UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Release No. 30698 / September 24,
 2013
In the Matter of
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL TRUST FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE
 INSURANCE PRODUCTS
TRUST
TEMPLETON INCOME TRUST
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST FRANKLIN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES
 FUNDS
K2/D&S MANAGEMENT CO., L.L.C. TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.
FRANKLIN ADVISERS, INC. One Franklin Parkway
San Mateo, CA 94403-1906
(File No. 812-14167)
ORDER UNDER SECTION 6(c) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 15(a) OF THE ACT AND RULE 18f-2
UNDER THE ACT AND CERTAIN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
Franklin Templeton International Trust, Franklin Templeton Variable
 Insurance Products Trust,
Templeton Income Trust, Templeton Global Investment Trust, Franklin
 Alternative Strategies
Funds, K2/D&S Management Co., L.L.C., Templeton Asset Management
Ltd., and Franklin
Advisers, Inc. filed an application on June 13, 2013, and an
amendment
 to the application on
August 27, 2013, requesting an order under section 6(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(the "Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and
rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well
as from certain disclosure requirements. The order supersedes a
prior order1 and permits
applicants to enter into and materially amend subadvisory agreements
 without shareholder
approval and also grants relief from certain disclosure
requirements.
1 Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Franklin Templeton International
Trust, Investment Company Act Release Nos.
30105 (Jun. 18, 2012) (notice) and 30138 (Jul. 17, 2012) (order).
2
On August 27, 2013, a notice of the filing of the application was
issued (Investment Company
Act Release No. 30679. The notice gave interested persons an
opportunity to request a hearing
and stated that an order granting the application would be issued
unless a hearing was ordered.
No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has
not ordered a hearing.
The matter has been considered and it is found, on the basis of
the information set forth in the
application, as amended, that granting the requested exemption is
 appropriate in the public
interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the
policy and provisions of the Act.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED, under section 6(c) of the Act, that the relief
 requested by Franklin Templeton
International Trust, et al. (File No. 812-14167) is granted,
effective immediately, subject to the
conditions contained in the application, as amended.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Kevin M. O'Neill
Deputy Secretary