FRSIX Fees and Costs — Franklin Small Mid Cap Growth Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 1.60%: a 0.46% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.14% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $1.0M in broker commissions, 0.0273% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 33%.

FRSIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FRSIX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.46%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.14%
Gross expense ratio1.60%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.60%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

FRSIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FRSIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,005 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.71% 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$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.60%)$168$521$897
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$9$15
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$93
Total costs$274$556$1,005
Value after costs$10,226$11,020$11,758
Impact on return, per year2.74%1.71%1.71%

FRSIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0273%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.0M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.2B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 33%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $9.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $100K (0.003% of average net assets)

FRSIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Rosenblatt Securities Inc.$124K20.14%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$85K13.85%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$65K10.62%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$63K10.20%
BTIG, LLC$63K10.16%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$53K8.59%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$49K8.01%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$39K6.27%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$38K6.19%
Jefferies LLC$37K5.97%

FRSIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.2B98.60%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$10.0M0.83%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4.4M0.36%
Fiduciary Trust Company International$2.5M0.21%

Franklin Small Mid Cap Growth Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
FMGGXClass R60.51%none
FSGAXAdvisor Class0.60%none
FRSGXClass A0.85%5.50%
FSMRXClass R1.10%none
FRSIXClass C1.60%none

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.