Franklin Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Values UCITS ETF

Investment Objective To provide exposure to Euro- and US Dollar-denominated sovereign debt issued by emerging market countries. Investment Policy The Fund invests in government bonds issued in emerging markets and denominated in EUR or USD. These may be fixed or floating rate and some of them may be below investment grade. These investments are included in the benchmark.The Index is based on the ICE BofA Diversified Emerging Markets External Debt Sovereign Bond Index (the "Parent Index") and is comprised of US Dollar- and Euro- denominated sovereign bonds issued by emerging market countries.Index Securities may be issued with any maturity, subject to having at least 18 months to their final maturity at the time of their issue and at least one year remaining to their final maturity as of each Index rebalancing date.The Index starts with the investment universe of the Parent Index and excludes the bonds issued by countries which score poorly on the following criteria which have been identified by the Index Provider as being Roman Catholic principles: governments' moral integrity, social justice, abolition of the death penalty and care for the planet based on environmental, social, governance ratings data.Derivatives and techniques The Fund may use derivatives for hedging and efficient portfolio management.Strategy The investment manager seeks to minimise the difference between the Fund's performance and that of the benchmark (tracking error), regardless of whether the benchmark level rises or falls.SFDR category Article 8 (promotes environmental and/or social characteristics under EU regulations).For more information see www.franklintempleton.ie/33250>Base currency US dollar (USD).Benchmark(s) ICE Emerging Markets ESG Values External Sovereign Index. Used for index tracking only.The Fund is passively managed and seeks to replicate the benchmark by holding all of the Index securities in a similar proportion to their weighting in the benchmark. Its portfolio, and thus

Physical replication

PIR compliant

No

PEA compliant

No

PEA-PME compliant

No