FRANKLIN STRATEGIC MORTGAGE PORTFOLIOFranklin Strategic Mortgage Portfolio • January 26th, 2023 • Franklin Strategic Mortgage Portfolio
We, Franklin Strategic Mortgage Portfolio (the “Fund”), are a Delaware statutory 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.
