EX-99.D ADVSR CONTR 2 ex99diiamendmenttoinvestment.htm EX-99(D)(II)AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT ex99diiamendmenttoinvestment.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

AMENDMENT TO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment, dated as of May 13, 2020, is to each Investment Management Agreement, as amended and/or restated to date (each, an “Agreement”), by and between each Investment Manager identified on Schedule A, each a registered investment adviser (the “Investment Manager”), and each registered investment company (each, an “Investment Company”), on behalf of itself and, as applicable, its separate series (each, a “Series”) identified opposite the Investment Manager’s name on Schedule A.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, each Investment Manager and each Investment Company, on behalf of itself and, as applicable, each Series, wish to amend the applicable Agreement as provided herein; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees/Directors of each Investment Company, including a majority of Trustees/Directors who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of each Investment Company, approved the following amendment at a meeting on May 13, 2020.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the parties hereto agree that each Agreement is amended to include a new appropriately numbered paragraph/section, as applicable, at the end of the Agreement as follows:

Where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of the Agreement is revised by rule, interpretation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, interpretation or order.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed on behalf of each party as of the date set forth above.

 

Each Investment Manager listed on Schedule A

 

FRANKLIN ADVISERS, INC.

By: 
/s/ Edward D. Perks                                  
Name: Edward D. Perks
Title:    President

 

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS CORP.

By: 
/s/ Duane Green                                  
Name: Duane Green
Title:    Chairman, President & CEO

 

TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.

By: 
/s/ Manraj Singh Sekhon                                  
Name: Manraj Singh Sekhon
Title:    Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

TEMPLETON GLOBAL ADVISORS LIMITED

By: 
/s/Alan Bartlett 
Name: Alan Bartlett
Title:    President         

 

TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, LLC

By: 
/s/ Antonio Docal
Name: Antonio Docal
Title:    President         

 

Each Investment Company and, as applicable, each Series listed on Schedule A

By: 
/s/ Lori A. Weber
 Name: Lori A. Weber
Title:    Vice President and Secretary

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Schedule A

 

 Investment Company and Series

Investment Manager

Templeton China World Fund

Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

 

 

Templeton Developing Markets Trust

Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

 

 

Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

 

 

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund

Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

 

 

Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

 

 

Templeton Funds

 

Templeton Foreign Fund

Templeton Global Advisors Limited

Templeton International Climate Change Fund

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Templeton World Fund

Templeton Global Advisors Limited

 

 

Templeton Global Income Fund

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

 

 

Templeton Global Investment Trust

 

Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series EM

Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

Templeton Global Balanced Fund

Templeton Global Advisors Limited

 

 

Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

 

 

Templeton Growth Fund, Inc.

Templeton Global Advisors Limited

 

 

Templeton Income Trust

 

Templeton Emerging Markets Bond Fund

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Templeton Global Bond Fund

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Templeton Global Total Return Fund

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Templeton International Bond Fund

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

 

 

Templeton Institutional Funds

 

Foreign Smaller Companies Series

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

International Equity Series

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC