember 28th, 2020 CompanyThis Amendment dated July 1, 2020, is to the Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement made as of October 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), by and between FRANKLIN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of FRANKLIN K2 LONG SHORT CREDIT FUND (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust, and K 2/D &S MANAGEMENT CO., L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”).
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • September 28th, 2020 • Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds
Contract Type FiledSeptember 28th, 2020 CompanyThis Amendment dated July 1, 2020, is to the Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement made as of October 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), by and between FRANKLIN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of FRANKLIN K2 ALERTNATIVE STRATEGIES FUND (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust, and K2/D&S MANAGEMENT CO., L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”).