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SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 1, 1997
TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
Templeton Global Bond Fund
dated January 1, 1997
The prospectus is amended as follows:
I. The section "Sales Charge Waivers" under "How Do I Buy Shares? - Sales
Charge Reductions and Waivers" is amended as follows: A. Category 8 is
replaced with:
8. Chilean retirement plans that meet the requirements described under
"Retirement Plans" below.
B. Effective June 1, 1997, category 5 is deleted in its entirety.
II. The following paragraph is added after the list of "Sales Charge Waivers"
under "How Do I Buy Shares?":
RETIREMENT PLANS. Retirement plans that (i) are
sponsored by an employer with at least 100 employees, or (ii) have plan assets
of $1 million or more, or (iii) agree to invest at least $500,000 in the
Franklin Templeton Funds over a 13 month period may buy Class I shares without
a front-end sales charge. Retirement plans that are not Qualified Retirement
Plans or SEPs, such as 403(b) or 457 plans, must also meet the requirements
described under "Group Purchases - Class I Only" above. For retirement plan
accounts opened on or after May 1, 1997, a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
may apply if the account is closed within 365 days of the retirement plan
account's initial purchase in the Franklin Templeton Funds. Please see "How Do
I Sell Shares? - Contingent Deferred Sales Charge" for details.
Any retirement plan that does not meet the requirements to buy shares without a
front-end sales charge and that was a shareholder of the Fund on or before
February 1, 1995, may buy shares of the Fund subject to a maximum sales charge
of 4% of the Offering Price, 3.2% of which will be retained by Securities
Dealers.
III. The section "How Do I Buy Shares? - Other Payments to Securities
Dealers" is replaced in its entirety with the following:
OTHER PAYMENTS TO SECURITIES DEALERS
The payments described below may be made to Securities Dealers who initiate
and are responsible for Class II purchases and certain Class I purchases made
without a sales charge. The payments are subject to the sole discretion of
Distributors, and are paid by Distributors or one of its affiliates and not by
the Fund or its shareholders.
1. Class II purchases - up to 1% of the purchase price.
2. Class I purchases of $1 million or more - up to 0.75% of the amount
invested.
3. Class I purchases made without a front-end sales charge by certain retirement
plans described under "Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers - Retirement Plans"
above - up to 1% of the amount invested. For retirement plan accounts opened on
or after May 1, 1997, a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge will not apply to the
account if the Securities D
4. Class I purchases by trust companies and bank trust departments, Eligible
Governmental Authorities, and broker-dealers or others on behalf of clients
participating in comprehensive fee programs - up to 0.25% of the amount
invested.
5. Class I purchases by Chilean retirement plans - up to 1% of the amount
invested. A Securities Dealer may receive only one of these payments for each
qualifying purchase. Securities Dealers who receive payments in connection with
investments described in paragraphs 1, 2 or 5 above or a payment of up to 1% for
investments described in paragraph 3 will be eligible to receive the Rule 12b-1
fee associated with the purchase starting in the thirteenth calendar month after
the purchase.
FOR BREAKPOINTS THAT MAY APPLY AND INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
PAYABLE TO SECURITIES DEALERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF FUND SHARES, PLEASE
SEE "HOW DO I BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE SHARES? - OTHER PAYMENTS TO SECURITIES
DEALERS" IN THE SAI.
IV. The following paragraph is added under "How Do I Sell Shares?":
Beginning on or about May 1, 1997, you will automatically be able to redeem
shares by telephone without completing a telephone redemption agreement.
Please notify us in writing if you do not want this option to be available on
your account. If you later decide you would like this option, send us written
instructions signed by all account owners, with a signature guarantee.
V. The following is added under "How Do I Sell Shares? - Contingent Deferred
Sales Charge":
Certain retirement plan accounts opened on or after May 1, 1997, and that
qualify to buy shares without a front-end sales charge may also be subject to
a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge if the retirement plan account is closed
within 365 days of the account's initial purchase in the Franklin Templeton
Funds.
VI. The section "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge - Waivers" under "How Do
I Sell Shares?" is replaced in its entirety with the following:
WAIVERS. We waive the Contingent Deferred Sales Charge for:
o Exchanges
o Account fees
o Sales of shares purchased pursuant to a sales charge waiver
o Sales of shares purchased without a front-end sales charge by certain
retirement plan accounts if (i) the account was opened before May 1, 1997, or
(ii) the Securities Dealer of record received a payment from Distributors of
0.25% or less, or (iii) Distributors did not make any payment in connection
with the purchase, as described under "How Do I Buy Shares? - Other Payments
to Securities Dealers"
o Redemptions by the Fund when an account falls below
the minimum required account size
o Redemptions following the death of the
shareholder or beneficial owner
o Redemptions through a systematic withdrawal plan set up before February
1, 1995
o Redemptions through a systematic withdrawal lan set up on or after
February 1, 1995, at a rate of up to 1% a month of an account's Net Asset
Value. For example, if you maintain an annual balance of $1 million in
Class I shares, you can redeem up to $120,000 annually through a
systematic withdrawal plan free of charge. Likewise, if you maintain an
annual balance of $10,000 in Class II shares, $1,200 may be redeemed
annually free of charge.
o Distributions from individual retirement
plan accounts due to death or disability or upon periodic distributions based
on life expectancy
o Tax-free returns of excess contributions from employee benefit plans
o Redemptions by Trust Company employee benefit plans or employee
benefit plans serviced by ValuSelect
o Participant initiated distributions from employee benefit plans or
participant initiated exchanges among investment choices in employee benefit
plans
VII. The discussion under "What Are the Funds Potential Risks?" is hereby
supplemented by adding the following paragraph:
Hong Kong is scheduled to revert to the sovereignty of China on July 1, 1997. As
with any major political transfer of power, this could result in political,
social, economic, market or other developments in Hong Kong, China or other
countries that could affect the value of Fund investments.
