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SHARE CLASS REDESIGNATION
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999
Class A - Formerly Class I
Class C - Formerly Class II
(Growth and Income Fund, Global
Infrastructure Fund, Greater
European Fund and Latin American
Fund Only)
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SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 1, 1999
TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST
DATED AUGUST 1, 1998
The Statement of Additional Information is amended as follows:
I. As of January 1, 1999, Class I shares are designated Class A and Class
II shares are designated Class C. All references in the Statement of
Additional Information to Class I shares are replaced with Class A, and all
references to Class II shares are replaced with Class C.
II. Under "Miscellaneous Information," the following is added:
The Information Services & Technology division of Resources established a
Year 2000 Project Team in 1996. This team has already begun making
necessary software changes to help the computer systems that service the
fund and its shareholders to be Year 2000 compliant. After completing these
modifications, comprehensive tests are conducted in one of Resources' U.S.
test labs to verify their effectiveness. Resources continues to seek
reasonable assurances from all major hardware, software or data-services
suppliers that they will be Year 2000 compliant on a timely basis.
Resources is also beginning to develop a contingency plan, including
identification of those mission critical systems for which it is practical
to develop a contingency plan. However, in an operation as complex and
geographically distributed as Resources' business, the alternatives to use
of normal systems, especially mission critical systems, or supplies of
electricity or long distance voice and data lines are limited.
Please keep this supplement for future reference.
