C000154578 Fees and Costs — Franklin Global Dividend Fund, Class A2

Data updated: 2024-05-23

The net expense ratio is 1.32%: a 0.65% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.42% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $16K in broker commissions, 0.0101% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

C000154578 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000154578. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.42%
Gross expense ratio1.32%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.32%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
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

C000154578 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000154578, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,513 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.62% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.32%)$131$406$702
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$5
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$111$231
Total costs$735$1,095$1,513
Value after costs$9,765$10,481$11,250
Impact on return, per year7.35%3.42%2.62%

C000154578 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0101%
  • Total broker commissions: $16K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000154578 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
INSTINET, LLC$8K46.42%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K16.99%
Cowen and Company, LLC$1K8.44%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$1K6.24%
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., LLC$9435.83%
VIRTU AMERICAS LLC$8145.03%
LIQUIDNET, INC.$6003.71%
UBS Securities LLC$5993.70%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$5873.63%
ABN AMRO SECURITIES (USA) LLC$30.02%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.