Franklin Multi-Income Trust

As of August 4, 2005, Franklin Multi-Income Trust has gone out of business. Franklin Multi-Income Trust is a close-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Franklin Advisers Inc. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating in the utilities sector. For the fixed income component, it invests in fixed income securities like high yield bonds. The fund employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolio against the S&P Utilities Index and the fixed income portfolio against the CSFB High Yield Index. Franklin Multi-Income Trust was founded on October 9, 1989 and is domiciled in the United States.