Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Files An Offer Article With Sebi

Name of Fund: Templeton India Income Opportunities Fund

Scheme: An open ended Income Fund

Investment Objective: To provide regular income and capital appreciation by investing in fixed income securities across the yield curve.

Investment Options: The scheme will offer growth and dividend plan (with reinvestment and payout options).Where the unitholder has opted for dividend payout option and in case the amount of dividend payable to the unitholder is Rs 20 or less, the same will be compulsorily reinvested in the scheme.

Asset Allocation: The scheme will invest upto 100% in government securities and/or securities unconditionally guaranteed by central/state government for repayment of principal and interest.Upto 100% in debt securities issued by public sector undertakings (PSU). Upto 100% in debt securities issued by private sector corporate including banks and financial institutions. Upto 100% in securitized debt and upto 100% in money market instruments.NFO price: Rs 10 per unit.

Load structure: The scheme will not charge any entry load. But will charge an exit load up to 7%.

Minimum Investment Amount: The minimum investment amount is Rs 5000 and additional purchase in multiples of Re 1 thereafter.

Minimum Target amount: The fund seeks to collect a minimum targeted amount of Rs 1 crore during NFO.

Benchmark Index: Crisil Short Term Bond Fund Index.

Fund Managers: Vivek Ahuja ans Sachin Padwal-Desai will manage the fund.