Form 497K FRANKLIN GLOBAL TRUST
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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS |
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Franklin Global Listed Franklin Global Trust December 1, 2017 as amended February 9, 2018 ![]() |
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| Class A | Class C | Class R | Class R6 | Advisor Class |
| FLGIX | Pending | Pending | FILGX | FLGZX |
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Funds prospectus, statement of additional information and other information about the Fund online at www.franklintempleton.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) DIAL BEN/342-5236 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected]. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated December 1, 2017, as may be supplemented, are all incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Goal
Total investment return consisting of income and capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts in Class A if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Franklin Templeton funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under Your Account on page 35 in the Fund's Prospectus and under Buying and Selling Shares on page 56 of the Funds Statement of Additional Information. In addition, more information about sales charge discounts and waivers for purchases of shares through specific financial intermediaries is set forth in Appendix A - "Intermediary Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers" to the Fund's prospectus.
Please note that the tables and examples below do not reflect any transaction fees that may be charged by financial intermediaries, or commissions that a shareholder may be required to pay directly to its financial intermediary when buying or selling Class R6 or Advisor Class shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
| Class A | Class C | Class R | Class R6 | Advisor Class | |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as percentage of offering price) | 5.75% | None | None | None | None |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as percentage of the lower of original purchase price or sale proceeds) | None1 | 1.00% | None | None | None |
1. There is a 1% contingent deferred sales charge that applies to investments of $1 million or more (see "Investments of $1 Million or More" under "Choosing a Share Class") and purchases by certain retirement plans without an initial sales charge on shares sold within 18 months of purchase.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
| Class A | Class C | Class R | Class R6 | Advisor Class | |
| Management fees | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| Distribution and service (12b-1) fees | 0.25% | 1.00% | 0.50%1 | None | None |
| Other expenses2 | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.74% | 1.31% | 0.74% |
| Total annual Fund operating expenses | 1.99% | 2.74% | 2.24% | 2.31% | 1.74% |
| Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2 | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | -1.49% | -0.75% |
| Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2 | 1.24% | 1.99% | 1.49% | 0.82% | 0.99% |
1. Class R distribution and service (12b-1) fees have been restated to reflect the maximum annual contractual rate for the current fiscal year. Consequently, the Total annual Fund operating expenses and Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement line items differ from the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights.
2. The fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement above has been updated to reflect that the investment manager has contractually agreed to waive or assume certain expenses so that total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding Rule 12b‑1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain non-routine expenses) for each class of the Fund do not exceed 0.99% through November 30, 2019. In addition, the transfer agent also has contractually agreed to cap transfer agency fees for Class R6 shares of the Fund so that transfer agency fees for that class do not exceed 0.03% until November 30, 2019. Contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement agreements may not be changed or terminated during the time period set forth above..
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of the period. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects adjustments made to the Fund's operating expenses due to the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by management for the 1 Year numbers only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| Class A | $ 694 | $ 1,095 | $ 1,521 | $ 2,702 |
| Class C | $ 302 | $ 779 | $ 1,383 | $ 3,016 |
| Class R | $ 152 | $ 628 | $ 1,132 | $ 2,516 |
| Class R6 | $ 84 | $ 578 | $ 1,099 | $ 2,530 |
| Advisor Class | $ 101 | $ 475 | $ 873 | $ 1,989 |
| If you do not sell your shares: | ||||
| Class C | $ 202 | $ 779 | $ 1,383 | $ 3,016 |
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 71.81% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities listed on a domestic or foreign exchange of companies that are located around the world (including emerging markets) and whose principal business is the ownership, management, construction, operation, use or financing of infrastructure assets. Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to invest at least 40% of its net assets in foreign securities. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in emerging markets and may invest in infrastructure-related companies of any market capitalization size.
The Fund defines an infrastructure-related company as any company that derives at least 50% of its revenue or profits from the ownership, management, construction, operation, use or financing of infrastructure assets. Infrastructure assets are the physical structures, networks and systems relating to transportation, energy, water and sewage, and communication (including, for example toll roads; bridges and tunnels; airports; seaports; electricity generation including, but not limited to, renewable energy generation assets; electricity transmission lines and distribution; gathering, treating, processing, fractionation, transportation and storage of hydrocarbon products (e.g., oil and gas); water and sewage treatment and distribution pipelines; communication towers and satellites; and railroads).
The Fund may invest in all types of equity securities, which may include common and preferred stock, and income trusts, which are issued by infrastructure-related companies. Other Fund investments may include depositary receipts. While the Fund does not concentrate in any one country or region, from time to time, based on economic conditions, it may make significant investments in certain countries or regions.
For purposes of pursuing its investment goal, the Fund may, from time to time, enter into various transactions involving derivative instruments, including currency forwards and futures contracts, which may be used to help manage currency risks and manage local currency exposure.
When selecting investments for the Funds portfolio, the investment manager applies a bottom-up stock selection process that incorporates macro-level views in the evaluation process. The investment managers portfolio construction process combines: bottom-up analysis of individual stock and infrastructure market fundamentals; and top-down macro overlays to provide country/regional, infrastructure sector, and company size perspectives in identifying international/local cyclical and thematic trends that highlight investment opportunities. The investment manager applies a similar process when determining which securities to sell. In this process, the investment manager may sell a security when it has become overvalued due to either its price appreciation or changes in the company's fundamentals, or when the investment manager believes another security is a more attractive investment opportunity in light of the Funds overall portfolio.
Principal Risks
You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Mutual fund shares are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency of the U.S. government.
Infrastructure-Related Companies Infrastructure-related companies may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. Other factors that may affect the operations of infrastructure-related companies include difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets, inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment, increased susceptibility to terrorist acts or political actions, and general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure assets.
Foreign Securities Investing in foreign securities typically involves more risks than investing in U.S. securities, and includes risks associated with: (i) internal and external political and economic developments e.g., the political, economic and social policies and structures of some foreign countries may be less stable and more volatile than those in the U.S. or some foreign countries may be subject to trading restrictions or economic sanctions; (ii) trading practices e.g., government supervision and regulation of foreign securities and currency markets, trading systems and brokers may be less than in the U.S.; (iii) availability of information e.g., foreign issuers may not be subject to the same disclosure, accounting and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. issuers; (iv) limited markets e.g., the securities of certain foreign issuers may be less liquid (harder to sell) and more volatile; and (v) currency exchange rate fluctuations and policies. The risks of foreign investments may be greater in developing or emerging market countries.
Regional Focus Because the Fund may invest at least a significant portion of its assets in companies in a specific region, including Europe, the Fund is subject to greater risks of adverse developments in that region and/or the surrounding regions than a fund that is more broadly diversified geographically. Political, social or economic disruptions in the region, even in countries in which the Fund is not invested, may adversely affect the value of investments held by the Fund. Current political uncertainty surrounding the European Union (EU) and its membership, including the 2016 referendum in which the United Kingdom voted to exit the EU, may increase market volatility. The financial instability of some countries in the EU, including Greece, Italy and Spain, together with the risk that instability impacting other more stable countries may increase the economic risk of investing in companies in Europe.
Utilities Industry Utility company equity securities, to the extent they are purchased for their dividend yield, historically have been sensitive to interest rate movements: when interest rates have risen, the stock prices of these companies have tended to fall. In some states of the United States and certain countries, utility companies and their rates are regulated; other states and countries have moved to deregulate such companies thereby causing non-regulated companies returns to generally be more volatile and more sensitive to changes in revenue and earnings. Certain utilities companies face risks associated with the operation of nuclear facilities for electric generation, including, among other considerations, litigation, the problems associated with the use of radioactive materials; the effects of natural or man-made disasters; and the potential for government decommissioning. In general, all utility companies may face additional regulation and litigation regarding their power plant operations; increased costs from new or greater regulation of these operations; the need to purchase expensive emissions control equipment or new operations due to regulations; and the availability and cost of fuel, all of which may lower their earnings.
Concentration By focusing on an industry or a group of industries, the Fund carries much greater risks of adverse developments and price movements in such industries than a fund that invests in a wider variety of industries. Because the Fund concentrates in a specific industry or group of industries, there is also the risk that the Fund will perform poorly during a slump in demand for securities of companies in such industries.
Market The market values of securities or other investments owned by the Fund will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. The market value of a security or other investment may be reduced by market activity or other results of supply and demand unrelated to the issuer. This is a basic risk associated with all investments. When there are more sellers than buyers, prices tend to fall. Likewise, when there are more buyers than sellers, prices tend to rise.
Stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of debt securities. A slower-growth or recessionary economic environment could have an adverse effect on the prices of the various stocks held by the Fund.
Emerging Markets The Funds investments in emerging market countries are subject to all of the risks of foreign investing generally, and have additional heightened risks due to a lack of established legal, political, business and social frameworks to support securities markets, including: delays in settling portfolio securities transactions; currency and capital controls; greater sensitivity to interest rate changes; pervasiveness of corruption and crime; currency exchange rate volatility; and inflation, deflation or currency devaluation.
Smaller and Midsize Companies Securities issued by smaller and midsize companies may be more volatile in price than those of larger companies, involve substantial risks and should be considered speculative. Such risks may include greater sensitivity to economic conditions, less certain growth prospects, lack of depth of management and funds for growth and development, and limited or less developed product lines and markets. In addition, smaller and midsize companies may be particularly affected by interest rate increases, as they may find it more difficult to borrow money to continue or expand operations, or may have difficulty in repaying any loans.
Derivative Instruments The performance of derivative instruments depends largely on the performance of an underlying instrument and such instruments often have risks similar to the underlying instrument, in addition to other risks. Other risks include illiquidity, mispricing or improper valuation of the derivative instrument, and imperfect correlation between the value of the derivative and the underlying instrument so that the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When a derivative is used for hedging, the change in value of the derivative may also not correlate specifically with the currency or other risk being hedged. Derivatives also may present the risk that the other party to the transaction will fail to perform.
Currency Management Strategies Currency management strategies may substantially change the Funds exposure to currency exchange rates and could result in losses to the Fund if currencies do not perform as the investment manager expects. In addition, currency management strategies, to the extent that they reduce the Funds exposure to currency risks, may also reduce the Funds ability to benefit from favorable changes in currency exchange rates. Using currency management strategies for purposes other than hedging further increases the Funds exposure to foreign investment losses. Currency markets generally are not as regulated as securities markets. In addition, currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time, and can reduce returns.
Management The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Fund's investment manager applies investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results.
Performance
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund's performance from year to year for Class A shares. The table shows how the Fund's average annual returns for 1 year, 5 years, 10 years or since inception, as applicable, compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. You can obtain updated performance information at franklintempleton.com or by calling (800) DIAL BEN/342-5236.
Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.
Class A Annual Total Returns

| Best Quarter: | Q2'14 | 9.33% |
| Worst Quarter: | Q3'15 | -7.56% |
| As of September 30, 2017, the Fund's year-to-date return was 19.97%. | ||
Average Annual Total Returns
(figures reflect sales charges)
For the periods ended December 31, 2016
| 1 Year | Since Inception 9/6/2013 |
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| Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Class A | ||
| Return Before Taxes | 2.99% | 4.58% |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | 2.69% | 4.06% |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 2.20% | 3.56% |
| Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Class C | 7.42% | 5.68% |
| Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Class R | 8.94% | 6.19% |
| Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Class R6 | 9.74% | 6.86% |
| Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Advisor Class | 9.48% | 6.74% |
| S&P Global Infrastructure Index (index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 12.43% | 6.44% |
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class A and after-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Investment Manager
Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC (FT Institutional)
Portfolio Managers
Wilson Magee Portfolio Manager of FT Institutional and portfolio manager of the Fund since inception (2013).
Ketul Sakhpara, CFA Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst of FT Institutional and portfolio manager of the Fund since 2014.
Emily Foshag, CFA Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst of FT Institutional and portfolio manager of the Fund since 2016.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any business day online through our website at franklintempleton.com, by mail (Franklin Templeton Investor Services, P.O. Box 997151, Sacramento, CA 95899-7151), or by telephone at (800) 632-2301. For Class A, C and R, the minimum initial purchase for most accounts is $1,000 (or $50 under an automatic investment plan). Class R6 and Advisor Class are only available to certain qualified investors and the minimum initial investment will vary depending on the type of qualified investor, as described under "Your Account Choosing a Share Class Qualified Investors Class R6" and " Advisor Class" in the Fund's prospectus. There is no minimum investment for subsequent purchases.
Taxes
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in which case your distributions would generally be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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