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        </relyOnRuleTypes>
        <isExpenseLimitationInPlace>Y</isExpenseLimitationInPlace>
        <isExpenseReducedOrWaived>Y</isExpenseReducedOrWaived>
        <isFeesWaivedRecoupable>N</isFeesWaivedRecoupable>
        <isExpenseWaivedRecoupable>N</isExpenseWaivedRecoupable>
        <investmentAdvisers>
          <investmentAdviser>
            <investmentAdviserName>TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.</investmentAdviserName>
            <investmentAdviserFileNo>801-46997</investmentAdviserFileNo>
            <investmentAdviserCrdNo>N/A</investmentAdviserCrdNo>
            <investmentAdviserLei>N/A</investmentAdviserLei>
            <investmentAdviserCountry>SG</investmentAdviserCountry>
            <isInvestmentAdviserHired>N</isInvestmentAdviserHired>
          </investmentAdviser>
          <investmentAdviser>
            <investmentAdviserName>TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, LLC</investmentAdviserName>
            <investmentAdviserFileNo>801-15125</investmentAdviserFileNo>
            <investmentAdviserCrdNo>N/A</investmentAdviserCrdNo>
            <investmentAdviserLei>N/A</investmentAdviserLei>
            <investmentAdviserCountry>SG</investmentAdviserCountry>
            <isInvestmentAdviserHired>N</isInvestmentAdviserHired>
          </investmentAdviser>
        </investmentAdvisers>
        <transferAgents>
          <transferAgent>
            <transferAgentName>AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY LLC</transferAgentName>
            <transferAgentFileNo>84-00416</transferAgentFileNo>
            <transferAgentLei>N/A</transferAgentLei>
            <transferAgentStateCountry transferAgentState="US-NY" transferAgentCountry="US"/>
            <isTransferAgentAffiliated>N</isTransferAgentAffiliated>
            <isTransferAgentSubAgent>N</isTransferAgentSubAgent>
          </transferAgent>
        </transferAgents>
        <isTransferAgentHiredOrTerminated>N</isTransferAgentHiredOrTerminated>
        <pricingServices>
          <pricingService>
            <pricingServiceName>Bloomberg Finance L.P</pricingServiceName>
            <pricingServiceLei>5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12</pricingServiceLei>
            <pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>N/A</pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>
            <pricingServiceStateCountry pricingServiceState="US-DE" pricingServiceCountry="US"/>
            <isPricingServiceAffiliated>N</isPricingServiceAffiliated>
          </pricingService>
          <pricingService>
            <pricingServiceName>Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC</pricingServiceName>
            <pricingServiceLei>549300561UZND4C7B569</pricingServiceLei>
            <pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>N/A</pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>
            <pricingServiceCountry>CA</pricingServiceCountry>
            <isPricingServiceAffiliated>N</isPricingServiceAffiliated>
          </pricingService>
          <pricingService>
            <pricingServiceName>Markit North America, Inc</pricingServiceName>
            <pricingServiceLei>13-4153988</pricingServiceLei>
            <pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>N/A</pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>
            <pricingServiceStateCountry pricingServiceState="US-NY" pricingServiceCountry="US"/>
            <isPricingServiceAffiliated>N</isPricingServiceAffiliated>
          </pricingService>
          <pricingService>
            <pricingServiceName>Intercontinental Exchange, Inc</pricingServiceName>
            <pricingServiceLei>13-3668779</pricingServiceLei>
            <pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>N/A</pricingServiceIdNumberDesc>
            <pricingServiceStateCountry pricingServiceState="US-GA" pricingServiceCountry="US"/>
            <isPricingServiceAffiliated>N</isPricingServiceAffiliated>
          </pricingService>
        </pricingServices>
        <isPricingServiceHiredOrTerminated>N</isPricingServiceHiredOrTerminated>
        <custodians>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>KE</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BANK HANDLOWY W WARSZAWIE SA</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>PL</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>FirstRand Bank Limited</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>ZA</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Plc</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>ZM</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>LK</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>BE</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Mizuho Bank, Ltd.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>JP</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>FR</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC BANK CHINA CO LTD</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>CN</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Deutsche Bank AG</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>HU</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC BANK CHINA CO LTD</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>CN</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>VN</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Nordea Bank Danmark A/S</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>DK</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>NORDEA BANK AB (PUBL)</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>SE</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>TH</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>UniCredit Bank Austria AG</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>AT</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>MU</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianStateCountry custodianState="US-CA" custodianCountry="US"/>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>Y</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>N</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Self - rule 17f-2 (17 CFR 270.17f-2)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>FI</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>CZ</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>KR</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>NL</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianStateCountry custodianState="US-NY" custodianCountry="US"/>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>N</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC BANK ARGENTINA SA</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>AR</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BANK LEUMI LE ISRAEL B.M.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>IL</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>DBS Bank Ltd</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>SG</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>STANDARD BANK NAMIBIA LIMITED</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>NA</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>HK</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC BANK CHINA CO LTD</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>CN</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC BANK CHINA CO LTD</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>CN</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>EUROCLEAR BANK S.A / N.V</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>GB</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Societe Generale Marocaine de Banques</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>MA</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>EUROCLEAR BANK S.A / N.V</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>GB</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>PH</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>MX</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>BM</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan AG</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>IT</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>TW</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>DEUTSCHE BANK AG</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>DE</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>UBS Switzerland AG</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>CH</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Santander Securities Services, S.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>ES</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>PT</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
          </custodian>
          <custodian>
            <custodianName>STANDARD CHARTERED BANK BOTSWANA LTD.</custodianName>
            <custodianLei>N/A</custodianLei>
            <custodianCountry>BW</custodianCountry>
            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
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