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Fund Summary
Franklin Fund Allocator Series FAS-13 | Franklin Growth Allocation Fund
Investment Goal
The highest level of long-term total return that is consistent with an acceptable level of risk.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts in Class A if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Franklin Templeton funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under “Your Account” on page 86 in the Fund's Prospectus and under “Buying and Selling Shares” on page 86 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees {- Franklin Growth Allocation Fund} - Franklin Fund Allocator Series FAS-13 - Franklin Growth Allocation Fund
Class A
Class C
Class R
Class R6
Advisor Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as percentage of offering price) 5.75% none none none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as percentage of the lower of original purchase price or sale proceeds) none [1] 1.00% none none none
[1] There is a 1% contingent deferred sales charge that applies to investments of $1 million or more (see "Investments of $1 Million or More" under "Choosing a Share Class") and purchases by certain retirement plans without an initial sales charge.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Operating Expenses {- Franklin Growth Allocation Fund} - Franklin Fund Allocator Series FAS-13 - Franklin Growth Allocation Fund
Class A
Class C
Class R
Class R6
Advisor Class
Management fees 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees 0.25% 1.00% 0.50% none none
Other expenses 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.04% 0.17%
Acquired fund fees and expenses [1] 0.68% 0.68% 0.68% 0.68% 0.68%
Total annual Fund operating expenses [1] 1.35% 2.10% 1.60% 0.97% 1.10%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement [2] (0.02%) (0.02%) (0.02%) (0.03%) (0.02%)
Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement [1] 1.33% 2.08% 1.58% 0.94% 1.08%
[1] Total annual Fund operating expenses differ from the ratio of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights, which reflect operating expenses of the Fund and do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
[2] The investment manager has contractually agreed to waive or assume certain fees and expenses so that total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding Rule 12b 1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain non-routine expenses) for each class of the Fund do not exceed (and could be less than) 0.40% until April 30, 2017. The transfer agent has contractually agreed to cap transfer agency fees for Class R6 shares of the Fund so that transfer agency fees for that class do not exceed 0.01% until at least April 30, 2017. Contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement agreements may not be changed or terminated during the time periods set forth above.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of the period. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects adjustments made to the Fund's operating expenses due to the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by management as described above for the 1 Year numbers only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example {- Franklin Growth Allocation Fund} - Franklin Fund Allocator Series FAS-13 - Franklin Growth Allocation Fund - USD ($)
Class A
Class C
Class R
Class R6
Advisor Class
1 year $ 703 $ 311 $ 161 $ 96 $ 110
3 years 976 656 503 307 348
5 years 1,271 1,127 869 534 605
10 years $ 2,105 $ 2,429 $ 1,899 $ 1,189 $ 1,339
If you do not sell your shares:
Expense Example, No Redemption {- Franklin Growth Allocation Fund}
Franklin Fund Allocator Series FAS-13
Franklin Growth Allocation Fund
Class C
USD ($)
1 Year $ 211
3 Years 656
5 Years 1,127
10 Years $ 2,429
Portfolio Turnover

A mutual fund generally pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when mutual fund shares are held in a taxable account. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 20.40% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund is a "fund of funds" meaning that it seeks to achieve its investment goal by investing its assets in other mutual funds, predominately other Franklin Templeton mutual funds (underlying funds). The Fund is designed for investors seeking the highest level of long-term total return that is consistent with a higher level of risk. The Fund may be most appropriate for investors with a longer investment horizon.

Under normal market conditions, the investment manager allocates the Fund’s assets among the broad asset classes of equity and fixed-income investments by investing primarily in a distinctly-weighted combination of underlying funds, based on each underlying fund's predominant asset class and strategy. These underlying funds, in turn, invest in a variety of U.S. and foreign equity and fixed-income securities, and may also have exposure to derivative instruments.

The investment manager uses the following as a general guide in allocating the Fund’s assets among the broad asset classes. These percentages may be changed from time to time by the Fund’s investment manager without the approval of shareholders, and may vary up to 10% from the stated allocations: 80% equity funds; and 20% fixed-income funds.

When selecting equity funds, the investment manager considers the underlying funds’ foreign and domestic exposure, market capitalization ranges, and investment style (growth vs. value). When selecting fixed-income funds, the investment manager focuses primarily on maximizing income, appropriate to the Fund’s risk profile and considers the duration and maturity of the underlying funds' portfolios. Certain fixed income funds may hold securities across the credit quality spectrum, including below investment grade or "junk" bonds. In evaluating the risk level of the underlying funds, the investment manager analyzes such factors as: (a) relative and absolute performance, including correlations with other underlying funds as well as corresponding benchmarks, and (b) their volatility (the variability of returns from one period to the next).

The investment manager will vary the underlying funds’ allocation percentages based upon the Fund’s risk/return level. No more than 25% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in any one underlying fund, except that the Fund may invest up to 50% of its total assets in Franklin U.S. Government Securities Fund.

Principal Risks

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Mutual fund shares are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency of the U.S. government.

Asset Allocation

The Fund’s ability to achieve its investment goal depends upon the investment manager’s skill in determining the Fund’s broad asset allocation mix and selecting underlying funds. There is the possibility that the investment manager’s evaluations and assumptions regarding asset classes and underlying funds will not successfully achieve the Fund's investment goal in view of actual market trends.

Investing in Underlying Funds

Because the Fund invests in underlying funds, and the Fund’s performance is directly related to the performance of the underlying funds held by it, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment goal is directly related to the ability of the underlying funds to meet their investment goals. In addition, shareholders of the Fund will indirectly bear the fees and expenses of the underlying funds. The risks described below are the principal risks of the Fund and the underlying funds. For purposes of the discussion below, “Fund” means the Fund and/or one or more of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

Market

The market values of securities or other investments owned by the Fund will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. The market value of a security or other investment may be reduced by market activity or other results of supply and demand unrelated to the issuer. This is a basic risk associated with all investments. When there are more sellers than buyers, prices tend to fall. Likewise, when there are more buyers than sellers, prices tend to rise.

Stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of debt securities. A slower-growth or recessionary economic environment could have an adverse effect on the prices of the various stocks held by the Fund.

Growth Style Investing

Growth stock prices reflect projections of future earnings or revenues, and can, therefore, fall dramatically if the company fails to meet those projections. Prices of these companies’ securities may be more volatile than other securities, particularly over the short term.

Value Style Investing

A value stock may not increase in price as anticipated by the investment manager if other investors fail to recognize the company's value and bid up the price, the markets favor faster-growing companies, or the factors that the investment manager believes will increase the price of the security do not occur.

Smaller and Midsize Companies

Securities issued by smaller and midsize companies may be more volatile in price than those of larger companies, involve substantial risks and should be considered speculative. Such risks may include greater sensitivity to economic conditions, less certain growth prospects, lack of depth of management and funds for growth and development, and limited or less developed product lines and markets. In addition, smaller and midsize companies may be particularly affected by interest rate increases, as they may find it more difficult to borrow money to continue or expand operations, or may have difficulty in repaying any loans.

Foreign Securities

Investing in foreign securities typically involves more risks than investing in U.S. securities, and includes risks associated with: internal and external political and economic developments – e.g., the political, economic and social policies and structures of some foreign countries may be less stable and more volatile than those in the U.S. or some foreign countries may be subject to trading restrictions or economic sanctions; trading practices – e.g., government supervision and regulation of foreign securities and currency markets, trading systems and brokers may be less than in the U.S.; availability of information – e.g., foreign issuers may not be subject to the same disclosure, accounting and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. issuers; limited markets – e.g., the securities of certain foreign issuers may be less liquid (harder to sell) and more volatile; and currency exchange rate fluctuations and policies. The risks of foreign investments may be greater in developing or emerging market countries.

Focus

To the extent that the Fund focuses on particular countries, regions, industries, sectors or types of investment from time to time, the Fund may be subject to greater risks of adverse developments in such areas of focus than a fund that invests in a wider variety of countries, regions, industries, sectors or investments.

Interest Rate

When interest rates rise, debt security prices generally fall. The opposite is also generally true: debt security prices rise when interest rates fall. Interest rate changes are influenced by a number of factors, including government policy, monetary policy, inflation expectations, perceptions of risk, and supply and demand of bonds. In general, securities with longer maturities or durations are more sensitive to these interest rate changes.

Credit

An issuer of debt securities may fail to make interest payments or repay principal when due, in whole or in part. Changes in an issuer's financial strength or in a security's credit rating may affect a security's value.

Management

The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Fund's investment manager applies investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund's performance from year to year for Class A shares. The table shows how the Fund's average annual returns for 1 year, 5 years, 10 years or since inception, as applicable, compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. You can obtain updated performance information at franklintempleton.com or by calling (800) DIAL BEN/342-5236.

The secondary indices in the table below show how the Fund's performance compares to groups of securities that align with a portion of the Fund's portfolio.

Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

Class A Annual Total Returns
Bar Chart
Best Quarter:Q2'0914.55%
Worst Quarter:Q4'08-16.19%
As of March 31, 2016, the Fund's year-to-date return was -0.27%.

Average Annual Total Returns
(figures reflect sales charges)

For the periods ended December 31, 2015

Average Annual Total Returns{- Franklin Growth Allocation Fund} - Franklin Fund Allocator Series FAS-13 - Franklin Growth Allocation Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 years
Past 10 years
Since Inception
[1]
Class A | Return Before Taxes (7.30%) 4.73% 5.11%  
Class A | After Taxes on Distributions (8.80%) 3.88% 4.30%  
Class A | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales (2.77%) 3.69% 4.04%  
Class C | Return Before Taxes (3.33%) 5.18% 4.95%  
Class R | Return Before Taxes (1.93%) 5.70% 5.48%  
Class R6 | Return Before Taxes (1.27%)   6.56%
Advisor Class | Return Before Taxes (1.41%) 6.25% 6.01%  
MSCI All Country World Index (index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (1.84%) 6.66% 5.31%  
Barclays Multiverse Index (index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (3.29%) 1.01% 3.84%  
[1] Since inception May 1, 2013.

No one index is representative of the Fund's portfolio.

The after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class A and after-tax returns for other classes will vary.