San Mateo, CA, February 3, 2010 — For the second consecutive year, Franklin Templeton Investments
ranked # 1 out of 48 fund families for its funds» 10 - year performance in Barron's annual review of U.S. - registered mutual fund families.1 Barron's
rankings are based on asset - weighted returns in five categories — U.S. equity funds; world equity funds (including international and global portfolios); mixed equity funds (which
invest in stocks,
bonds and other securities); taxable
bond funds and tax - exempt funds — as calculated by Lipper.