AMENDMENT TO FUND SERVICES AGREEMENTFund Services Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds • New York
Contract Type FiledDecember 28th, 2020 Company JurisdictionThis Amendment (“Amendment”) to the FUND SERVICES AGREEMENT, dated January 22, 2020 among FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SERVICES, LLC (the “Customer”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“J.P. Morgan”), as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of July 15, 2020, between the Customer and J.P. Morgan.
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds
Contract Type FiledDecember 28th, 2020 CompanyAGREEMENT made as of December 29, 2017, between TEMPLETON FUNDS (hereinafter referred to as the “Trust”), on behalf of Templeton World Fund (the “Fund”), and TEMPLETON GLOBAL ADVISORS LIMITED (hereinafter referred to as the “Manager”), and amends and restates the prior Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Manager dated as of July 1, 2014.
AMENDMENT TO MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENTMaster Custody Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds
Contract Type FiledDecember 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”).
TERMINAL LINK MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENT EXHIBIT A (Effective as of February 2020)Master Custody Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds
Contract Type FiledDecember 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.
JOINDER TO GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENTGlobal Custody Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds • New York
Contract Type FiledDecember 28th, 2020 Company JurisdictionThis Joinder (“Joinder”) to the GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT, dated March 1, 2020 among each of the Customers listed on Annex B thereto (each a “Customer”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“J.P. Morgan”), as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of July 15, 2020, between the New Customers (as defined below) and J.P. Morgan.
AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds
Contract Type FiledDecember 28th, 2020 CompanyThis Amendment, dated as of May 13, 2020, is to each Distribution Agreement, as amended and/or restated to date (each, an “Agreement”), by and between Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., a registered broker-dealer under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “Distributor”), and each registered open-end investment company identified on Schedule A (each, an “Investment Company”).
AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • December 28th, 2020 • Templeton Funds
Contract Type FiledDecember 28th, 2020 CompanyThis Amendment, dated as of May 13, 2020, is to each Investment Management Agreement, as amended and/or restated to date (each, an “Agreement”), by and between each Investment Manager identified on Schedule A, each a registered investment adviser (the “Investment Manager”), and each registered investment company (each, an “Investment Company”), on behalf of itself and, as applicable, its separate series (each, a “Series”) identified opposite the Investment Manager’s name on Schedule A.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENT HONG KONG - CHINA CONNECT SERVICETempleton Funds • December 28th, 2020
Company FiledDecember 28th, 2020This 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