TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INCOME FUND

TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INCOME FUND is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund. Launched by Franklin Resources, Inc. and managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., the fund focuses its investments on the fixed income markets of emerging market countries worldwide. Its primary investments are in bonds issued by sovereign or sovereign-related entities and private sector companies. The fund measures its portfolio's performance against the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index. TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INCOME FUND was established on September 23, 1993, and is based in the United States.