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SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 1, 1998
TO THE PROSPECTUSES OF
Templeton Foreign Fund - Advisor Class
Templeton Growth Fund, Inc. - Advisor Class
dated January 1, 1998
The prospectus is amended to replace the section "Opening Your Account," found
under "How Do I Buy Shares?", with the following:
Opening Your Account
Shares of the Fund may be purchased without a sales charge. Currently, shares
of the Fund are only available to:
1. Broker-dealers, registered investment advisors or certified financial
planners who have entered into an agreement with Distributors for clients
participating in comprehensive fee programs, subject to a $250,000 minimum
initial investment requirement or a $100,000 minimum initial investment
requirement for an individual client
2. Qualified registered investment advisors or certified financial planners who
have clients invested in the Franklin Mutual Series Fund Inc. on October 31,
1996, or who buy through a broker-dealer or service agent who has entered
into an agreement with Distributors, subject to a $1,000 minimum initial
investment requirement
3. Officers, trustees, directors and full-time employees of the
Franklin Templeton Funds or the Franklin Templeton Group and their immediate
family members, subject to a $100 minimum initial investment requirement
4. Each series of the Franklin Templeton Fund Allocator Series, subject to a
$1,000 minimum initial and subsequent investment requirement
5. Accounts managed by the Franklin Templeton Group. There is no minimum initial
investment requirement.
6. The Franklin Templeton Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan. There is no minimum
initial investment requirement.
To open your account,
please follow the steps below. This will help avoid any delays in processing
your request.
1. Read this prospectus carefully.
2. Determine how much you would like to invest. The Fund's minimum
investments are:
o To open your account: Varies*
o To add to your account: $25*
* Certain investors are subject to different minimums, as described above.
We also reserve the right to refuse any order to buy shares.
3. Carefully complete and sign the enclosed shareholder application, including
the optional shareholder privileges section. By applying for privileges now,
you can avoid the delay and inconvenience of having to send an additional
application to add privileges later. It is important that we receive a signed
application since we will not be able to process any redemptions from your
account until we receive your signed application.
4. Make your investment using the table below.
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By Mail For an initial investment:
o Return the application to the Fund with
your check made payable to the Fund.
For additional investments:
o Send a check made payable to the Fund.
Please include your account number on the
check.
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By Wire 1. Call Shareholder Services or, if that number
is busy, call 1-650/312-2000 collect, to
receive a wire control number and wire
instructions. You need a new wire control
number every time you wire money into your
account. If you do not have a currently
effective wire control number, we will
return the money to the bank, and we will
not credit the purchase to your account.
2. For an initial investment you must also return
your signed shareholder application to the
Fund.
Important Deadlines: If we receive your call
before 1:00 p.m. Pacific time and the bank
receives the wired funds and reports the
receipt of wired funds to the Fund by 3:00 p.m.
Pacific time, we will credit the purchase to
your account that day. If we receive your call
after 1:00 p.m. or the bank receives the wire
after 3:00 p.m., we will credit the purchase to
your account the following business day.
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Through Your Dealer Call your investment representative
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