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Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

As Of: Aug 31, 2025

Fund Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of smaller companies around the world.

Asset Allocation

Asset Percent
International Equity 45.01%
US Equity 43.39%
Canadian Equity 6.72%
Cash and Equivalents 4.89%
Other -0.01%

Sector Allocation

Sector Percent
Industrial Goods 21.62%
Technology 15.34%
Real Estate 12.21%
Industrial Services 10.95%
Basic Materials 9.13%
Other 30.75%

Geo Allocation

Region Percent
North America 50.55%
Europe 27.14%
Asia 17.88%
Latin America 0.01%
Other 4.42%

Top Holdings

Name Percent
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 2.6% 09/02/2025 TD 2.60% 02-Sep-2025 4.42%
Quaker Chemical Corp 2.64%
Jtc PLC 2.54%
Arcosa Inc 2.43%
Littelfuse Inc 2.31%
Colliers International Group Inc 2.27%
Hansen Technologies Ltd 2.17%
FirstService Corp 2.14%
MKS Instruments Inc 2.05%
Valmont Industries Inc 2.04%

Category

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

General Info

Inception Date Jan 03, 1989
MER 2.37%
Total Assets
(in millions)
$272.31

UL Fees

Wave 33 or later
Wealth Dimensions 0.25%
Wave 33 to Wave 55
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.25%
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Wave 32 or earlier (2016 or earlier)
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.00%
UL Investment Loan Plan 2.25%
Ultimate Dimension 0.50%

Fund Management Company

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Investment Style

This investment's style box characteristics are Large Blend.

Fund Growth

Period

Growth Summary

Table below lists the current growth and return for an investment of $10,000 at the fund's inception:

Investment Value $101,987.80
Rate of Return +919.88%
Values over period specified.

Legend

Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$)


Performance

1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Fund 1.8 10.3 6.6 6.6 8.2 7.3 5.9 4.7 7.1
Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$) 2.7 9.4 7.5 8.2 16.2 14.8 11.3 9.0 -
Quartile 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 -

Calendar Performance

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Fund 4.5 7.4 -17.5 16.1 9.6 15.2 -13.3 16.3 7.5 7.2
Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$) 18.7 14.6 -13.1 15.5 11.1 20.1 -7.3 15.4 7.5 16.6
Quartile 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 4

Volatility

Volatility: 9

Risk vs. Return

Period

Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

Risk & Tax Efficiency

3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 15.27 15.19 14.97
Beta 1.06 1.01 1.01
Alpha -0.07 -0.05 -0.04
R-Squared 0.93 0.89 0.92
Sharpe Ratio 0.27 0.28 0.26
Sortino Ratio 0.54 0.40 0.25
Treynor 0.04 0.04 0.04
Tax Efficiency 98.62 80.17 85.64

Category

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

General Info

Inception Date Jan 03, 1989
MER 2.37%
Total Assets
(in millions)
$272.31

UL Fees

Wave 33 or later
Wealth Dimensions 0.25%
Wave 33 to Wave 55
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.25%
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Wave 32 or earlier (2016 or earlier)
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.00%
UL Investment Loan Plan 2.25%
Ultimate Dimension 0.50%

Fund Management Company

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Investment Style

This investment's style box characteristics are Large Blend.