Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust Reports Asset Allocation

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 1, 2012) - Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (NYSE MKT: FTF), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and NYSE MKT closing price as of September 30, 2012.

Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment management solutions managed by its Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Fiduciary Trust, Darby and Bissett investment teams. The San Mateo, CA-based company has more than 60 years of investment experience and over $749 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2012. For more information, please call 1-800/DIAL BEN® or visit franklintempleton.com.

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON LIMITED DURATION INCOME TRUST ASSET ALLOCATION at September 30, 2012


SECTOR ALLOCATION

MARKET
VALUE (Millions)

PERCENTAGE
OF FUND 1

High Yield Corporate Bonds & Preferred Securities

185.7

33.6

%

Investment Grade Corporate Bonds

0.0

0.0

%

Floating Rate Loans

195.2

35.3

%

Mortgage-Backed Securities

136.6

24.7

%

Other Asset-Backed Securities 2

25.9

4.7

%

International Government Bonds (US$ & non-US$)

6.8

1.2

%

Common Stock & Warrants

0.0

0.0

%

Cash & Other Net Assets 3

2.2

0.4

%

Total Assets 4

$

552.5

100.0

%

TOP 10 INDUSTRIES 5

MARKET
VALUE (Millions)

PERCENTAGE
OF FUND 1

Healthcare Services

49.1

8.9

%

Energy

33.2

6.0

%

Automotive

26.8

4.8

%

Financial Services

21.3

3.8

%

Retail

19.5

3.5

%

Broadcasting

19.1

3.5

%

Chemicals

18.9

3.4

%

Info/Technology

18.6

3.4

%

Gaming/Leisure

18.0

3.3

%

Pay TV

16.9

3.1

%

Total 4

$

241.4

43.7

%

10 LARGEST HOLDINGS BY ISSUER

MARKET
VALUE (Millions)

PERCENTAGE
OF FUND 1

Fannie Mae

111.1

20.1

%

Freddie Mac

24.1

4.4

%

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc.

7.2

1.3

%

Intelsat

6.6

1.2

%

Caesars Entertainment

6.2

1.1

%

Visant

5.6

1.0

%

ADS Waste

5.4

1.0

%

Davita

5.0

0.9

%

Calpine

5.0

0.9

%

Ineos Finance

4.7

0.8

%

Total 4

$

181.0

32.8

%

Number of positions

413

NAV per share

$

14.05

Market price per share

$

14.76

Number of shares outstanding

26,810,588

Total net assets

$

376,559,905

Weighted average duration (including leverage) 6

3 years

Fund leverage percentage 7

32

%

1 Percentage of total investments of the Fund. Total investments of the Fund include long-term and short-term investments and other net assets. Does not include last day portfolio and shareholder trades.

2 May include collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs").

3 Includes currency forward contracts.

4 Total figures may not represent exact sum of items as a result of rounding.

5 Top 10 industries for corporate bonds and floating rate loans.

6 Duration calculated using internal methodologies. Rounded to the nearest year.

7 Preferred shares issued by the Fund and mortgage dollar rolls used for leverage divided by total assets of the Fund.

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