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SUPPLEMEN DATE JUN 28 2013 

T TH CURRENTL EFFECTIV PROSPECTUS OF

EAC O TH LISTE FUNDS 

 

Frankli Investors Securitie Trust 

Frankli Floatin Rat Dail Acces Fund 

Franklin Strategi Incom Fund 

 

Th Prospectu i amende a follows: 

 

I Fo the Frankli Floatin Rat Dail Acces Fund the “Fun Summar –  Principa Investmen Strategies”  sectio o pag 12 i amende a follows: 

T pursu it investmen goals th Fun ma ente int credi defaul swap (includin credi defaul swap base on loa o hig yiel indices) Th us o credi defaul swap ma allo th Fun t obtain ne lon o ne shor exposure to selec credi risks Thes derivatives   ma b use t enhanc Fund returns obtai exposur t certai market i more efficien o les expensiv wa and/o hedg risk associate wit it othe portfoli investments. 

 

II Fo th Frankli Floatin Rat Dail Acces Fund th “Fun Summar –  Principa Risks”  sectio o pag 1 i amended t ad th following:

Derivative Instruments.   Th performanc o derivativ instrument depend largel o th performanc o a underlying currency securit o inde an suc derivative ofte hav risk simila t thei underlyin instrument i additio t other risks Derivative involv cost an ca creat economi leverag i th Fund’ portfoli whic ma resul i significan volatility an caus th Fun t participat i losse (a wel a gains i a amoun tha exceed th Fund’ initia investment Other risk includ illiquidity,   mispricin o imprope valuatio o th derivativ instrument an imperfec correlatio betwee the valu o th derivativ an th underlyin instrumen s tha th Fun ma no realiz th intende benefits Whe use for hedging the chang i valu o th derivativ ma als not correlat specificall wit the currency securit o othe ris being hedged Wit over-the-counte derivatives ther i th ris tha th othe part t th transactio wil fai t perform. 

 

III.  For  the  Franklin  Floating  Rate  Daily  Access  Fund,  the  third  paragraph  of  the  “Fund   Details  –  Principal  Investment 

Policie an Practice –  Othe Investments”  sectio beginnin o pag 4 i amende a follows: 

Fo th purpose o pursuin it investmen goals th Fun ma ente int interes rat an credit-relate transactions involvin certai derivativ instruments includin interes rat an credi defaul swap (includin credi defaul swaps base o loa o hig yiel indices o othe derivativ transactions The Fun ma us suc derivativ instrument to hedg risk relatin t change i interes rates credi risk an othe marke factors Th Fun may als use interest rat o credit-relate derivativ transaction t obtai ne lon o ne shor exposure t selec credi risk o fo the purposes  of  enhancing  Fund  returns,  increasing  liquidity,   and/or  gaining  exposure  to  particular  instruments,  markets o interes rate i mor efficien o les expensiv ways Th investmen manage consider variou factors suc as availabilit an cost i decidin whether whe an t wha exten t ente int derivativ transactions. 

 

IV Fo th Frankli Strategi Incom Fund th thir paragrap o th “Fun Summar –  Principa Investmen Strategies” 

sectio o pag i amende a follows: 

Fo purpose o pursuin it investmen goals the Fun ma ente int variou currency-relate transaction involvin derivative instruments includin currenc an cros currenc forwards currenc swaps an currenc an currenc inde future contracts. Th Fun ma als ente int interes rat an credit-relate transaction involvin derivativ instruments includin interes rate an credi defaul swap an bond/interes rat future contracts Th us o thes derivativ transaction ma allo th Fun to obtai ne lon o ne shor exposure t selecte currencies interes rates duration o credi risks Thes derivativ instruments may b used fo hedgin purposes t enhanc Fun return o t obtai exposur t variou marke sectors. 

 

V Fo th Frankli Strategi Incom Fund th eigt paragrap o th “Fun Detail –  Principa Investmen Policie and 


 

 

Practices”  sectio beginnin o pag 1 i amende a follows: 

Fo purpose o pursuin it investmen goals th Fun regularl enter int currency-relate derivativ transactions including currenc an cros currenc forwards currenc swap an currenc an currenc index future contracts Th Fund ma also ente int interes rat an credit-relate transaction involvin certai derivativ instruments includin interes rat an credit defaul swap and interes rat and/o bond future contract (includin U.S Treasur future contracts and options thereon. Th us o suc derivativ transaction ma allo th Fun t obtai ne lon o ne shor exposure t selecte currencies, 

 


 

interes rates countries duration o credi risks Th Fun ma us currency interes rat o credit-relate derivativ strategies fo th purpose o enhancin Fun returns increasin liquidity gainin exposur t particula instrument i mor efficien or less expensiv way and/o hedgin risk relatin t change i currenc exchang rates interes rates an othe marke factors. 

 

VI Fo th Frankli Strategi Income Fund th twelft paragrap o th “Fun Detail –  Principa Investmen Policie and

Practices”  sectio beginnin o pag 1 i amende a follows: 

Swa agreements suc a interes rate currency an credi defaul swaps ar contract betwee th Fun and typically, brokerag firm bank o othe financia institutio (th swa counterparty for period rangin fro fe day to multiple years I basi swa transaction th Fun agree wit it counterpart t exchang th return (o differential i rates o return earne o realize o particula “notiona amount”  o underlyin instruments Th notiona amoun i th set amount selecte by th partie a th basi on whic t calculat th obligation tha the hav agree t exchange The partie typicall do no actuall exchang th notiona amount Instead the agre t exchang th return tha woul be earne o realize i th notiona amoun were investe i give instrument o a give interes rates. 

 

VII Fo th Frankli Strategi Incom Fund th followin paragrap ha bee adde th “Fund   Detail –  Principal 

Investmen Policie an Practices”  sectio beginnin o pag 1 afte the twelft paragraph: 

A currenc swa i generall contrac betwee tw partie t exchang on currenc fo anothe currenc a th start o th contrac an the exchang periodi floatin o fixe rate durin th ter o th contrac base upo th relative valu differentia betwee th tw currencies Unlik othe type o swaps currenc swap typicall involv th deliver of th entir principa (notional amount o th tw currencie a th tim th swa i entere into A th en o th swap contract the partie receiv bac the principa amount o the tw currencies. 

 

VIII.   Fo th Frankli Strategi Incom Fund th “Fund   Detail –  Principa Risk –  Derivativ Instruments”   section beginnin o pag 2 i amende a follows: 

Th performanc o derivativ instrument (includin currency-relate derivatives depend largel o th performanc of a underlyin currency securit o inde an suc instrument ofte hav risk simila t thei underlyin instrumen in additio t othe risks Derivativ instrument involv cost an ca creat economi leverag i th Fund’ portfoli which ma resul i significan volatilit an caus the Fun t participat i losse (a wel a gains i a amoun tha significantly exceed th Fund’ initial   investment Certai derivative hav th potentia fo unlimite loss regardles o th siz o the initia investment Othe risk includ illiquidity,   mispricin o imprope valuatio o th derivativ instrument an imperfect correlatio betwee th valu o th derivativ an th underlyin instrumen s tha th Fund ma no realiz th intended benefits Thei successfu us wil usuall depen o th investmen manager’ abilit t accuratel forecas movement i the marke relatin t th underlyin instrument Shoul marke o markets o price o particula classe o investment mov in a unexpecte manner especiall i unusua o extrem marke conditions, th Fun ma no achiev th anticipate benefits o th transaction an i ma realiz losses whic coul b significant I th investmen manage i no successfu i using suc derivativ instruments th Fund’ performanc ma b wors tha i th investmen manage di no us suc derivative instrument a all T th exten tha th Fun use suc instrument fo hedgin purposes ther i th ris o imperfect correlatio betwee movement i th valu o th derivativ instrumen an th valu o th underlyin investmen or other asse bein hedged Ther i als th risk, especiall unde extrem marke conditions tha a instrument whic usuall would operat a hedge provide n hedgin benefit at all Us of thes instrument coul als resul i los i th counterparty t th transactio (wit respec t over-the-counter   (OTC derivatives doe no perfor a promised includin becaus o such counterparty’ bankruptc o insolvency Thi ris ma b heightene durin volatil marke conditions Othe risk includ the inabilit t clos ou positio becaus th tradin marke become illiqui (particularl i th OT markets)   o th availability o counterpartie become limite fo perio o time I addition th presenc o speculator i particula marke could lea t pric distortions T th exten tha th Fun i unabl t clos ou positio becaus o marke illiquidity,   th Fund ma no b able t preven furthe losse o valu i it derivative holding an th Fund’ liquidit ma b impaire t the exten tha i ha substantia portio o it otherwis liqui asset marke a segregate t cove it obligation unde such derivativ instruments Th Fun ma als b require t tak o mak deliver o a underlyin instrumen tha th investment manage woul otherwis hav attempte t avoid Som derivative ca b particularl sensitiv t change i interes rate or othe marke prices Investor shoul bea i min that whil th Fun intend t us derivativ strategie o regula basis, i i no obligate t activel engag i thes transactions generall o i an particula kin o derivative i th investment  manage elect no t d s du t availability cos o othe factors. 


 

Th us o derivativ strategie ma als hav ta impac o th Fund Th timin an characte of income gain o losses fro thes strategie coul impai th abilit o th investmen manage t utiliz derivative whe i wishe t d so. 

 

 

Pleas kee thi supplemen fo futur reference.