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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund
    Country Shares/Warrants   Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests 89.2%        
  Aerospace & Defense 3.1%        
 
BAE Systems PLC

United Kingdom 12,866,872      $82,623,327
  Auto Components 0.0%        
a,b,c
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC

Brazil  2,846,329          53,639
  Banks 8.4%        
 
ING Groep NV

Netherlands  8,921,267      45,701,000
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

United States    721,930      64,995,358
 
Standard Chartered PLC

United Kingdom 8,499,629   46,966,209
 
Wells Fargo & Co.

United States 2,322,150   66,645,705
          224,308,272
  Beverages 0.3%        
 
Heineken NV

Netherlands 110,757   9,396,712
  Chemicals 2.2%        
 
BASF SE

Germany 1,233,060   57,619,946
  Communications Equipment 3.1%        
 
Cisco Systems Inc.

United States 2,098,742   82,501,548
  Consumer Finance 1.7%        
 
Capital One Financial Corp.

United States 911,398   45,952,687
  Diversified Financial Services 1.0%        
a
M&G PLC

United Kingdom 18,795,677   26,130,192
  Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.0%        
 
Koninklijke KPN NV

Netherlands 10,798,142   25,815,760
  Electrical Equipment 3.3%        
a
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

United States 3,015,502   87,238,473
  Entertainment 3.6%        
 
The Walt Disney Co.

United States 983,800   95,035,080
  Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 2.2%        
 
Brixmor Property Group Inc.

United States 6,227,904   59,165,088
  Food Products 3.3%        
 
The Kraft Heinz Co.

United States 3,595,137   88,943,689
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.3%        
 
Medtronic PLC

United States 1,265,630   114,134,513
  Health Care Providers & Services 2.1%        
 
Anthem Inc.

United States 244,636   55,542,157
  Insurance 2.4%        
 
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

United States 1,789,700   63,069,028
  Interactive Media & Services 1.9%        
a
Baidu Inc., ADR

China 504,347   50,833,134
  IT Services 3.2%        
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., A

United States 1,870,330   86,914,235
Quarterly Statement of Investments  |  See Notes to Statements of Investments.  |  1

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Warrants   Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Media 6.3%        
a
Charter Communications Inc., A

United States    215,087      $93,844,609
a
Discovery Inc., C

United States  4,077,023      71,510,984
a
iHeartMedia Inc., A

United States    416,304       3,043,182
a,b
iHeartMedia Inc., B

United States      7,025          43,650
a
iHeartMedia Inc., wts., A, 5/01/39

United States        418           3,055
          168,445,480
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 2.6%        
 
BP PLC

United Kingdom 12,930,353   52,996,772
 
Caltex Australia Ltd.

Australia 1,128,582   15,474,187
          68,470,959
  Pharmaceuticals 16.2%        
 
Allergan PLC

United States 298,700   52,899,770
a
Elanco Animal Health Inc.

United States 499,076   11,174,312
 
Eli Lilly & Co.

United States 588,112   81,582,897
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC

United Kingdom 6,044,376   113,353,718
 
Merck & Co. Inc.

United States 1,081,529   83,212,841
 
Novartis AG, ADR

Switzerland 1,093,280   90,140,936
          432,364,474
  Software 7.0%        
a
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Israel 824,312   82,876,329
 
Oracle Corp.

United States 2,167,000   104,731,110
          187,607,439
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 2.2%        
 
Western Digital Corp.

United States 1,392,100   57,939,202
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 3.3%        
 
Cie Financiere Richemont SA

Switzerland 956,809   51,118,550
 
Tapestry Inc.

United States 2,928,600   37,925,370
          89,043,920
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.4%        
 
Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

India 8,676,627   11,105,894
  Tobacco 4.1%        
 
British American Tobacco PLC

United Kingdom 3,250,051   110,651,437
 
Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (Cost $2,622,630,856)

      2,380,906,285
  Preferred Stocks 5.5%        
  Automobiles 2.3%        
d
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, 5.831%, pfd.

Germany 1,451,423   60,653,558
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 3.2%        
d
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 3.534%, pfd.

South Korea 2,571,242   84,572,698
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $116,423,225)

      145,226,256
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund (continued)
    Country Principal
Amount
  Value
  Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests 1.6%        
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp, senior bond, zero cpn., 10/10/36

United States $14,878,000       $5,756,001
e
Veritas U.S. Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.95%, (3-month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), 1/27/23

United States 17,121,251      14,638,669
f Veritas U.S. Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd.,        
 
senior note, 144A, 7.50%, 2/01/23

United States  2,766,000       2,458,269
 
senior note, 144A, 10.50%, 2/01/24

United States 22,708,000      19,330,071
 
Total Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests (Cost $44,705,844)

      42,183,010
  Corporate Notes in Reorganization 0.4%        
g Frontier Communications Corp.,        
 
senior note, 10.50%, 9/15/22

United States 16,691,000       4,501,329
 
senior note, 11.00%, 9/15/25

United States 23,907,000       6,395,123
 
Total Corporate Notes in Reorganization (Cost $38,067,059)

      10,896,452
      Shares    
  Companies in Liquidation 0.0%        
a,b,h
Tribune Media Co., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 500,429    —
a,b,h
Vistra Energy Corp., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 46,282,735   25,455
a,b,h
Walter Energy Inc., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 5,229,000    —
 
Total Companies in Liquidation (Cost $1,456,075)

      25,455
 
Total Investments before Short Term Investments (Cost $2,823,283,059)

      2,579,237,458
      Principal
Amount
   
  Short Term Investments 2.3%        
  U.S. Government and Agency Securities 1.8%        
i U.S. Treasury Bill,        
 
4/07/20

United States $10,000,000       9,999,894
 
j 5/21/20

United States 32,500,000      32,496,152
 
j 5/28/20

United States  5,000,000       4,999,186
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities

(Cost $47,413,280)

      47,495,232
k Repurchase Agreements (Cost $14,500,000) 0.5%        
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.00%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $14,500,000)

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Strips, 8/15/28 - 2/15/40

(valued at $14,790,000)

United States 14,500,000   14,500,000
 
Total Investments (Cost $2,885,196,339) 99.0%

      2,641,232,690
 
Securities Sold Short (0.7)%

      (19,708,372)
 
Other Assets, less Liabilities 1.7%

      47,470,718
 
Net Assets 100.0%

      $2,668,995,036
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $19,775,446) (0.7)%        
  Common Stocks (0.7)%        
  Biotechnology (0.7)%        
 
AbbVie Inc.

United States    258,674     $(19,708,372)
 
Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
aNon-income producing.
bFair valued using significant unobservable inputs. See  Note 10 regarding fair value measurements.
cSee  Note 6 regarding restricted securities.
dVariable rate security. The rate shown represents the yield at period end.
eThe coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
fSecurity was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities was $21,788,340, representing 0.8% of net assets.
gDefaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.
hContingent distributions represent the right to receive additional distributions, if any, during the reorganization of the underlying company. Shares represent total underlying principal of debt securities.
iThe security was issued on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
jA portion or all of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities sold short and/or open forward exchange contracts. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities amounted to $9,964,811, representing 0.4% of net assets.
kAt March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Futures Contracts
Description Type Number of Contracts Notional
Amount*
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Currency Contracts          
EUR/USD

Short 697 $96,268,769 6/15/20 $2,656,023
GBP/USD

Short 985 76,682,250 6/15/20 3,393,470
Total Futures Contracts

$6,049,493
 
*As of period end.
 
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Forward Exchange Contracts
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts
Euro 

BOFA Buy 9,983,861 $11,316,478   4/07/20         $ —   $(305,117)
Euro 

BOFA Buy 10,609,493 11,614,730   4/07/20     86,651          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 2,718,050 2,993,661   4/07/20      4,121          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 4,634,302 5,304,594   4/07/20          —   (193,347)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 5,866,124 6,409,861   4/07/20     59,982          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 9,966,224 11,304,816   4/07/20          —   (312,907)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 1,081,059 1,204,124   4/07/20     11,807          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 5,973,894 6,565,665   4/07/20     23,039          —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 31,433,239 35,201,606   4/07/20    533,381          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 908,910 1,030,772   4/07/20          —    (28,321)
Euro 

UBSW Buy 6,914,259 7,553,472   4/07/20     72,376          —
Euro 

UBSW Sell 25,060,819 28,068,793   4/07/20    428,813          —
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Buy 3,532,461 2,099,793   4/14/20     70,362          —
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Buy 12,099,992 7,794,826   4/14/20          —   (361,241)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Sell 835,151 499,130   4/14/20          —    (13,941)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Sell 37,944,521 25,605,585   4/14/20  2,294,513          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 8,981,935 11,602,858   4/24/20          —   (447,165)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 7,692,076 9,949,301   4/24/20    395,631          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 3,724,675 4,830,797   4/24/20          —   (204,697)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 5,014,534 6,486,522   4/24/20    258,400          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 11,956,275,300 9,558,327   5/15/20    263,858          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 28,593,461,752 24,028,161   5/15/20          —   (538,382)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 5,618,163,770 4,575,983   5/15/20          —    (39,387)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 50,736,540,353 43,703,268   5/15/20  2,022,757          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 7,713,726,000 6,194,003   5/15/20    142,890          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 26,580,191,400 22,306,304   5/15/20          —   (470,444)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 4,480,389,185 3,619,054   5/15/20          —    (61,625)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 43,248,030,258 37,378,475   5/15/20  1,849,840          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 5,225,991 5,813,262   5/21/20          —    (39,216)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 2,338,954 2,661,695   5/21/20          —    (77,452)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 3,978,094 4,364,280   5/21/20     31,001          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 10,240,181 11,589,731   5/21/20          —   (275,653)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 22,118,867 24,810,513   5/21/20    372,019          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 13,786,862 15,628,455   5/21/20          —   (395,752)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 46,152,188 51,957,620   5/21/20    965,407          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 5,780,731 6,805,859   5/22/20    377,577          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 6,193,244 8,029,803   5/22/20          —   (333,756)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 23,836,405 31,333,143   5/22/20  1,712,793          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 3,983,828 4,819,065   5/22/20    131,446          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 15,065,594 19,364,594   5/22/20          —   (643,305)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 53,302,661 69,584,395   5/22/20  3,347,740          —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 6,533,689 8,492,202   5/22/20          —   (373,101)
British Pound 

UBSW Buy 5,152,086 6,733,394   5/22/20          —   (331,145)
British Pound 

UBSW Sell 1,645,098 2,210,999   5/22/20    166,714          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 1,402,464 1,519,777   7/15/20     32,688          —
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Euro 

BOFA Buy 2,772,699 $3,105,312   7/15/20         $ —    $(36,055)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 4,466,805 4,930,784   7/15/20          —    (13,776)
Euro 

BONY Buy 4,049,199 4,449,053   7/15/20     33,234          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 5,605,879 6,291,421   7/15/20          —    (85,957)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 2,825,068 3,173,200   7/15/20          —    (45,974)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 305,000 336,144   7/15/20          —     (1,478)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 29,394,673 33,036,289   7/15/20    497,662          —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 879,781 966,030   7/15/20          —     (7,850)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 19,394,673 21,819,783   7/15/20    350,722          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 2,772,700 3,109,707   7/15/20          —    (40,449)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 3,156,341 3,492,018   7/15/20          —     (1,915)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 3,000,000 3,803,310   7/16/20          —    (73,077)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 3,154,793 3,815,817   7/16/20          —   (106,888)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 14,604,375 19,110,481   7/16/20    951,239          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 12,632,192 16,506,548   7/16/20    799,540          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 30,613,956,521 26,337,592   7/17/20  1,116,634          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 10,014,987,590 8,339,012   7/17/20          —    (88,279)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 51,410,643,810 44,181,681   7/17/20  1,827,608          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 3,054,109 3,873,191   8/14/20          —    (74,984)
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 8,042,667 9,886,046   8/14/20    116,122          —
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 19,977,809 26,019,598   8/14/20  1,174,430          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 19,977,809 26,023,494   8/14/20  1,178,326          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 4,825,067 5,423,569   8/18/20          —    (77,146)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 1,478,540 1,620,486   8/18/20          —    (17,813)
Euro 

BONY Sell 3,202,321 3,490,017   8/18/20          —    (58,319)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 2,000,000 2,248,700   8/18/20          —    (32,597)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 2,002,201 2,229,791   8/18/20     11,249          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 4,095,713 4,481,633   8/18/20          —    (56,629)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 14,235,514 15,611,056   8/18/20          —   (162,626)
Total Forward Exchange Contracts 

$23,712,572 $(6,427,766)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 

$17,284,806
 
aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
See Abbreviations on page 54.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual European Fund
    Country Shares   Value
  Common Stocks 89.7%        
  Aerospace & Defense 2.6%        
 
BAE Systems PLC

United Kingdom  3,303,112    $21,210,602
  Auto Components 3.5%        
 
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

France    330,746    28,960,444
  Banks 10.7%        
 
AIB Group PLC

Ireland    866,051       960,040
 
Barclays PLC

United Kingdom 16,511,539    18,753,668
 
CaixaBank SA

Spain 5,720,550   10,583,608
 
ING Groep NV

Netherlands 3,424,039   17,540,334
 
Standard Chartered PLC

United Kingdom 4,333,652   23,946,364
 
UniCredit SpA

Italy 2,221,742   17,184,022
          88,968,036
  Beverages 2.2%        
 
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Belgium 322,229   14,228,937
 
Diageo PLC

United Kingdom 83,470   2,645,302
 
Heineken NV

Netherlands 17,774   1,507,960
          18,382,199
  Chemicals 4.5%        
 
BASF SE

Germany 459,069   21,451,941
 
Covestro AG

Germany 522,678   15,858,001
          37,309,942
  Commercial Services & Supplies 1.1%        
 
G4S PLC

United Kingdom 8,137,683   9,250,605
  Construction Materials 5.8%        
 
HeidelbergCement AG

Germany 389,156   16,621,412
 
LafargeHolcim Ltd., B

Switzerland 857,508   31,277,223
          47,898,635
  Diversified Financial Services 0.7%        
a
M&G PLC

United Kingdom 4,238,725   5,892,775
  Diversified Telecommunication Services 4.6%        
 
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA

Greece 2,797,335   33,866,071
 
Koninklijke KPN NV

Netherlands 1,643,695   3,929,679
          37,795,750
  Energy Equipment & Services 0.9%        
 
Tenaris SA, ADR

Italy 635,416   7,656,763
  Health Care Providers & Services 1.7%        
 
Fresenius SE and Co. KGaA

Germany 368,256   13,707,429
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.7%        
 
Accor SA

France 834,577   22,415,678
  Household Durables 1.2%        
 
Husqvarna AB, B

Sweden 2,085,623   10,355,513
  Household Products 2.5%        
 
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

United Kingdom 277,314   21,112,647
Quarterly Statement of Investments  |  See Notes to Statements of Investments.  |  7

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual European Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Common Stocks (continued)        
  Industrial Conglomerates 1.4%        
 
Siemens AG

Germany    143,434    $12,007,187
  Insurance 8.3%        
 
ASR Nederland NV

Netherlands    827,060    20,789,404
 
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom  6,791,143    24,778,462
 
NN Group NV

Netherlands    855,360    23,238,730
          68,806,596
  Machinery 5.1%        
 
CNH Industrial NV

United Kingdom 2,270,191   12,925,882
 
CNH Industrial NV, special voting

United Kingdom 833,461   4,745,512
 
Vossloh AG

Germany 500,980   17,178,683
 
Weir Group PLC

United Kingdom 848,675   7,543,967
          42,394,044
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 7.7%        
 
BP PLC

United Kingdom 6,763,906   27,722,768
a
Cairn Energy PLC

United Kingdom 11,140,689   10,554,705
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A (EUR Traded)

United Kingdom 370,119   6,416,466
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A (GBP Traded)

United Kingdom 1,095,418   19,020,709
          63,714,648
  Pharmaceuticals 7.0%        
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC

United Kingdom 1,498,385   28,100,090
 
Novartis AG

Switzerland 360,966   29,763,793
          57,863,883
  Road & Rail 0.0%        
a,b,c,d
Euro Wagon LP

Jersey Islands 16,127,149    —
  Software 2.2%        
 
Avast PLC

United Kingdom 3,788,433   18,305,592
  Specialty Retail 2.0%        
 
Dufry AG

Switzerland 255,528   7,838,140
 
Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

Germany 210,726   8,812,645
          16,650,785
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.7%        
 
Cie Financiere Richemont SA

Switzerland 267,925   14,314,181
  Tobacco 2.8%        
 
British American Tobacco PLC

United Kingdom 680,360   23,163,579
  Trading Companies & Distributors 4.6%        
 
Kloeckner & Co. SE

Germany 3,031,653   11,040,830
 
Rexel SA

France 3,727,550   27,439,849
          38,480,679
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.2%        
 
Vodafone Group PLC

United Kingdom 13,037,600   18,026,630
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,133,566,327)

      744,644,822
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual European Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Preferred Stocks 4.7%        
  Auto Components 1.6%        
e
Schaeffler AG, 10.092%, pfd.

Germany  2,198,258    $13,208,792
  Automobiles 3.1%        
e
Volkswagen AG, 4.653%, pfd.

Germany    221,849    25,549,299
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $60,002,801)

      38,758,091
 
Total Investments before Short Term Investments (Cost $1,193,569,128)

      783,402,913
      Principal
Amount
   
  Short Term Investments 1.9%        
  U.S. Government and Agency Securities (Cost $5,905,221) 0.7%        
f,g
U.S. Treasury Bill, 5/21/20 - 5/28/20

United States $5,919,000   5,918,188
h Repurchase Agreements (Cost $9,900,000) 1.2%        
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.00%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $9,900,000)

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Strips, 5/15/21 - 8/15/47 (valued at $10,098,000)

United States 9,900,000   9,900,000
 
Total Investments (Cost $1,209,374,349) 96.3%

      799,221,101
 
Other Assets, less Liabilities 3.7%

      30,603,527
 
Net Assets 100.0%

      $829,824,628
  
aNon-income producing.
bSee  Note 7 regarding holdings of 5% voting securities.
cFair valued using significant unobservable inputs. See  Note 10 regarding fair value measurements.
dSee  Note 6 regarding restricted securities.
eVariable rate security. The rate shown represents the yield at period end.
fThe security was issued on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
gA portion or all of the security has been segregated as collateral for open forward exchange contracts. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities pledged amounted to $12,003, representing less than 0.1% of net assets.
hAt March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Futures Contracts
Description Type Number of Contracts Notional
Amount*
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Currency Contracts          
EUR/USD

Short 1,599 $220,851,881 6/15/20 $6,135,155
GBP/USD

Short 1,585 123,392,250 6/15/20 5,259,337
Total Futures Contracts

$11,394,492
 
*As of period end.
 
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual European Fund (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Forward Exchange Contracts
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts
Euro 

BOFA Buy 5,793,020 $6,300,798   4/07/20     $88,416         $ —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 30,752,925 34,653,362   4/07/20          —   (735,468)
Euro 

BONY Buy 97,632 107,532   4/07/20        148          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 9,061,667 10,372,319   4/07/20          —   (378,061)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 743,697 810,471   4/07/20      9,765          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 21,117,206 23,902,666   4/07/20          —   (612,161)
Euro 

SSBT Buy 87,694 96,483   4/07/20        236          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 4,299,715 4,775,820   4/07/20          —    (33,595)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 40,266,052 45,099,307   4/07/20    689,229          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 3,043,772 3,318,516   4/07/20     38,508          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 5,534,779 6,218,555   4/07/20          —   (114,157)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 40,266,052 45,099,066   4/07/20    688,988          —
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Buy 12,047,847 12,771,877   4/14/20          —   (251,946)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 50,797,235 54,785,215   4/14/20  1,997,540          —
Swedish Krona 

HSBK Buy 12,463,775 1,251,982   4/20/20      5,397          —
Swedish Krona 

HSBK Buy 49,818,169 5,183,667   4/20/20          —   (157,876)
Swedish Krona 

HSBK Sell 12,051,850 1,199,828   4/20/20          —    (15,996)
Swedish Krona 

HSBK Sell 153,183,170 15,912,076   4/20/20    458,545          —
Swedish Krona 

SSBT Buy 9,700,700 1,002,287   4/20/20          —    (23,654)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 23,055,824 29,851,156   4/24/20          — (1,215,496)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 5,134,163 6,648,541   4/24/20    271,836          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 21,292,564 27,551,156   4/24/20          — (1,105,486)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 44,393,484 57,685,826   4/24/20  2,548,483          —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 5,179,259 6,743,282   4/24/20          —   (310,568)
Euro 

BONY Buy 3,058,841 3,402,578   5/21/20          —    (22,953)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 5,258,672 5,924,525   5/21/20          —   (114,372)
Euro 

SSBT Buy 23,053,465 26,122,298   5/21/20          —   (651,194)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 38,230,845 42,860,983   5/21/20    620,833          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 9,061,667 10,390,742   5/21/20          —   (378,769)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 38,230,845 42,864,233   5/21/20    624,082          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 2,686,912 3,110,478   5/22/20    228,420          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 3,000,000 3,801,780   5/22/20          —    (73,824)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 23,966,033 31,444,297   5/22/20  1,662,860          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 777,625 940,660   5/22/20     25,658          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 25,206,841 32,197,768   5/22/20          —   (874,438)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 26,076,792 33,963,025   5/22/20  1,558,651          —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 12,790,866 16,519,766   5/22/20          —   (625,172)
British Pound 

UBSW Buy 7,494,142 9,797,428   5/22/20          —   (484,820)
British Pound 

UBSW Sell 5,401,010 7,181,404   5/22/20    469,828          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 328,438 362,650   7/15/20        916          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 12,651,522 14,190,154   7/15/20          —   (185,467)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 189,835 210,957   7/15/20        819          —
Euro 

BOFA Sell 6,713,337 7,424,635   7/15/20          —     (6,737)
Euro 

BONY Buy 5,357,448 5,886,490   7/15/20     43,972          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 8,453,064 9,486,789   7/15/20          —   (129,615)
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual European Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 5,263,370 $5,791,507   7/15/20     $34,815         $ —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 7,275,684 8,172,267   7/15/20          —   (118,400)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 73,672,886 82,891,574   7/15/20  1,338,889          —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 73,672,886 82,884,944   7/15/20  1,332,259          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 13,828,902 15,519,145   7/15/20          —   (211,150)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 6,713,338 7,427,301   7/15/20          —     (4,072)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 2,005,492 2,425,703   7/16/20          —    (67,948)
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 5,000,000 6,347,050   7/16/20          —   (129,994)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 7,840,570 10,246,738   7/16/20    497,686          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 7,190,570 9,395,954   7/16/20    455,119          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 4,647,479 5,553,612   8/14/20    226,171          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 8,421,427 10,679,970   8/14/20          —   (206,761)
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 5,552,452 6,825,074   8/14/20     80,168          —
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 40,040,937 52,150,317   8/14/20  2,353,876          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 936,303 1,103,246   8/14/20          —    (61,176)
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 40,040,937 52,158,125   8/14/20  2,361,684          —
Euro 

BOFA Sell 3,395,225 3,724,609   8/18/20          —    (37,476)
Euro 

BONY Sell 8,547,459 9,315,362   8/18/20          —   (155,662)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 1,124,252 1,252,046   8/18/20      6,317          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 8,652,398 9,440,812   8/18/20          —   (146,490)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 10,201,284 11,156,155   8/18/20          —   (147,391)
Total Forward Exchange Contracts 

$20,720,114 $(9,788,345)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 

$10,931,769
 
aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
See Abbreviations on page 54.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund
    Country Shares   Value
  Common Stocks 92.6%        
  Banks 35.5%        
a
AB&T Financial Corp.

United States     226,100        $96,093
 
AIB Group PLC

Ireland   2,267,537     2,513,623
 
Barclays PLC

United Kingdom   6,738,575     7,653,617
b,c
BAWAG Group AG, 144A

Austria     220,031     6,136,150
 
BNP Paribas SA

France     132,299     3,861,450
 
CaixaBank SA

Spain   3,048,869     5,640,722
 
CIT Group Inc.

United States 4,043   69,782
 
Citigroup Inc.

United States 46,010   1,937,941
 
Citizens Financial Group Inc.

United States 501,700   9,436,977
b
Credito Valtellinese SpA

Italy 133,301,960   7,105,537
 
First Horizon National Corp.

United States 553,729   4,463,056
 
ING Groep NV

Netherlands 1,565,167   8,017,885
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

United States 46,880   4,220,606
 
Shinsei Bank Ltd.

Japan 382,511   5,128,838
 
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc.

United States 649,760   6,393,638
 
Standard Chartered PLC

United Kingdom 1,298,159   7,173,208
 
Synovus Financial Corp.

United States 300,311   5,273,461
 
UniCredit SpA

Italy 663,877   5,134,744
 
Wells Fargo & Co.

United States 216,570   6,215,559
          96,472,887
  Capital Markets 5.9%        
 
Credit Suisse Group AG

Switzerland 712,449   5,747,438
 
Deutsche Bank AG

Germany 1,302,130   8,275,498
 
Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd.

China 1,396,063   2,078,072
          16,101,008
  Consumer Finance 4.9%        
 
Capital One Financial Corp.

United States 186,210   9,388,708
 
Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd.

Hong Kong 10,576,704   3,983,667
          13,372,375
  Diversified Financial Services 6.2%        
b
M&G PLC

United Kingdom 2,775,972   3,859,222
 
Voya Financial Inc.

United States 322,150   13,063,182
          16,922,404
  Household Durables 1.8%        
 
Cairn Homes PLC

Ireland 6,659,782   4,944,118
  Insurance 35.7%        
 
Alleghany Corp.

United States 21,947   12,122,425
 
American International Group Inc.

United States 129,758   3,146,632
 
ASR Nederland NV

Netherlands 373,840   9,397,034
 
China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., H

China 1,238,600   3,746,483
 
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom 2,460,898   8,978,940
 
Everest Re Group Ltd.

United States 60,600   11,660,652
 
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

United States 356,472   12,562,073
b
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd

Jordan 868,655   6,949,240
 
MetLife Inc.

United States 164,070   5,015,620
Quarterly Statement of Investments  |  See Notes to Statements of Investments.  |  12

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Common Stocks (continued)        
  Insurance (continued)        
 
NN Group NV

Netherlands     384,656    $10,450,474
 
RSA Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom   1,581,336     8,247,409
 
T&D Holdings Inc.

Japan     563,469     4,631,611
          96,908,593
  Real Estate Management & Development 2.0%        
b
Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd.

Greece   3,979,650       112,443
 
Kenedix Inc.

Japan 1,350,600   5,148,970
          5,261,413
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.6%        
 
Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

India 1,200,419   1,536,510
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $391,970,395)

      251,519,308
      Principal
Amount
   
  Short Term Investments 5.3%        
  U.S. Government and Agency Securities 1.1%        
d U.S. Treasury Bill,        
 
4/07/20

United States   $1,500,000     1,499,984
 
e 6/11/20

United States   1,500,000     1,499,689
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities

(Cost $2,998,979)

      2,999,673
f Repurchase Agreements (Cost $11,400,000) 4.2%        
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.00%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $11,400,000)

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, Index Linked, 0.375%, 7/15/25; and U.S. Treasury Strips, 8/15/20 - 2/15/45 (valued at $11,628,000)

United States 11,400,000   11,400,000
 
Total Investments (Cost $406,369,374) 97.9%

      265,918,981
 
Other Assets, less Liabilities 2.1%

      5,742,659
 
Net Assets 100.0%

      $271,661,640
  
aSee  Note 7 regarding holdings of 5% voting securities.
bNon-income producing.
cSecurity was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2020, the value of this security was $6,136,150, representing 2.3% of net assets.
dThe security was issued on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
eA portion or all of the security has been segregated as collateral for open forward exchange contracts. At March 31, 2020, the value of this security pledged amounted to $886,816, representing 0.3% of net assets.
fAt March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
  |  13

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Futures Contracts
Description Type Number of Contracts Notional
Amount*
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Currency Contracts          
EUR/USD

Short 146 $20,165,338 6/15/20 $555,781
GBP/USD

Short 118 9,186,300 6/15/20 374,520
Total Futures Contracts

$930,301
 
*As of period end.
 
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Forward Exchange Contracts
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts
Euro 

BOFA Buy 2,045,632 $2,245,402   4/07/20    $10,760         $ —
Euro 

BONY Buy 837,889 922,850   4/07/20     1,270          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 668,344 729,174   4/07/20     7,953          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 604,415 674,697   4/07/20     8,077          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 768,192 843,670   4/07/20     3,581          —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 1,928,286 2,159,744   4/07/20    33,006          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 886,861 966,086   4/07/20    12,048          —
Euro 

UBSW Sell 2,674,217 2,991,684   4/07/20    42,247          —
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Buy 1,736,915 1,840,023   4/14/20         —    (35,048)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 872,654 898,109   4/14/20         —     (8,739)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 6,352,195 6,850,892   4/14/20   249,792          —
Japanese Yen 

UBSW Buy 677,490,103 6,173,991   4/20/20   132,732          —
Japanese Yen 

UBSW Buy 1,168,111,569 11,126,156   4/20/20         —   (252,261)
Japanese Yen 

UBSW Sell 3,445,918,073 31,477,351   4/20/20         —   (600,539)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 2,177,026 2,815,508   4/24/20         —   (111,610)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 55,773 72,221   4/24/20     2,951          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 777,998 1,013,868   4/24/20         —    (47,583)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 2,899,252 3,756,679   4/24/20   155,766          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 2,773,149 3,164,936   5/21/20         —   (100,965)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 2,625,897 2,939,758   5/21/20    38,481          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 1,583,028 1,815,095   5/21/20         —    (66,054)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 481,636 531,376   5/21/20       770          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 5,737,457 6,494,847   5/21/20         —   (155,699)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 864,630 965,644   5/21/20    10,340          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 632,043 697,334   5/21/20       992          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 1,583,028 1,815,290   5/21/20         —    (66,248)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 6,567,050 7,362,346   5/21/20   106,603          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 632,043 697,305   5/21/20     1,021          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 2,640,455 3,016,533   5/21/20         —    (99,170)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 6,005,261 6,737,027   5/21/20   101,988          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 171,801 198,885   5/22/20    14,606          —
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 2,417,825 $3,129,617   5/22/20        $ —   $(125,102)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 3,797,181 5,018,056   5/22/20   299,480          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 1,459,703 1,893,667   5/22/20         —    (79,764)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 1,148,165 1,526,624   5/22/20    99,853          —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 890,271 1,159,435   5/22/20         —    (53,139)
British Pound 

UBSW Sell 335,350 450,708   5/22/20    33,984          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 121,188 133,812   7/15/20       338          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 2,726,278 3,057,781   7/15/20         —    (39,909)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 83,843 93,172   7/15/20       362          —
Euro 

BOFA Sell 3,699,196 4,079,114   7/15/20         —    (15,735)
Euro 

BONY Buy 722,104 793,411   7/15/20     5,927          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 1,798,310 2,018,225   7/15/20         —    (27,574)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 709,424 780,609   7/15/20     4,693          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 2,050,429 2,310,235   7/15/20         —    (40,498)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 4,459,258 4,929,198   7/15/20         —     (7,006)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 16,334,652 18,378,607   7/15/20   296,857          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 2,035,772 2,286,137   7/15/20         —    (32,626)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 1,173,884 1,292,567   7/15/20         —     (6,871)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 17,380,237 19,542,697   7/15/20   303,530          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 4,085,242 4,603,476   7/15/20         —    (81,290)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 740,000 819,805   7/15/20       657          —
Euro 

UBSW Sell 754,782 835,053   7/15/20         —       (458)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 1,396,131 1,688,662   7/16/20         —    (47,303)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 398,289 475,945   8/14/20    19,383          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 871,496 1,105,222   8/14/20         —    (21,397)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 200,788 249,805   8/14/20        97          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 1,961,395 2,410,947   8/14/20    28,319          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 2,278,529 2,856,812   8/14/20         —    (23,145)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 284,360 337,109   8/14/20         —    (16,532)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 11,227,458 14,622,922   8/14/20   660,026          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 324,106 381,894   8/14/20         —    (21,177)
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 11,227,458 14,625,111   8/14/20   662,215          —
British Pound 

UBSW Buy 1,192,517 1,565,499   8/14/20         —    (82,440)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 2,095,386 2,296,774   8/18/20         —    (25,022)
Euro 

BONY Sell 1,854,856 2,021,496   8/18/20         —    (33,780)
Euro 

BONY Sell 2,975,000 3,317,422   8/18/20    20,969          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 94,061 104,753   8/18/20       528          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 3,462,069 3,772,869   8/18/20         —    (63,280)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 3,635,069 3,980,911   8/18/20         —    (46,935)
Total Forward Exchange Contracts 

$3,372,202 $(2,434,899)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 

$937,303
 
aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
See Abbreviations on page 54.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests 92.4%        
  Aerospace & Defense 1.4%        
 
BAE Systems PLC

United Kingdom  21,813,405     $140,072,592
  Auto Components 0.0%        
 
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

France      12,904       1,129,887
a,b,c
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC

Brazil   3,819,425          71,977
          1,201,864
  Automobiles 1.1%        
 
General Motors Co.

United States 5,350,852   111,190,705
  Banks 7.9%        
 
AIB Group PLC

Ireland 516,975   573,080
 
CIT Group Inc.

United States 121,354   2,094,570
 
Citigroup Inc.

United States 2,029,040   85,463,165
 
Citizens Financial Group Inc.

United States 4,853,710   91,298,285
a
Credito Valtellinese SpA

Italy 25,464,429   1,357,358
 
First Horizon National Corp.

United States 7,743,203   62,410,216
 
ING Groep NV

Netherlands 19,138,491   98,040,802
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

United States 1,676,856   150,967,345
 
Standard Chartered PLC

United Kingdom 21,802,525   120,473,723
 
Wells Fargo & Co.

United States 6,026,804   172,969,275
          785,647,819
  Beverages 0.2%        
 
Heineken NV

Netherlands 208,227   17,666,145
  Building Products 1.7%        
 
Johnson Controls International PLC

United States 6,119,300   164,976,328
  Capital Markets 2.7%        
 
Credit Suisse Group AG

Switzerland 16,988,277   137,047,095
 
Deutsche Bank AG

Germany 10,513,763   66,818,689
 
Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd.

China 41,520,689   61,804,512
          265,670,296
  Chemicals 2.3%        
 
BASF SE

Germany 2,980,897   139,295,024
 
Covestro AG

Germany 2,915,166   88,445,860
          227,740,884
  Communications Equipment 1.1%        
 
Cisco Systems Inc.

United States 2,838,530   111,582,614
  Construction Materials 1.4%        
 
LafargeHolcim Ltd., B

Switzerland 3,726,174   135,910,542
  Consumer Finance 1.1%        
 
Capital One Financial Corp.

United States 2,190,465   110,443,245
  Containers & Packaging 1.1%        
 
International Paper Co.

United States 3,679,148   114,531,877
Quarterly Statement of Investments  |  See Notes to Statements of Investments.  |  16

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Diversified Financial Services 1.8%        
a
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., B

United States      41,734       $7,630,227
a
M&G PLC

United Kingdom  24,508,843      34,072,770
 
Voya Financial Inc.

United States   3,426,353     138,938,614
          180,641,611
  Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.6%        
 
Koninklijke KPN NV

Netherlands  23,139,811      55,321,722
  Energy Equipment & Services 0.6%        
 
Schlumberger Ltd.

United States 4,741,000   63,956,090
  Entertainment 2.5%        
 
The Walt Disney Co.

United States 2,621,361   253,223,473
  Food & Staples Retailing 1.3%        
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

United States 2,833,972   129,654,219
  Food Products 1.9%        
 
The Kraft Heinz Co.

United States 7,582,400   187,588,576
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.6%        
 
Medtronic PLC

United States 3,987,784   359,618,361
  Health Care Providers & Services 3.3%        
 
Anthem Inc.

United States 402,928   91,480,773
 
CVS Health Corp.

United States 3,993,966   236,962,003
          328,442,776
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1.6%        
 
Accor SA

France 5,801,488   155,820,600
  Household Durables 0.0%        
 
Cairn Homes PLC

Ireland 1,397,177   1,037,242
  Industrial Conglomerates 1.4%        
 
General Electric Co.

United States 16,950,050   134,583,397
  Insurance 8.4%        
 
Alleghany Corp.

United States 76,761   42,398,938
 
American International Group Inc.

United States 4,787,601   116,099,324
 
ASR Nederland NV

Netherlands 51,344   1,290,609
 
China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., H

China 45,099,632   136,416,112
 
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom 668,514   2,439,169
 
Everest Re Group Ltd.

United States 282,300   54,320,166
 
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

United States 5,759,287   202,957,274
 
NN Group NV

Netherlands 7,637,416   207,496,086
 
RSA Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom 13,734,213   71,630,365
 
T&D Holdings Inc.

Japan 225,033   1,849,730
          836,897,773
  Interactive Media & Services 0.0%        
a
Baidu Inc., ADR

China 16,131   1,625,843
  IT Services 1.6%        
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., A

United States 3,420,390   158,945,523
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Machinery 0.7%        
 
CNH Industrial NV

United Kingdom   5,804,196      $33,047,595
 
CNH Industrial NV, special voting

United Kingdom   7,338,645      41,784,352
          74,831,947
  Media 2.7%        
a
Charter Communications Inc., A

United States     521,865     227,694,918
a
DISH Network Corp., A

United States   1,147,417      22,936,866
a
iHeartMedia Inc., A

United States 2,634,302   19,256,748
a,b
iHeartMedia Inc., B

United States 44,430   276,066
a
iHeartMedia Inc., wts., A, 5/01/39

United States 292   2,134
          270,166,732
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 9.1%        
 
BP PLC

United Kingdom 43,368,646   177,752,165
 
Caltex Australia Ltd.

Australia 3,487,907   47,823,307
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

Canada 7,907,600   108,150,124
 
Crescent Point Energy Corp.

Canada 19,820,000   15,349,059
 
JXTG Holdings Inc.

Japan 23,391,167   80,518,946
 
Kinder Morgan Inc.

United States 15,908,858   221,451,303
 
Plains All American Pipeline LP

United States 1,764,979   9,319,089
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A (EUR Traded)

United Kingdom 2,310,469   40,054,807
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A (GBP Traded)

United Kingdom 6,164,658   107,042,398
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B

United Kingdom 79,534   1,333,356
 
The Williams Cos. Inc.

United States 7,092,835   100,363,615
          909,158,169
  Pharmaceuticals 13.7%        
 
Allergan PLC

United States 739,800   131,018,580
a
Elanco Animal Health Inc.

United States 800,394   17,920,822
 
Eli Lilly & Co.

United States 1,727,117   239,585,670
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC

United Kingdom 20,063,167   376,256,305
 
Merck & Co. Inc.

United States 3,659,473   281,559,853
 
Novartis AG

Switzerland 31,288   2,579,882
 
Novartis AG, ADR

Switzerland 3,865,176   318,683,761
          1,367,604,873
  Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%        
 
Kenedix Inc.

Japan 243,134   926,914
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.9%        
a
Renesas Electronics Corp.

Japan 23,972,779   86,711,712
  Software 4.0%        
a
Avaya Holdings Corp.

United States 537   4,344
a
Avaya Holdings Corp., wts., 12/15/22

United States 401,411   64,226
a
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Israel 2,433,172   244,631,113
 
Oracle Corp.

United States 3,083,000   149,001,390
          393,701,073
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Specialty Retail 0.3%        
 
Dufry AG

Switzerland   1,141,747      $35,022,280
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 5.0%        
 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

United States  10,039,360      97,482,186
 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

South Korea   7,324,785     286,887,162
 
Western Digital Corp.

United States   2,664,171     110,882,797
          495,252,145
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.8%        
 
Cie Financiere Richemont SA

Switzerland 1,537,099   82,121,167
  Tobacco 3.8%        
 
Altria Group Inc.

United States 2,606,727   100,802,133
 
British American Tobacco PLC

United Kingdom 5,861,984   199,577,469
 
British American Tobacco PLC, ADR

United Kingdom 2,178,905   74,496,762
          374,876,364
  Trading Companies & Distributors 0.0%        
 
Rexel SA

France 101,939   750,410
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.8%        
 
Vodafone Group PLC

United Kingdom 54,326,638   75,115,527
 
Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (Cost $10,578,734,708)

      9,200,231,430
  Preferred Stocks (Cost $392,271,160) 2.2%        
  Automobiles 2.2%        
d
Volkswagen AG, 4.653%, pfd.

Germany 1,904,580   219,341,459
      Principal
Amount
   
  Corporate Bonds (Cost $21,240,570) 0.2%        
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.2%        
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp, senior bond, zero cpn., 10/10/36

United States $54,463,000   21,070,645
  Corporate Notes in Reorganization 0.7%        
e Frontier Communications Corp.,        
 
senior note, 10.50%, 9/15/22

United States 117,895,000      31,794,631
 
senior note, 11.00%, 9/15/25

United States 133,179,000      35,625,383
 
Total Corporate Notes in Reorganization (Cost $234,025,004)

      67,420,014
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Companies in Liquidation 0.0%        
a,b,f
Tribune Media Co., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States   1,295,342              $ —
a,b,f
Vistra Energy Corp., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 142,325,613          78,279
a,b,f
Walter Energy Inc., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States  30,996,000               —
 
Total Companies in Liquidation (Cost $4,500,343)

      78,279
 
Total Investments before Short Term Investments (Cost $11,230,771,785)

      9,508,141,827
      Principal
Amount
   
  Short Term Investments 3.5%        
  U.S. Government and Agency Securities 3.0%        
g U.S. Treasury Bill,        
 
4/07/20 - 7/16/20

United States $240,000,000     239,971,819
 
h 5/28/20 - 7/23/20

United States  60,000,000      59,983,267
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities

(Cost $299,194,443)

      299,955,086
i Repurchase Agreements (Cost $45,100,000) 0.5%        
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.00%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $45,100,000)

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, Index Linked, 0.375%, 7/15/25; U.S. Treasury Strips, 11/15/23 - 11/15/42 (valued at $46,002,000)

United States 45,100,000   45,100,000
 
Total Investments (Cost $11,575,066,228) 99.0%

      9,853,196,913
 
Securities Sold Short (0.5)%

      (48,812,419)
 
Other Assets, less Liabilities 1.5%

      149,105,151
 
Net Assets 100.0%

      $9,953,489,645
      Shares    
  Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $46,496,765) (0.5)%        
  Common Stocks (0.5)%        
  Biotechnology (0.5)%        
 
AbbVie Inc.

United States 640,667   (48,812,419)
 
Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
aNon-income producing.
bFair valued using significant unobservable inputs. See  Note 10 regarding fair value measurements.
cSee  Note 6 regarding restricted securities.
dVariable rate security. The rate shown represents the yield at period end.
eDefaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.
fContingent distributions represent the right to receive additional distributions, if any, during the reorganization of the underlying company. Shares represent total underlying principal of debt securities.
gThe security was issued on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
hA portion or all of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities sold short and/or open forward exchange contracts. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities pledged amounted to $24,985,640, representing 0.3% of net assets.
iAt March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Futures Contracts
Description Type Number of Contracts Notional
Amount*
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Currency Contracts          
EUR/USD

Short 4,656 $643,080,900 6/15/20 $17,942,501
GBP/USD

Short 3,641 283,451,850 6/15/20 12,431,365
Total Futures Contracts

$30,373,866
 
*As of period end.
 
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Forward Exchange Contracts
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts
Euro 

BOFA Buy 26,762,457 $30,550,385   4/07/20         $ —  $(1,033,641)
Euro 

BOFA Buy 38,455,019 42,214,402   4/07/20    198,259           —
Euro 

BONY Buy 16,102,609 17,735,413   4/07/20     24,413           —
Euro 

BONY Buy 53,202,659 60,051,125   4/07/20          —  (1,373,055)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 14,331,244 15,742,411   4/07/20     63,749           —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 31,889,800 36,378,325   4/07/20          —  (1,206,552)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 18,360,647 20,449,666   4/07/20    199,413           —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 23,528,772 26,907,203   4/07/20          —    (956,940)
Euro 

SSBT Buy 26,568,096 29,207,016   4/07/20     95,365           —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 137,228,226 153,700,142   4/07/20  2,348,919           —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 20,830,877 22,833,261   4/07/20    141,450           —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 26,535,033 30,322,289   4/07/20          —  (1,056,373)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 147,048,966 164,652,586   4/07/20  2,469,911           —
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Buy 10,917,149 6,489,456   4/14/20    217,453           —
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Buy 35,964,636 23,158,669   4/14/20          —  (1,063,931)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Sell 2,581,051 1,542,573   4/14/20          —     (43,086)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Sell 115,837,707 78,183,502   4/14/20  7,019,047           —
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Buy 41,416,550 43,875,153   4/14/20          —    (835,735)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 20,807,828 21,416,721   4/14/20          —    (206,442)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 151,467,478 163,358,859   4/14/20  5,956,276           —
Japanese Yen 

UBSW Buy 156,826,846 1,507,193   4/20/20          —     (47,300)
Japanese Yen 

UBSW Buy 276,148,802 2,523,591   4/20/20     47,065           —
Japanese Yen 

UBSW Sell 733,658,305 6,652,754   4/20/20          —    (176,837)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 29,807,248 38,577,361   4/24/20          —  (1,556,332)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 20,981,128 27,137,747   4/24/20  1,078,886           —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 19,816,797 25,693,509   4/24/20          —  (1,080,763)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 51,057,024 66,149,335   4/24/20  2,735,781           —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 14,418,739 18,763,294   4/24/20          —    (855,013)
British Pound 

UBSW Buy 7,995,368 10,489,507   4/24/20          —    (559,145)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 33,327,771,750 26,604,491   5/15/20    774,564           —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 107,666,076,112 90,382,629   5/15/20          —  (1,934,005)
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 11,829,527,776 $9,635,127   5/15/20         $ —     $(82,933)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 143,056,632,489 123,161,453   5/15/20  5,639,177           —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 24,171,790,500 19,420,891   5/15/20    436,446           —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 12,104,207,212 9,777,227   5/15/20          —    (166,485)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 88,415,822,339 76,412,517   5/15/20  3,778,146           —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 17,376,867 19,420,734   5/21/20          —    (221,539)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 5,065,752 5,685,043   5/21/20     88,041           —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 9,505,985 10,428,807   5/21/20     74,080           —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 29,344,978 32,850,147   5/21/20          —    (427,734)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 101,841,644 114,185,085   5/21/20  1,663,212           —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 46,721,846 52,323,411   5/21/20          —    (701,801)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 101,375,199 113,675,980   5/21/20  1,669,466           —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 6,601,575 7,642,248   5/22/20    561,212           —
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 36,710,023 48,250,211   5/22/20  2,632,432           —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 4,737,758 5,731,062   5/22/20    156,322           —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 10,850,435 13,707,105   5/22/20          —    (223,792)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 25,856,841 34,080,011   5/22/20  1,948,955           —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 1,001,735 1,291,551   5/22/20          —     (46,743)
British Pound 

UBSW Sell 4,246,361 5,707,075   5/22/20    430,327           —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 3,345,266 3,631,904   7/15/20     71,160           —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 25,257,682 28,360,335   7/15/20          —    (401,179)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 9,631,374 10,703,049   7/15/20     41,536           —
Euro 

BOFA Sell 61,711,965 68,014,149   7/15/20          —    (298,318)
Euro 

BONY Buy 9,675,895 10,631,380   7/15/20     79,416           —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 25,257,682 28,370,186   7/15/20          —    (411,029)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 19,764,112 21,798,435   7/15/20          —     (79,578)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 22,735,660 25,580,573   7/15/20    413,185           —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 19,229,538 21,114,687   7/15/20          —    (171,577)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 22,735,660 25,578,526   7/15/20    411,139           —
Euro 

UBSW Sell 6,719,887 7,444,593   7/15/20      5,970           —
Euro 

UBSW Sell 19,589,244 21,672,561   7/15/20          —     (11,883)
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 4,820,062 5,758,013   7/16/20    235,307           —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 8,935,376 11,328,002   7/16/20          —    (217,655)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 2,062,383 2,710,917   7/16/20    146,528           —
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 12,418,623 15,020,697   7/16/20          —    (420,757)
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 5,667,900 6,965,113   7/16/20     82,418           —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 8,935,376 11,342,656   7/16/20          —    (232,309)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 57,768,778 75,527,262   7/16/20  3,696,919           —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 50,922,516 66,540,706   7/16/20  3,223,082           —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 101,814,702,911 87,665,339   7/17/20  3,786,459           —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 37,832,514,525 31,553,249   7/17/20          —    (385,364)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 184,310,510,898 158,481,556   7/17/20  6,639,443           —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 8,500,000 10,779,615   8/14/20          —    (208,690)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 32,795,651 42,713,876   8/14/20  1,927,949           —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 32,795,651 42,720,271   8/14/20  1,934,344           —
Euro 

BOFA Sell 14,142,456 15,500,181   8/18/20          —    (170,388)
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Euro 

BONY Sell 13,710,204 $14,941,929   8/18/20         $ —    $(249,684)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 3,539,962 3,942,349   8/18/20     19,889           —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 25,164,073 27,469,195   8/18/20          —    (413,896)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 215,407,020 236,243,923   8/18/20          —  (2,438,147)
Total Forward Exchange Contracts 

$65,163,111 $(21,966,631)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 

$43,196,480
 
aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
See Abbreviations on page 54.
  |  23

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests 55.5%        
  Aerospace & Defense 1.7%        
 
BAE Systems PLC

United Kingdom   3,900,794      $25,048,557
 
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

United States     155,500      28,333,655
          53,382,212
  Auto Components 0.0%        
a,b,c
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC

Brazil   2,548,299          48,023
  Banks 0.4%        
 
BNP Paribas SA

France 296,236   8,646,327
 
First Horizon National Corp.

United States 50,000   403,000
 
Wells Fargo & Co.

United States 124,600   3,576,020
          12,625,347
  Chemicals 0.9%        
d
Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc.

United States 1,724,209   11,328,053
 
Covestro AG

Germany 474,675   14,401,595
 
Westlake Chemical Corp.

United States 66,100   2,523,037
          28,252,685
  Commercial Services & Supplies 0.9%        
a
Advanced Disposal Services Inc.

United States 865,200   28,378,560
  Communications Equipment 4.3%        
a,b,c,d
Sorenson Communications LLC, Membership Interests

United States 224,279   134,703,189
  Diversified Consumer Services 0.0%        
a,b
Affinion Group Holdings Inc., wts., 4/10/24

United States 48,381    —
  Diversified Financial Services 2.6%        
a
M&G PLC

United Kingdom 13,045,412   18,136,039
 
Voya Financial Inc.

United States 1,557,986   63,176,332
          81,312,371
  Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.4%        
 
AT&T Inc.

United States 347,100   10,117,965
a
Intelsat SA

United States 992,495   1,518,517
          11,636,482
  Electrical Equipment 0.1%        
a
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

United States 100,200   2,898,786
  Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.9%        
 
Brixmor Property Group Inc.

United States 835,200   7,934,400
 
Taubman Centers Inc.

United States 275,700   11,546,316
 
Vornado Realty Trust

United States 269,600   9,762,216
          29,242,932
  Food Products 0.3%        
 
Bunge Ltd.

United States 59,678   2,448,588
 
Conagra Brands Inc.

United States 215,712   6,328,990
          8,777,578
Quarterly Statement of Investments  |  See Notes to Statements of Investments.  |  24

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.7%        
 
Envista Holdings Corp.

United States     906,400      $13,541,616
 
Medtronic PLC

United States     102,143       9,211,256
          22,752,872
  Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 1.6%        
 
Vistra Energy Corp.

United States   3,073,147      49,047,426
  Insurance 7.4%        
 
American International Group Inc.

United States 26,800   649,900
 
ASR Nederland NV

Netherlands 1,510,686   37,973,377
a
Brighthouse Financial Inc.

United States 268,684   6,494,092
 
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom 1,095,954   3,998,746
 
Everest Re Group Ltd.

United States 308,766   59,412,754
 
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

United States 1,129,290   39,796,180
 
NN Group NV

Netherlands 1,223,210   33,232,612
 
RSA Insurance Group PLC

United Kingdom 9,614,692   50,145,130
          231,702,791
  Interactive Media & Services 1.5%        
a
Baidu Inc., ADR

China 486,493   49,033,629
  IT Services 0.9%        
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., A

United States 649,000   30,159,030
  Machinery 1.6%        
a
Navistar International Corp.

United States 2,981,159   49,159,312
  Media 4.9%        
a
Charter Communications Inc., A

United States 6,670   2,910,188
a
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.

United States 17,622,660   11,278,503
a
Discovery Inc., C

United States 3,370,684   59,121,797
a
iHeartMedia Inc., A

United States 1,623,513   11,867,880
a,b
iHeartMedia Inc., B

United States 23,770   147,695
a
iHeartMedia Inc., wts., A, 5/01/39

United States 1,872   13,683
a
Lee Enterprises Inc./IA

United States 2,367,044   2,326,804
a,b,c
Lee Enterprises Inc., wts., 12/31/22

United States 1,110,000   520,825
a
Liberty Global PLC, C

United Kingdom 4,194,789   65,900,135
          154,087,510
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.7%        
 
BP PLC

United Kingdom 10,010,483   41,029,296
 
Caltex Australia Ltd.

Australia 768,121   10,531,842
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

Canada 55,600   760,426
 
JXTG Holdings Inc.

Japan 16,466,092   56,680,899
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A

United Kingdom 1,428,769   24,769,459
 
The Williams Cos. Inc.

United States 3,292,500   46,588,875
          180,360,797
  |  25

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Pharmaceuticals 4.9%        
 
Allergan PLC

United States     386,584      $68,464,026
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC

United Kingdom     320,959       6,019,132
 
Merck & Co. Inc.

United States     638,900      49,156,966
 
Novartis AG, ADR

Switzerland     334,806      27,604,755
 
Perrigo Co. PLC

United States      55,820       2,684,384
          153,929,263
  Software 3.0%        
a
Avaya Holdings Corp., wts., 12/15/22

United States 338,090   54,094
a
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Israel 576,711   57,982,524
 
Oracle Corp.

United States 755,426   36,509,739
          94,546,357
  Specialty Retail 2.7%        
 
Tiffany & Co.

United States 540,696   70,020,132
a,b,d
TRU Kids Parent LLC

United States 7,104   15,659,336
a,b,d
Wayne Services Legacy Inc.

United States 7,104    —
          85,679,468
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.1%        
 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

United States 252,400   2,450,804
  Tobacco 6.8%        
 
Altria Group Inc.

United States 1,269,145   49,077,837
 
British American Tobacco PLC

United Kingdom 2,788,247   94,928,830
 
Imperial Brands PLC

United Kingdom 3,824,765   70,547,580
          214,554,247
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.2%        
 
Vodafone Group PLC

United Kingdom 27,952,495   38,648,929
 
Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (Cost $2,235,031,622)

      1,747,370,600
  Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $20,252,377) 0.6%        
  Multi-Utilities 0.6%        
 
Sempra Energy, 6.00%, cvt. pfd., A

United States 195,650   18,101,538
  Preferred Stocks (Cost $2,880,729) 0.1%        
  Auto Components 0.1%        
e
Schaeffler AG, 10.092%, pfd.

Germany 342,769   2,059,615
  |  26

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
    Country Principal
Amount*
  Value
  Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests 11.1%        
f
Affinion Group Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%, (1-month USD LIBOR + 5.75%), 4/05/24

United States  $18,733,302      $13,487,977
g
Banff Merger Sub Inc., senior note, 144A, 9.75%, 9/01/26

United States  50,000,000      44,378,750
 
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital, senior secured note, first lien, 4.50%, 2/01/24

United States   1,642,000       1,695,288
  Envision Healthcare Corp.,        
 
g senior note, 144A, 8.75%, 10/15/26

United States 140,000,000      35,145,950
 
f Term Loan B, 4.739%, (1-month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 10/11/25

United States  40,536,999      21,930,516
g Frontier Communications Corp.,        
 
second lien, 144A, 8.50%, 4/01/26

United States  25,000,000      22,986,250
 
senior secured note, first lien, 144A, 8.00%, 4/01/27

United States  20,000,000      19,836,600
g
Intelsat Connect Finance SA, senior note, 144A, 9.50%, 2/15/23

Luxembourg 48,845,000   18,316,875
  Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA,        
 
senior bond, 5.50%, 8/01/23

Luxembourg  45,750,000      28,422,416
 
f Term B-3 Loan, 5.682%, (6-month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 11/27/23

Luxembourg   8,000,000       7,460,000
f,h
Navistar Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 4.28%, (1-month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 11/06/24

United States 3,000,000   2,634,999
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp, senior bond, zero cpn., 10/10/36

United States 17,436,000   6,745,640
d,f
Sorenson Communications LLC, Initial Term Loans, 7.95%, (3-month USD LIBOR + 6.50%), 3/14/24

United States 12,198,214   11,466,322
f
Veritas U.S. Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.95%, (3-month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), 1/27/23

United States 22,866,117   19,550,530
g Veritas U.S. Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd.,        
 
senior note, 144A, 7.50%, 2/01/23

United States   3,682,000       3,272,359
 
senior note, 144A, 10.50%, 2/01/24

United States  30,222,000      25,726,327
 
Whiting Petroleum Corp., cvt., senior note, 1.25%, 2/20/49

United States 10,964,000   5,372,360
f Windstream Services LLC,        
 
b PSA Holder Revolving Commitment, 6.25%, (Prime + 3.00%), 4/24/20

United States  74,847,867      54,638,943
 
PSA Holder Term Loan B6, 8.25%, (Prime + 5.00%), 3/30/21

United States  12,922,000       8,140,860
 
Total Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests (Cost $545,484,978)

      351,208,962
  Corporate Notes in Reorganization 1.2%        
i Frontier Communications Corp.,        
 
senior note, 8.875%, 9/15/20

United States  21,382,000       5,238,590
 
senior note, 10.50%, 9/15/22

United States  77,063,000      20,782,812
 
senior note, 11.00%, 9/15/25

United States  41,812,000      11,184,710
 
Total Corporate Notes in Reorganization (Cost $129,901,664)

      37,206,112
      Shares    
  Companies in Liquidation 0.0%        
a,b,j
Tribune Media, Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 1,528,361    —
a,b,j
Vistra Energy Corp., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 104,175,133   57,296
a,b,j
Walter Energy Inc., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 7,443,000     —
 
Total Companies in Liquidation (Cost $3,234,626)

      57,296
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
    Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount#
  Value
  Options Purchased (Cost $373,718) 0.0%          
  Calls - Exchange-Traded          
 
The Walt Disney Co., January Strike Price $140.00, Expires 1/15/21

650        65,000         $146,900
 
Total Investments before Short Term Investments (Cost $2,937,159,714)

        2,156,151,023
    Country   Principal
Amount*
   
  Short Term Investments 29.4%          
  U.S. Government and Agency Securities 15.3%          
k U.S. Treasury Bill,          
 
4/28/20

United States   $100,000,000      99,997,562
 
5/21/20

United States    80,000,000      79,990,528
 
5/26/20

United States   100,000,000      99,992,361
 
4/07/20 - 5/28/20

United States    50,000,000      49,998,075
 
l 6/25/20

United States    50,000,000      49,990,821
 
l 7/16/20

United States    50,000,000      49,986,750
 
l 7/23/20

United States    50,000,000      49,984,894
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities

(Cost $479,126,017)

        479,940,991
m Repurchase Agreements (Cost $443,300,000) 14.1%          
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.00%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $443,300,000)

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 8/15/48; U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.125% - 2.125%, 7/31/21 - 12/31/22; U.S. Treasury Strips, 5/15/20 - 2/15/49 (valued at $452,166,011)

United States   443,300,000   443,300,000
 
Total Investments (Cost $3,859,585,731) 97.9%

        3,079,392,014
 
Options Written (0.3)%

        (10,295,389)
 
Securities Sold Short (1.0)%

        (30,309,137)
 
Other Assets, less Liabilities 3.4%

        107,100,828
 
Net Assets 100.0%

        $3,145,888,316
    Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount#
   
  Options Written (0.3)%          
  Puts - Exchange-Traded          
 
American International Group Inc., May Strike Price $50.00, Expires 5/15/20

1,448   144,800   (3,724,980)
 
Merck & Co. Inc., April Strike Price $82.50, Expires 4/17/20

1,500   150,000   (907,500)
 
The Walt Disney Co., April Strike Price $120.00, Expires 4/17/20

650   65,000   (1,550,900)
 
The Walt Disney Co., April Strike Price $125.00, Expires 4/17/20

375   37,500   (1,059,000)
            (7,242,380)
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
    Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount#
  Value
  Options Written (continued)          
  Puts - Over-the-Counter          
  Equity Options (0.1)%          
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Counterparty JPHQ, April Strike Price 16.50 GBP, Expires 4/17/20

1,000     1,000,000 GBP    $(2,054,162)
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Counterparty JPHQ, April Strike Price 23.50 EUR, Expires 4/17/20

1,250       125,000 EUR      (998,847)
 
Total Options Written (Premiums received $2,097,841)

        $(10,295,389)
    Country   Shares    
  Securities Sold Short (1.0)%          
  Common Stocks (1.0)%          
  Biotechnology (0.9)%          
 
AbbVie Inc.

United States   344,174   (26,222,617)
  Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (0.1)%          
 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR

China   17,000   (3,306,160)
  Pharmaceuticals (0.0)%          
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

United States   14,000   (780,360)
 
Total Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $28,757,023)

        $(30,309,137)
 
Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
*The principal amount is stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
#Notional amount is the number of units specified in the contract, and can include currency units, bushels, shares, pounds, barrels or other units. Currency units are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
aNon-income producing.
bFair valued using significant unobservable inputs. See  Note 10 regarding fair value measurements.
cSee  Note 6 regarding restricted securities.
dSee  Note 7 regarding holdings of 5% voting securities.
eVariable rate security. The rate shown represents the yield at period end.
fThe coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
gSecurity was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities was $169,663,111, representing 5.4% of net assets.
hSecurity purchased on a delayed delivery basis.  
iDefaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.
jContingent distributions represent the right to receive additional distributions, if any, during the reorganization of the underlying company. Shares represent total underlying principal of debt securities.
kThe security was issued on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
lA portion or all of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities sold short, open forward exchange contracts and/or open written options contracts. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities pledged amounted to $30,613,622, representing 1.0% of net assets.
mAt March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Futures Contracts
Description Type Number of Contracts Notional
Amount*
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Currency Contracts          
EUR/USD

Short 307 $42,402,456 6/15/20 $1,150,599
GBP/USD

Short 735 57,219,750 6/15/20 2,171,913
Total Futures Contracts

$3,322,512
 
*As of period end.
 
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Forward Exchange Contracts
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts
Euro 

HSBK Sell 360,085 $401,235   4/07/20      $4,092         $ —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 360,085 400,458   4/07/20          —     (3,315)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Buy 13,369,764 8,602,027   4/14/20          —   (388,364)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Buy 18,199,306 11,008,983   4/14/20    171,691          —
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Sell 1,028,334 614,587   4/14/20          —    (17,166)
Australian Dollar 

HSBK Sell 46,294,367 31,067,854   4/14/20  2,627,084          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 156,067 180,532   4/24/20     13,305          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 27,743,482 35,675,562   4/24/20          — (1,217,763)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 3,030,008 3,911,075   4/24/20    147,761          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 7,622,266 9,354,045   4/24/20    112,919          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 35,318,149 45,333,220   4/24/20          — (1,467,574)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 82,126,841 106,700,323   4/24/20  4,697,611          —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 7,938,344 10,266,019   4/24/20          —   (406,481)
British Pound 

UBSW Buy 6,198,045 8,073,156   4/24/20          —   (375,095)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 1,767,885,700 1,446,493   5/15/20      5,840          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 25,309,053,528 21,280,119   5/15/20          —   (488,510)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 287,753,574 234,375   5/15/20          —     (2,017)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 26,789,185,654 23,113,581   5/15/20  1,106,032          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 14,142,985,772 11,567,419   5/15/20     51,167          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 229,478,538 185,362   5/15/20          —     (3,156)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 13,913,507,234 12,025,494   5/15/20    595,427          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 401,534 447,180   5/21/20          —     (3,537)
Euro 

UBSW Buy 1,640,978 1,791,067   5/21/20     22,002          —
Euro 

UBSW Sell 2,042,512 2,288,778   5/21/20     32,065          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 3,337,493 3,986,212   5/22/20    161,130          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 3,656,505 4,549,424   5/22/20          —     (5,661)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 13,880,470 18,265,155   5/22/20  1,016,563          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 3,077,205 3,722,363   5/22/20    101,532          —
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 51,443,954 66,960,932   5/22/20  3,034,006          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 203,618 224,830   7/15/20        567          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 9,547,968 10,810,215   7/15/20          —   (241,029)
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 1,328,689 $1,468,831   7/15/20         $ —     $(1,969)
Euro 

BOFA Sell 4,298,824 4,822,349   7/15/20     63,738          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 4,140,075 4,695,483   7/15/20          —   (112,598)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 1,792,354 1,961,012   7/15/20     23,047          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 5,410,418 6,149,919   7/15/20          —   (160,822)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 23,742,983 26,702,953   7/15/20    420,501          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 20,906 23,087   7/15/20         55          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 4,152,082 4,707,608   7/15/20          —   (111,434)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 68,853 75,602   7/15/20          —       (614)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 25,091,223 28,231,904   7/15/20    457,009          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 86,838 95,075   7/15/20      1,051          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 8,438,963 9,577,833   7/15/20          —   (236,269)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 1,250,000 1,382,937   7/15/20          —       (758)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 6,480,000 7,293,072   7/15/20    119,994          —
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 8,985,817 11,680,601   7/16/20    507,537          —
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 8,688,671 11,356,166   7/16/20    552,575          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 6,898,671 9,014,528   7/16/20    436,643          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 2,777,803,773 2,267,066   7/17/20     21,395          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 7,845,359,600 6,596,065   7/17/20          —   (132,755)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 10,623,163,373 9,138,011   7/17/20    386,239          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 1,296,611,367 1,064,454   7/17/20      3,745          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 7,840,622,800 6,564,746   7/17/20          —   (105,338)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 9,137,234,167 7,869,547   7/17/20    341,941          —
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 4,834,708 6,298,706   8/14/20    286,078          —
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 33,137,884 43,170,774   8/14/20  1,959,234          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 31,594,609 41,155,770   8/14/20  1,863,505          —
Euro 

BOFA Sell 2,127,660 2,331,922   8/18/20          —    (25,634)
Euro 

BONY Sell 2,427,571 2,645,664   8/18/20          —    (44,210)
Euro 

HSBK Sell 2,412,167 2,631,293   8/18/20          —    (41,512)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 3,225,776 3,534,315   8/18/20          —    (40,013)
Total Forward Exchange Contracts 

$21,345,081 $(5,633,594)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 

$15,711,487
 
aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
See Abbreviations on page 54.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests 90.2%        
  Aerospace & Defense 2.6%        
 
BAE Systems PLC

United Kingdom  15,590,083     $100,110,154
 
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

United States     551,701     100,525,439
          200,635,593
  Auto Components 0.0%        
a,b,c,d
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC

Brazil   7,234,813         136,340
  Automobiles 1.0%        
 
General Motors Co.

United States 3,805,294   79,074,009
  Banks 6.9%        
 
Cadence Bancorp

United States 325,083   2,129,294
 
CIT Group Inc.

United States 102,235   1,764,576
 
Citigroup Inc.

United States 3,077,706   129,632,977
 
Citizens Financial Group Inc.

United States 4,361,671   82,043,031
 
Columbia Banking System Inc.

United States 75,396   2,020,613
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

United States 1,644,490   148,053,435
 
Synovus Financial Corp.

United States 2,934,440   51,528,766
 
Wells Fargo & Co.

United States 4,234,603   121,533,106
          538,705,798
  Beverages 0.1%        
 
Heineken NV

Netherlands 66,319   5,626,557
  Building Products 1.1%        
 
Johnson Controls International PLC

United States 3,293,400   88,790,064
  Capital Markets 0.9%        
 
Credit Suisse Group AG

Switzerland 8,506,542   68,623,608
  Communications Equipment 1.0%        
 
Cisco Systems Inc.

United States 2,020,910   79,441,972
  Consumer Finance 1.1%        
 
Capital One Financial Corp.

United States 1,731,205   87,287,356
  Containers & Packaging 1.6%        
 
International Paper Co.

United States 3,220,137   100,242,865
 
WestRock Co.

United States 968,212   27,361,671
          127,604,536
  Diversified Financial Services 1.6%        
a
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., B

United States 33,128   6,056,792
 
Voya Financial Inc.

United States 2,937,130   119,100,622
          125,157,414
  Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.3%        
 
Koninklijke KPN NV

Netherlands 10,011,725   23,935,626
  Electrical Equipment 1.4%        
a
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

United States 3,755,370   108,642,854
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 1.1%        
 
Corning Inc.

United States 4,042,414   83,031,184
Quarterly Statement of Investments  |  See Notes to Statements of Investments.  |  32

Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Energy Equipment & Services 0.9%        
 
Baker Hughes Co., A

United States   2,405,627      $25,259,084
 
Schlumberger Ltd.

United States   3,224,000      43,491,760
          68,750,844
  Entertainment 2.3%        
 
The Walt Disney Co.

United States   1,853,574     179,055,248
  Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 1.6%        
 
Alexander’s Inc.

United States 231,286   63,823,372
 
Vornado Realty Trust

United States 1,752,422   63,455,200
          127,278,572
  Food & Staples Retailing 3.4%        
 
The Kroger Co.

United States 5,711,194   172,021,163
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

United States 2,104,829   96,295,927
          268,317,090
  Food Products 3.7%        
 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

United States 2,402,500   84,519,950
 
Conagra Brands Inc.

United States 1,929,383   56,608,097
 
The Kraft Heinz Co.

United States 6,008,600   148,652,764
          289,780,811
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.6%        
 
Medtronic PLC

United States 3,107,601   280,243,458
  Health Care Providers & Services 3.1%        
 
Anthem Inc.

United States 391,272   88,834,395
 
CVS Health Corp.

United States 2,595,215   153,974,106
          242,808,501
  Household Durables 2.6%        
 
Lennar Corp., A

United States 2,069,386   79,050,545
 
Newell Brands Inc.

United States 8,492,195   112,776,350
 
Toll Brothers Inc.

United States 857,800   16,512,650
          208,339,545
  Household Products 0.6%        
e
Energizer Holdings Inc.

United States 1,538,433   46,537,598
  Industrial Conglomerates 1.2%        
 
General Electric Co.

United States 11,699,600   92,894,824
  Insurance 7.1%        
 
Alleghany Corp.

United States 325,189   179,618,144
 
American International Group Inc.

United States 4,624,621   112,147,059
 
Everest Re Group Ltd.

United States 444,994   85,625,746
 
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

United States 3,214,299   113,271,897
 
MetLife Inc.

United States 2,277,830   69,633,263
          560,296,109
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  IT Services 1.7%        
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., A

United States   2,857,050     $132,767,114
  Machinery 0.7%        
 
CNH Industrial NV

United Kingdom   3,744,919      21,322,603
 
CNH Industrial NV, special voting

United Kingdom   5,296,616      30,157,566
          51,480,169
  Media 6.2%        
a
Charter Communications Inc., A

United States 543,329   237,059,876
 
Comcast Corp., A

United States 4,398,700   151,227,306
a
Discovery Inc., C

United States 4,106,800   72,033,272
a
DISH Network Corp., A

United States 686,124   13,715,619
a
iHeartMedia Inc., A

United States 1,795,072   13,121,976
a,c
iHeartMedia Inc., B

United States 35,201   218,721
a
iHeartMedia Inc., wts., A, 5/01/39

United States 1,786   13,054
          487,389,824
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.6%        
 
BP PLC

United Kingdom 26,795,044   109,823,053
 
Kinder Morgan Inc.

United States 9,925,540   138,163,517
 
Marathon Oil Corp.

United States 9,432,085   31,031,560
 
Plains All American Pipeline LP

United States 3,323,700   17,549,136
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A (EUR Traded)

United Kingdom 1,123,167   19,471,474
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A (GBP Traded)

United Kingdom 2,719,064   47,213,508
 
The Williams Cos. Inc.

United States 5,465,884   77,342,258
          440,594,506
  Pharmaceuticals 12.8%        
 
Allergan PLC

United States 703,000   124,501,300
a
Elanco Animal Health Inc.

United States 611,611   13,693,970
 
Eli Lilly & Co.

United States 1,485,033   206,003,778
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC

United Kingdom 9,979,574   187,152,788
 
Merck & Co. Inc.

United States 2,797,172   215,214,414
 
Novartis AG, ADR

Switzerland 2,228,192   183,714,430
 
Perrigo Co. PLC

United States 1,643,800   79,050,342
          1,009,331,022
  Software 3.5%        
a
Avaya Holdings Corp.

United States 364   2,945
a
Avaya Holdings Corp., wts., 12/15/22

United States 276,741   44,279
 
NortonLifeLock Inc.

United States 6,022,851   112,687,542
 
Oracle Corp.

United States 3,378,327   163,274,544
          276,009,310
  Specialty Retail 0.2%        
a,b,c
TRU Kids Parent LLC

United States 7,469   16,463,368
a,b,c
Wayne Services Legacy Inc.

United States 7,469    —
          16,463,368
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
    Country Shares/Units/
Warrants
  Value
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)        
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 4.4%        
 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

United States   7,532,314      $73,138,769
 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

South Korea   4,751,619     186,104,915
 
Western Digital Corp.

United States   1,987,157      82,705,474
          341,949,158
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.6%        
 
PVH Corp.

United States   1,285,900      48,401,276
  Tobacco 3.2%        
 
Altria Group Inc.

United States 2,023,360   78,243,331
 
British American Tobacco PLC

United Kingdom 3,767,740   128,276,708
 
British American Tobacco PLC, ADR

United Kingdom 1,424,588   48,706,664
          255,226,703
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.5%        
 
Vodafone Group PLC

United Kingdom 30,709,264   42,460,617
 
Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (Cost $7,254,649,915)

      7,083,068,578
      Principal
Amount
   
  Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests 3.8%        
f
Banff Merger Sub Inc., senior note, 144A, 9.75%, 9/01/26

United States $59,688,000   52,977,576
f
Frontier Communications Corp., senior secured note, first lien, 144A, 8.00%, 4/01/27

United States 19,878,000   19,715,597
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp, senior bond, zero cpn., 10/10/36

United States 43,062,000   16,659,826
g
Veritas U.S. Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.95%, (3-month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), 1/27/23

United States 57,892,381   49,497,986
f Veritas U.S. Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd.,        
 
senior note, 144A, 7.50%, 2/01/23

United States   9,656,000       8,581,722
 
senior note, 144A, 10.50%, 2/01/24

United States  76,705,000      65,294,748
g Windstream Services LLC,        
 
c PSA Holder Revolving Commitment, 6.25%, (Prime + 3.00%), 4/24/20

United States  91,322,291      66,665,273
 
PSA Holder Term Loan B6, 8.25%, (Prime + 5.00%), 3/30/21

United States  23,496,000      14,802,480
 
Total Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests (Cost $341,960,654)

      294,195,208
  Corporate Notes in Reorganization 0.5%        
h Frontier Communications Corp.,        
 
senior note, 10.50%, 9/15/22

United States  72,365,000      19,515,827
 
senior note, 11.00%, 9/15/25

United States  81,506,000      21,802,855
 
Total Corporate Notes in Reorganization (Cost $142,859,241)

      41,318,682
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Companies in Liquidation 0.0%        
a,c,i
Tribune Media Co., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States   1,002,994              $ —
a,c,i
Vistra Energy Corp., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States 194,177,556         106,797
a,c,i
Walter Energy Inc., Litigation Trust, Contingent Distribution

United States  20,046,000               —
 
Total Companies in Liquidation (Cost $6,071,371)

      106,797
 
Total Investments before Short Term Investments (Cost $7,745,541,181)

      7,418,689,265
      Principal
Amount
   
  Short Term Investments 4.4%        
  U.S. Government and Agency Securities 2.6%        
j U.S. Treasury Bill,        
 
4/07/20 - 5/28/20

United States $125,000,000     124,986,787
 
k 7/16/20 - 7/23/20

United States  80,000,000      79,976,944
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities

(Cost $204,388,727)

      204,963,731
l Repurchase Agreements (Cost $143,000,000) 1.8%        
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.00%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $143,000,000)

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.875%, 8/15/25; U.S. Treasury Strips, 11/15/20 - 5/15/46 (valued at $145,860,000)

United States 143,000,000   143,000,000
  Investments from Cash Collateral Received for Loaned Securities 0.0%        
      Shares    
  Money Market Funds 0.0%        
m,n
Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio, 0.32%

United States 32,000   32,000
      Principal
Amount
   
  Repurchase Agreements 0.0%        
o
Joint Repurchase Agreement, 0.01%, 4/01/20 (Maturity Value $8,684)

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.375% - 2.75%, 6/30/21 - 4/30/23; U.S. Treasury Strips, 8/15/20 - 11/15/23; U.S. Treasury Notes 0.30%, 10/31/21 (valued at $8,858)

United States $8,684   8,684
 
Total Investments from Cash Collateral Received for Loaned Securities (Cost $40,684)

      40,684
 
Total Investments (Cost $8,092,970,592) 98.9%

      7,766,693,680
 
Securities Sold Short (0.6)%

      (46,361,539)
 
Other Assets, less Liabilities 1.7%

      134,013,679
 
Net Assets 100.0%

      $7,854,345,820
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
    Country Shares   Value
  Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $46,531,474) (0.6)%        
  Common Stocks (0.6)%        
  Biotechnology (0.6)%        
 
AbbVie Inc.

United States     608,499     $(46,361,539)
 
Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
aNon-income producing.
bSee  Note 7 regarding holdings of 5% voting securities.
cFair valued using significant unobservable inputs. See  Note 10 regarding fair value measurements.
dSee  Note 6 regarding restricted securities.
eA portion or all of the security is on loan at March 31, 2020.  
fSecurity was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities was $146,569,643, representing 1.9% of net assets.
gThe coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
hDefaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.
iContingent distributions represent the right to receive additional distributions, if any, during the reorganization of the underlying company. Shares represent total underlying principal of debt securities.
jThe security was issued on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
kA portion or all of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities sold short and/or open forward exchange contracts. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities pledged amounted to $23,129,844, representing 0.3% of net assets.
lAt March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
mSee  Note 8 regarding investments in affiliated management investment companies.
nThe rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield at period end.
oInvestment is through participation in a joint account with other funds managed by the investment manager or an affiliate of the investment manager. At March 31, 2020, all repurchase agreements had been entered into on that date.
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Futures Contracts
Description Type Number of Contracts Notional
Amount*
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Currency Contracts          
EUR/USD

Short 305 $42,126,219 6/15/20 $1,194,886
GBP/USD

Short 1,444 112,415,400 6/15/20 5,063,878
Total Futures Contracts

$6,258,764
 
*As of period end.
 
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See  Note 3.
Forward Exchange Contracts
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts
Euro 

BOFA Buy 16,441 $18,799   4/07/20         $ —       $(666)
Euro 

BOFA Buy 104,803 114,949   4/07/20        641          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 4,568 5,031   4/07/20          7          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 2,525,741 2,824,953   4/07/20          —    (39,273)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 3,353 3,690   4/07/20          8          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 3,132,438 3,520,072   4/07/20          —    (65,256)
Euro 

SSBT Buy 8,913 9,796   4/07/20         33          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 2,589,124 2,902,607   4/07/20          —    (47,021)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 4,202,802 4,707,276   4/07/20     71,939          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 3,446 3,792   4/07/20          8          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 16,779 19,205   4/07/20          —       (700)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 4,202,802 4,707,251   4/07/20     71,914          —
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Buy 20,738,515 21,969,612   4/14/20          —   (418,477)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 10,419,614 10,723,995   4/14/20          —   (103,902)
Swiss Franc 

HSBK Sell 75,844,329 81,798,701   4/14/20  2,982,487          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 13,701,187 17,814,305   4/24/20          —   (797,234)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 5,860,227 7,577,918   4/24/20    299,432          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 4,015,300 5,244,304   4/24/20          —   (257,243)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 11,856,261 15,358,325   4/24/20    632,677          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 21,619,866,450 17,258,446   5/15/20    502,463          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Buy 40,229,582,264 33,662,149   5/15/20          —   (613,195)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 7,673,864,684 6,250,348   5/15/20          —    (53,799)
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 108,795,399,746 93,717,327   5/15/20  4,340,956          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 15,680,342,700 12,598,414   5/15/20    283,124          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 7,852,050,398 6,342,529   5/15/20          —   (107,999)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 58,942,998,018 50,943,023   5/15/20  2,520,836          —
Euro 

BOFA Buy 3,072,392 3,465,459   5/21/20          —    (70,863)
Euro 

HSBK Buy 2,783,987 3,030,793   5/21/20     45,154          —
Euro 

SSBT Buy 648,086 725,498   5/21/20          —     (9,447)
Euro 

SSBT Sell 12,813,030 14,364,816   5/21/20    208,071          —
Euro 

UBSW Buy 2,508,962 2,811,254   5/21/20          —    (39,175)
Euro 

UBSW Sell 12,813,030 14,365,905   5/21/20    209,161          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 4,069,985 4,753,253   5/22/20    304,321          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 16,929,137 21,843,070   5/22/20          —   (806,045)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 10,132,067 13,268,773   5/22/20    678,139          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 4,007,616 4,904,256   5/22/20     75,815          —
British Pound 

HSBK Buy 14,958,903 19,219,298   5/22/20          —   (630,586)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 68,464,624 88,894,878   5/22/20  3,817,184          —
British Pound 

SSBT Buy 5,787,316 7,509,065   5/22/20          —   (317,446)
British Pound 

UBSW Buy 2,302,756 3,019,596   5/22/20          —   (158,073)
Euro 

BOFA Buy 1,191,791 1,289,256   7/15/20     30,005          —
Euro 

BONY Buy 1,203,085 1,321,889   7/15/20      9,874          —
Euro 

HSBK Buy 2,517,504 2,725,249   7/15/20     61,519          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 12,500,710 14,064,924   7/15/20    227,181          —
Euro 

SSBT Sell 12,500,710 14,063,799   7/15/20    226,056          —
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Statement of Investments (unaudited)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
Currency Counterpartya Type Quantity Contract Amount   Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
OTC Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 3,201,001 $4,199,703   7/16/20    $219,543         $ —
British Pound 

BOFA Sell 4,088,118 4,944,702   7/16/20          —   (138,510)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 16,149,652 21,117,357   7/16/20  1,036,698          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 13,136,663 17,165,744   7/16/20    831,470          —
South Korean Won 

HSBK Sell 87,901,409,788 75,712,917   7/17/20  3,296,344          —
South Korean Won 

UBSW Buy 24,542,112,135 20,468,726   7/17/20          —   (249,987)
South Korean Won 

UBSW Sell 50,514,132,047 43,490,924   7/17/20  1,875,431          —
British Pound 

BOFA Buy 3,000,000 3,804,570   8/14/20          —    (73,655)
British Pound 

HSBK Sell 6,878,173 8,958,304   8/14/20    404,345          —
British Pound 

SSBT Sell 6,878,173 8,959,645   8/14/20    405,687          —
Euro 

HSBK Sell 1,538,079 1,697,841   8/18/20          —     (6,430)
Total Forward Exchange Contracts 

$25,668,523 $(5,004,982)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 

$20,663,541
 
aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
See Abbreviations on page 54.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
1.  ORGANIZATION
Franklin Mutual Series Funds (Trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company, consisting of six separate funds (Funds) and applies the specialized accounting and reporting guidance in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP). 
2.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT VALUATION
The Funds’ investments in financial instruments are carried at fair value daily. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Funds calculate the net asset value (NAV) per share each business day as of 4 p.m. Eastern time or the regularly scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), whichever is earlier. Under compliance policies and procedures approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the Board), the Funds’ administrator has responsibility for oversight of valuation, including leading the cross-functional Valuation Committee (VC). The Funds may utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value.
Equity securities and derivative financial instruments listed on an exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the last quoted sale price or the official closing price of the day, respectively. Foreign equity securities are valued as of the close of trading on the foreign stock exchange on which the security is primarily traded or as of 4 p.m. Eastern time. The value is then converted into its U.S. dollar equivalent at the foreign exchange rate in effect at 4 p.m. Eastern time on the day that the value of the security is determined. Over-the-counter (OTC) securities are valued within the range of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices. Securities that trade in multiple markets or on multiple exchanges are valued according to the broadest and most representative market. Certain equity securities are valued based upon fundamental characteristics or relationships to similar securities.
Debt securities generally trade in the OTC market rather than on a securities exchange. The Funds’ pricing services use multiple valuation techniques to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, the pricing services may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not exist or is limited, the pricing services also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, credit spreads, estimated default rates, anticipated market interest rate volatility, coupon rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows, which are then discounted to calculate the fair value.
Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at the closing NAV. Investments in repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.
Certain derivative financial instruments trade in the OTC market. The Funds’ pricing services use various techniques including industry standard option pricing models and proprietary discounted cash flow models to determine the fair value of those instruments. The Funds’ net benefit or obligation under the derivative contract, as measured by the fair value of the contract, is included in net assets.
The Funds have procedures to determine the fair value of financial instruments for which market prices are not reliable or readily available. Under these procedures, the Funds primarily employ a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
Trading in securities on foreign securities stock exchanges and OTC markets may be completed before 4 p.m. Eastern time. In addition, trading in certain foreign markets may not take place on every Funds’ business day. Occasionally, events occur between the time at which trading in a foreign security is completed and 4 p.m. Eastern time that might call into question the reliability of the value of a portfolio security held by the Fund. As a result, differences may arise between the value of the Funds’ portfolio securities as determined at the foreign market close and the latest indications of value at 4 p.m. Eastern time. In order to minimize the potential for these differences, the VC monitors price movements following the close of trading in foreign stock markets through a series of country specific market proxies (such as baskets of American Depositary Receipts, futures contracts and exchange traded funds). These price movements are measured against established trigger thresholds for each specific market proxy to assist in determining if an event has occurred that may call into question the reliability of the values of the foreign securities held by the Funds. If such an event occurs, the securities may be valued using fair value procedures, which may include the use of independent pricing services. At March 31, 2020, a market event occurred resulting in a portion of the securities held by certain or all Funds being valued using fair value procedures.
When the last day of the reporting period is a non-business day, certain foreign markets may be open on those days that the Funds’ NAV is not calculated, which could result in differences between the value of the Funds’ portfolio securities on the last business day and the last calendar day of the reporting period. Any significant security valuation changes due to an open foreign market are adjusted and reflected by the Funds for financial reporting purposes.  
3.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Certain or all Funds invested in derivative financial instruments in order to manage risk or gain exposure to various other investments or markets. Derivatives are financial contracts based on an underlying or notional amount, require no initial investment or an initial net investment that is smaller than would normally be required to have a similar response to changes in market factors, and require or permit net settlement. Derivatives contain various risks including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill their obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market, and/or the potential for market movements.
Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through a formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. Certain or all Funds attempt to reduce their exposure to counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives, whenever possible, by entering into International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreements with certain counterparties. These agreements contain various provisions, including but not limited to collateral requirements, events of default, or early termination. Termination events applicable to the counterparty include certain deteriorations in the credit quality of the counterparty. Termination events applicable to the Funds include failure of the Funds to maintain certain net asset levels and/or limit the decline in net assets over various periods of time. In the event of default or early termination, the ISDA master agreement gives the non-defaulting party the right to net and close-out all transactions traded, whether or not arising under the ISDA agreement, to one net amount payable by one counterparty to the other. Early termination by the counterparty may result in an immediate payment by the Funds of any net liability owed to that counterparty under the ISDA agreement.
Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or initial margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Initial margin deposited is held at the exchange and can be in the form of cash and/or securities. For OTC derivatives traded under an ISDA master agreement, posting of collateral is required by either the Fund or the applicable counterparty if the total net exposure of all OTC derivatives with the applicable counterparty exceeds the minimum transfer amount, which typically ranges from $100,000 to $250,000, and can vary depending on the counterparty and the type of the agreement. Generally, collateral is determined at the close of Fund business each day and any additional collateral required due to changes in derivative values may be delivered by the Fund or the counterparty the next business day, or within a few business days. Collateral pledged and/or received by the Fund for OTC derivatives, if any, is held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian/counterparty broker and can be in the form of cash and/or securities. Unrestricted cash may be invested according to the Funds’ investment objectives. To the extent that the amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not subject to collateralization or are not fully collateralized, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
3.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (continued)
At March 31, 2020, the Funds received U.K. Treasury Bonds and U.S. Treasury Bills, Bonds and Notes as collateral for derivatives, as follows:
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund $16,112,682
Franklin Mutual European Fund $12,185,924
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund $1,634,285
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund $47,858,119
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund $13,911,631
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund $19,293,715
Certain or all Funds entered into exchange traded futures contracts primarily to manage exposure to certain foreign currencies. A futures contract is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell an asset at a specified price on a future date. Required initial margins are pledged by the Fund, and the daily change in fair value is accounted for as a variation margin payable or receivable.
Certain or all Funds entered into OTC forward exchange contracts primarily to manage exposure to certain foreign currencies. A forward exchange contract is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a foreign currency for a specific exchange rate on a future date.
Certain or all Funds purchased or wrote exchange traded and/or OTC option contracts primarily to manage exposure to equity price risk. An option is a contract entitling the holder to purchase or sell a specific amount of shares or units of an asset or notional amount of a swap (swaption), at a specified price. When an option is purchased or written, an amount equal to the premium paid or received is recorded as an asset or liability, respectively. Upon exercise of an option, the acquisition cost or sales proceeds of the underlying investment is adjusted by any premium received or paid. Upon expiration of an option, any premium received or paid is recorded as a realized gain or loss. Upon closing an option other than through expiration or exercise, the difference between the premium received or paid and the cost to close the position is recorded as a realized gain or loss.
The following Funds have invested in derivatives during the period.
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund – Futures and forwards
Franklin Mutual European Fund – Futures and forwards
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund – Futures and forwards
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund – Futures and forwards
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund – Futures, forwards and options
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund – Futures and forwards 
4.  CONCENTRATION OF RISK
Investing in foreign securities may include certain risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. securities, such as fluctuating currency values and changing local, regional and global economic, political and social conditions, which may result in greater market volatility. Current political and financial uncertainty surrounding the European Union may increase market volatility and the economic risk of investing in securities in Europe. In addition, certain foreign securities may not be as liquid as U.S. securities.  
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
5.  NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, has caused adverse effects on many companies, sectors, nations, regions and the markets in general, and may continue for an unpredictable duration. The effects of this pandemic may materially impact the value and performance of the Funds, their ability to buy and sell fund investments at appropriate valuations and their ability to achieve their investment objectives. 
6.  RESTRICTED SECURITIES
At March 31, 2020, investments in restricted securities, excluding securities exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, were as follows:
Shares/
Warrants
  Issuer Acquisition
Date
Cost Value
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund      
2,846,329  
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC (Value is 0.0% of Net Assets)

4/13/06 - 12/26/08 $1,890,264 $53,639
Franklin Mutual European Fund      
16,127,149  
Euro Wagon LP (Value is —% of Net Assets)

12/08/05 - 1/02/08 $6,282,509 $ —
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund      
3,819,425  
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC (Value is 0.0% of Net Assets)

4/13/06 - 12/26/08 $2,536,498 $71,977
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund      
2,548,299  
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC

4/13/06 - 12/26/08 $1,692,334 $48,023
1,110,000 a
Lee Enterprises Inc., wts., 12/31/22

3/31/14 1,490,026 520,825
224,279 b
Sorenson Communications LLC, Membership Interests

4/30/14  — 134,703,189
   
Total Restricted Securities (Value is 4.3% of Net Assets)

$3,182,360 $135,272,037
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund      
7,234,813  
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC (Value is 0.0% of Net Assets)

4/13/06 - 12/26/08 $4,804,678 $136,340
 
Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
aThe Fund also invests in unrestricted securities of other investments in the issuer, valued at $2,326,804 as of March 31, 2020.
bThe Fund also invests in unrestricted securities of other investments in the issuer, valued at $11,466,322 as of March 31, 2020.
7.  HOLDINGS OF 5% VOTING SECURITIES OF PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
The 1940 Act defines "affiliated companies" to include investments in portfolio companies in which a fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. During the period ended March 31, 2020, investments in “affiliated companies” were as follows:
Name of Issuer Value at
Beginning
of Period
Purchases Sales Realized
Gain (Loss)
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value at
End of
Period
Number of
Shares/Units/
Warrants/
Principal
Amount Held
at End
of Period
Investment
Income
Franklin Mutual European Fund
Controlled Affiliatesa
Euro Wagon LP (Value is —% of Net Assets) $— $— $— $— $— $— 16,127,149 $—
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
7.  HOLDINGS OF 5% VOTING SECURITIES OF PORTFOLIO COMPANIES (continued)
Name of Issuer Value at
Beginning
of Period
Purchases Sales Realized
Gain (Loss)
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value at
End of
Period
Number of
Shares/Units/
Warrants/
Principal
Amount Held
at End
of Period
Investment
Income
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund
Non-Controlled Affiliates
                Dividends
AB&T Financial Corp. (Value is —% of Net Assets)

$109,658 $$$$(13,565) $96,093 226,100 $287
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund
Non-Controlled Affiliates
                Dividends
Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc.

$18,104,195 $ — $ — $ — $(6,776,142) $11,328,053 1,724,209 $431,052
Lee Enterprises Inc./IA

4,609,275 (2,329,081) (387,686) b b b
Lee Enterprises Inc., wts., 12/31/22

130,691 b b b
Sorenson Communications LLC, Membership Interests

152,057,986 (17,354,797) 134,703,189 224,279
TRU Kids Parent LLC

26,506,829 (10,847,493) 15,659,336 7,104
Wayne Services Legacy Inc.

7,104
  $201,408,976 $ — $(2,329,081) $(387,686) $(34,978,432) $161,690,578   $431,052
                Interest
Lee Enterprises Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 12.00%, 12/15/22

34,210,244 41,580c (34,317,486) 644,118 (578,456) d 452,880
Lee Enterprises Inc., senior secured note, first lien, 144A, 9.50%, 3/15/22

90,529,405 45,481c (97,050,000) 507,122 5,967,992 d 1,920,781
Sorenson Communications LLC, Initial Term Loans, 7.95%, (3-month USD LIBOR + 6.50%), 3/14/24

12,473,036 22,676c (337,500) 11,305 (703,195) 11,466,322 12,198,214 203,705
  $137,212,685 $109,737 $(131,704,986) $1,162,545 $4,686,341 $11,466,322   $2,577,366
Total Affiliated Securities (Value is 5.5% of Net Assets)

$338,621,661 $109,737 $(134,034,067) $774,859 $(30,292,091) $173,156,900   $3,008,418
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund
Non-Controlled Affiliates
International Automotive Components Group Brazil LLC

$262,624 $ — $ — $ — $(126,284) $136,340 7,234,813 $ —
TRU Kids Parent LLC

27,867,828  —  —  — (11,404,460) 16,463,368 7,469   —
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
Name of Issuer Value at
Beginning
of Period
Purchases Sales Realized
Gain (Loss)
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value at
End of
Period
Number of
Shares/Units/
Warrants/
Principal
Amount Held
at End
of Period
Investment
Income
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund (continued)
Non-Controlled Affiliates (continued)
Wayne Services Legacy Inc.

$$$$$$7,469 $
Total Affiliated Securities (Value is 0.2% of Net Assets)

$28,130,452 $ — $ — $ — $(11,530,744) $16,599,708   $ —
Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
aIssuer in which the Fund owns 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities.
bAs of March 31, 2020, no longer an affiliate.
cMay include accretion, amortization, partnership adjustments, and/or corporate actions.
dAs of March 31, 2020, no longer held by the Fund. 
8.  INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Certain or all Funds invest in one or more affiliated management investment companies for purposes other than exercising a controlling influence over the management or policies. During the period ended March 31, 2020, investments in affiliated management investment companies were as follows:
  Value at
Beginning
of Period
Purchases Sales Realized
Gain (Loss)
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value at
End of
Period
Number of
Shares
Held at End
of Period
Income
from
securities
loaned
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund
Non-Controlled Affiliates
Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio, 0.32%

 $         $1,323,000           $(1,323,000)  $—  $—       $a      $64
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund
Non-Controlled Affiliates
Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio, 0.32%

$  — $6,359,000 $(6,359,000) $— $— $a $4,382
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund
Non-Controlled Affiliates
Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio, 0.32%

$$509,000 $(477,000) $— $— $32,000 32,000 $62
aAs of March 31, 2020, no longer held by the Fund. 
9.  REORGANIZATION
On February 21, 2020, Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (Surviving Fund), pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved on December 6, 2019, by shareholders of Franklin Mutual International Fund (Acquired Fund), a series of Franklin Mutual Series Funds, acquired 100% of the Acquired Fund’s net assets, primarily made up of investment securities, through a tax free exchange of shares of the Surviving Fund for the net assets of the Acquired Fund. 
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
10.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Funds follow a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Funds’ own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ financial instruments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:
•  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical financial instruments
•  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar financial instruments, interest rates, prepayment speed, credit risk, etc.)
•  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of financial instruments)
The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with financial instruments at that level.
A summary of inputs used as of March 31, 2020, in valuing the Funds’ assets and liabilities carried at fair value, is as follows:
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund
Assets:        
Investments in Securities:a        
Equity Investments:b        
Aerospace & Defense

$ $82,623,327 $ $82,623,327
Auto Components

53,639 53,639
Automobiles

60,653,558 60,653,558
Banks

131,641,063 92,667,209 224,308,272
Beverages

9,396,712 9,396,712
Chemicals

57,619,946 57,619,946
Diversified Financial Services

26,130,192 26,130,192
Diversified Telecommunication Services

25,815,760 25,815,760
Media

168,401,830 43,650 168,445,480
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

15,474,187 52,996,772 68,470,959
Pharmaceuticals

319,010,756 113,353,718 432,364,474
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

37,925,370 51,118,550 89,043,920
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

11,105,894 11,105,894
Tobacco

110,651,437 110,651,437
All Other Equity Investments

1,159,448,971 1,159,448,971
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests

42,183,010 42,183,010
Corporate Notes in Reorganization

10,896,452 10,896,452
Companies in Liquidation

25,455c 25,455
Short Term Investments

47,495,232 14,500,000 61,995,232
Total Investments in Securities

$1,879,397,409 $761,712,537 $122,744 $2,641,232,690
Other Financial Instruments:        
Futures Contracts

$6,049,493 $ $ $6,049,493
Forward Exchange Contracts

23,712,572 23,712,572
Total Other Financial Instruments

$6,049,493 $23,712,572 $ — $29,762,065
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Securities Sold Shorta

$19,708,372 $ $ $19,708,372
Forward Exchange Contracts

6,427,766 6,427,766
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund (continued)
Total Other Financial Instruments

$19,708,372 $6,427,766 $ — $26,136,138
Franklin Mutual European Fund
Assets:        
Investments in Securities:a        
Equity Investments:b        
Aerospace & Defense

$ $21,210,602 $ $21,210,602
Auto Components

42,169,236 42,169,236
Automobiles

25,549,299 25,549,299
Banks

88,968,036 88,968,036
Beverages

18,382,199 18,382,199
Chemicals

37,309,942 37,309,942
Commercial Services & Supplies

9,250,605 9,250,605
Construction Materials

47,898,635 47,898,635
Diversified Financial Services

5,892,775 5,892,775
Diversified Telecommunication Services

33,866,071 3,929,679 37,795,750
Health Care Providers & Services

13,707,429 13,707,429
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

22,415,678 22,415,678
Household Durables

10,355,513 10,355,513
Household Products

21,112,647 21,112,647
Industrial Conglomerates

12,007,187 12,007,187
Insurance

68,806,596 68,806,596
Machinery

42,394,044 42,394,044
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

63,714,648 63,714,648
Pharmaceuticals

57,863,883 57,863,883
Software

18,305,592 18,305,592
Specialty Retail

16,650,785 16,650,785
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

14,314,181 14,314,181
Tobacco

23,163,579 23,163,579
Trading Companies & Distributors

38,480,679 38,480,679
Wireless Telecommunication Services

18,026,630 18,026,630
All Other Equity Investments

7,656,763 c 7,656,763
Short Term Investments

5,918,188 9,900,000 15,818,188
Total Investments in Securities

$47,441,022 $751,780,079 $ — $799,221,101
Other Financial Instruments:        
Futures Contracts

$11,394,492 $ $ $11,394,492
Forward Exchange Contracts

20,720,114 20,720,114
Total Other Financial Instruments

$11,394,492 $20,720,114 $ — $32,114,606
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Forward Exchange Contracts

$ $9,788,345 $ $9,788,345
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
10.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund
Assets:        
Investments in Securities:a        
Equity Investments:        
Banks

$43,235,951 $53,236,936 $ $96,472,887
Capital Markets

2,078,072 14,022,936 16,101,008
Diversified Financial Services

13,063,182 3,859,222 16,922,404
Household Durables

4,944,118 4,944,118
Insurance

59,834,736 37,073,857 96,908,593
Real Estate Management & Development

5,148,970 112,443 5,261,413
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

1,536,510 1,536,510
All Other Equity Investments

13,372,375 13,372,375
Short Term Investments

2,999,673 11,400,000 14,399,673
Total Investments in Securities

$139,732,959 $126,186,022 $ — $265,918,981
Other Financial Instruments:        
Futures Contracts

$930,301 $ $ $930,301
Forward Exchange Contracts

3,372,202 3,372,202
Total Other Financial Instruments

$930,301 $3,372,202 $ — $4,302,503
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Forward Exchange Contracts

$ $2,434,899 $ $2,434,899
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund
Assets:        
Investments in Securities:a        
Equity Investments:b        
Aerospace & Defense

$ $140,072,592 $ $140,072,592
Auto Components

1,129,887 71,977 1,201,864
Automobiles

111,190,705 219,341,459 330,532,164
Banks

565,202,856 220,444,963 785,647,819
Beverages

17,666,145 17,666,145
Capital Markets

61,804,512 203,865,784 265,670,296
Chemicals

227,740,884 227,740,884
Construction Materials

135,910,542 135,910,542
Diversified Financial Services

146,568,841 34,072,770 180,641,611
Diversified Telecommunication Services

55,321,722 55,321,722
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

155,820,600 155,820,600
Household Durables

1,037,242 1,037,242
Insurance

554,041,544 282,856,229 836,897,773
Machinery

74,831,947 74,831,947
Media

269,890,666 276,066 270,166,732
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

582,975,443 326,182,726 909,158,169
Pharmaceuticals

988,768,686 378,836,187 1,367,604,873
Specialty Retail

35,022,280 35,022,280
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

82,121,167 82,121,167
Tobacco

175,298,895 199,577,469 374,876,364
Trading Companies & Distributors

750,410 750,410
Wireless Telecommunication Services

75,115,527 75,115,527
All Other Equity Investments

3,095,764,166 3,095,764,166
Corporate Bonds

21,070,645 21,070,645
Corporate Notes in Reorganization

67,420,014 67,420,014
Companies in Liquidation

78,279c 78,279
Short Term Investments

299,955,086 45,100,000 345,055,086
Total Investments in Securities

$6,851,461,400 $3,001,309,191 $426,322 $9,853,196,913
Other Financial Instruments:        
Futures Contracts

$30,373,866 $ $ $30,373,866
Forward Exchange Contracts

65,163,111 65,163,111
Total Other Financial Instruments

$30,373,866 $65,163,111 $ — $95,536,977
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Securities Sold Shorta

$48,812,419 $ $ $48,812,419
Forward Exchange Contracts

21,966,631 21,966,631
Total Other Financial Instruments

$48,812,419 $21,966,631 $ — $70,779,050
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
10.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund
Assets:        
Investments in Securities:a        
Equity Investments:b        
Aerospace & Defense

$28,333,655 $25,048,557 $ $53,382,212
Auto Components

2,059,615 48,023 2,107,638
Banks

3,979,020 8,646,327 12,625,347
Chemicals

13,851,090 14,401,595 28,252,685
Communications Equipment

134,703,189 134,703,189
Diversified Financial Services

63,176,332 18,136,039 81,312,371
Insurance

106,352,926 125,349,865 231,702,791
Media

153,418,990 668,520 154,087,510
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

114,562,042 65,798,755 180,360,797
Pharmaceuticals

147,910,131 6,019,132 153,929,263
Specialty Retail

70,020,132 15,659,336c 85,679,468
Tobacco

49,077,837 165,476,410 214,554,247
Wireless Telecommunication Services

38,648,929 38,648,929
All Other Equity Investments

396,185,306 c 396,185,306
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests

296,570,019 54,638,943 351,208,962
Corporate Notes in Reorganization

37,206,112 37,206,112
Companies in Liquidation

57,296c 57,296
Options Purchased

146,900 146,900
Short Term Investments

479,940,991 443,300,000 923,240,991
Total Investments in Securities

$1,626,955,352 $1,246,661,355 $205,775,307 $3,079,392,014
Other Financial Instruments:        
Futures Contracts

$3,322,512 $ $ $3,322,512
Forward Exchange Contracts

21,345,081 21,345,081
Total Other Financial Instruments

$3,322,512 $21,345,081 $ — $24,667,593
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Options Written

$7,242,380 $3,053,009 $ $10,295,389
Securities Sold Shorta

30,309,137 30,309,137
Forward Exchange Contracts

5,633,594 5,633,594
Total Other Financial Instruments

$37,551,517 $8,686,603 $ — $46,238,120
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund
Assets:        
Investments in Securities:a        
Equity Investments:b        
Aerospace & Defense

$100,525,439 $100,110,154 $ $200,635,593
Auto Components

136,340 136,340
Beverages

5,626,557 5,626,557
Capital Markets

68,623,608 68,623,608
Diversified Telecommunication Services

23,935,626 23,935,626
Machinery

51,480,169 51,480,169
Media

487,171,103 218,721 487,389,824
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

264,086,471 176,508,035 440,594,506
Pharmaceuticals

822,178,234 187,152,788 1,009,331,022
Specialty Retail

16,463,368c 16,463,368
Tobacco

126,949,995 128,276,708 255,226,703
Wireless Telecommunication Services

42,460,617 42,460,617
All Other Equity Investments

4,481,164,645 4,481,164,645
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests

227,529,935 66,665,273 294,195,208
Corporate Notes in Reorganization

41,318,682 41,318,682
Companies in Liquidation

106,797c 106,797
Short Term Investments

204,995,731 143,008,684 348,004,415
Total Investments in Securities

$6,487,071,618 $1,196,031,563 $83,590,499 $7,766,693,680
Other Financial Instruments:        
Futures Contracts

$6,258,764 $ $ $6,258,764
Forward Exchange Contracts

25,668,523 25,668,523
Total Other Financial Instruments

$6,258,764 $25,668,523 $ — $31,927,287
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Securities Sold Shorta

$46,361,539 $ $ $46,361,539
Forward Exchange Contracts

5,004,982 5,004,982
Total Other Financial Instruments

$46,361,539 $5,004,982 $ — $51,366,521
 
aFor detailed categories, see the accompanying Statement of Investments.
bIncludes common, preferred and convertible preferred stocks as well as other equity interests.
cIncludes securities determined to have no value at March 31, 2020.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
10.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)
A reconciliation in which Level 3 inputs are used in determining fair value is presented when there are significant Level 3 assets and/or liabilities at the beginning and/or end of the period. The reconciliations for the three months ended March 31, 2020, are as follows:
  Balance at
Beginning of
Period
Purchases Sales Transfer
Into
Level 3a
Transfer
Out of
Level 3
Cost Basis
Adjustmentsb
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Balance
at End
of Period
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Assets
Held at
Period End
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund                  
Assets:                    
Investments in Securities:                    
Equity Investments:c                    
Auto Components

$ 92,503 $ — $ — $$ — $$— $ (44,480) $ 48,023 $ (44,480)
Communications Equipment

152,057,986 (17,354,797) 134,703,189 (17,354,797)
Media

472,147 196,373 668,520 196,373
Specialty Retail

26,506,829d (10,847,493) 15,659,336d (10,847,493)
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests 61,001,012 433,921 (6,795,990) 54,638,943 (6,795,990)
Companies in Liquidation 57,296d 57,296d
Total Investments in Securities

$ 179,186,761 $ — $ — $ 61,001,012 $ — $433,921 $— $ (34,846,387) $ 205,775,307 $(34,846,387)
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund                  
Assets:                    
Investments in Securities:                    
Equity Investments:c                    
Auto Components

$262,624 $— $— $$— $$— $(126,284) $136,340 $(126,284)
Media

505,662 (286,941) 218,721 $ (286,941)
Specialty Retail

27,867,828d (11,404,460) 16,463,368d (11,404,460)
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests 74,427,668 837,733 (8,600,128) 66,665,273 (8,600,128)
Companies in Liquidation 106,797d     106,797d
Total Investments in Securities

$ 28,742,911 $ — $ — $ 74,427,668 $ — $837,733 $— $ (20,417,813) $ 83,590,499 $ (20,417,813)
aTransferred into Level 3 as a result of the unavailability of other significant observable valuation inputs.
bMay include accretion, amortization, partnership adjustments, and/or other cost basis adjustments.
cIncludes common stocks as well as other equity interests.
dIncludes securities determined to have no value.
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
Significant unobservable valuation inputs for material Level 3 assets and/or liabilities and impact to fair value as a result of changes in unobservable valuation inputs as of March 31, 2020, are as follows:
Description Fair Value at
End of Period
Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs Amount Impact to Fair
Value if Input
Increasesa
Franklin Mutual Quest Fund          
Assets:          
Investments in Securities:          
 Equity Investments:          
Communications Equipment

$ 134,703,189 Market transaction Transaction price weighting 50% Increaseb
    Market comparables EV / EBITDA multiple 4.2x Increasec
Specialty Retail

15,659,336 Market comparables Discount for lack of marketability 32% Decreaseb
      EV / EBITDA multiple 7.8x - 8.1x Increased
      EV/Revenue multiple 0.3x Increased
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests

54,638,943 Comparable bond Yield spread $ 11 Increaseb
All Other Investmentse

773,839f        
Total

$205,775,307        
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund          
Assets:          
Investments in Securities:          
 Equity Investments:          
Specialty Retail

$ 16,463,368 Market comparables Discount for lack of marketability 32% Decreased
      EV / EBITDA multiple 7.8x - 8.1x Increased
      EV/Revenue multiple 0.3x Increased
Corporate Bonds, Notes and Senior Floating Rate Interests

66,665,273 Comparable bond Yield spread $ 11 Increased
All Other Investmentse

461,858f        
Total

$ 83,590,499        
aRepresents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 financial instruments that would result from a significant and reasonable increase in the corresponding input. A significant and reasonable decrease in the input would have the opposite effect. Significant impacts, if any, to fair value and/or net assets have been indicated.
bRepresents a significant impact to fair value and net assets.
cRepresents a significant impact to net assets but not fair value.
dRepresents a significant impact to fair value but not net assets.
eIncludes fair value of immaterial financial instruments developed using various valuation techniques and unobservable inputs. May also include financial instruments with values derived using private transaction prices or non-public third party pricing information which is unobservable.
fIncludes securities determined to have no value at March 31, 2020.
  
Abbreviations List  
EBITDA - Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
EV - Enterprise value
11.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Funds have evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of the Statements of Investments and determined that no events have occurred that require disclosure. 
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Franklin Mutual Series Funds
Notes to Statements of Investments (unaudited)
Abbreviations    
Counterparty
BOFA Bank of America Corp.
BONY The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
HSBK HSBC Bank PLC
JPHQ JP Morgan Chase & Co.
SSBT State Street Bank and Trust Co., N.A.
UBSW UBS AG
Currency
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
USD United States Dollar
Selected Portfolio
ADR American Depositary Receipt
LIBOR London InterBank Offered Rate
For additional information on the Funds’ significant accounting policies, please refer to the Funds’ most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.
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