C000071207 Fees and Costs — Franklin International Small Cap Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2023-03-27

The net expense ratio is 1.30%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.58% other expenses, less a 0.33% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.50%. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $56K in broker commissions, 0.0706% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 115%.

C000071207 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000071207. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.58%
Gross expense ratio1.63%
Fee waiver−0.33%
Net expense ratio1.30%
Sales charges
Max front load5.50%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000071207 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000071207, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,506 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.60% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$550$550$550
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.30%)$129$401$693
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$22$38
Lost growth on money paid in costs$27$108$226
Total costs$713$1,080$1,506
Value after costs$9,787$10,496$11,257
Impact on return, per year7.13%3.37%2.60%

C000071207 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0706%
  • Total broker commissions: $56K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $58.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 115%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000071207 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$12K27.71%
BofA Securities, Inc.$5K12.86%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5K11.48%
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC$5K10.97%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$4K9.06%
UBS Securities LLC$3K7.06%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$3K5.94%
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.$2K5.76%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$2K4.66%
Instinet, LLC$2K4.49%

C000071207 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$58.4M100.00%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.