UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC
20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED
SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT
COMPANIES
Investment Company
Act file number 811-10157
Franklin Global
Trust
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in charter)
One Franklin
Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906
(Address of
principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Alison Baur,
One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906
(Name and address
of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(650)312-2000
Date of fiscal year end: 7/31
Date of reporting period: 1/31/23
Item
1. Reports to Stockholders.
The
following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to
Rule30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)
(17 CFR 270.30e-1.)
Include
a copy of each notice transmitted to stockholders in reliance on Rule 30e-3
under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-3) that contains disclosures specified by
paragraph (c)(3) of that rule.
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that
applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and
accounting officer.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(f) Pursuant to Item 13(a)(1), the Registrant is attaching
as an exhibit a copy of its code of ethics that applies to its principal
executive officers and
principal financial and accounting officer.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
(a)(1) The Registrant has an audit committee financial
expert serving on its audit committee.
(2) The audit committee financial expert is Mary C.
Choksi and she is
"independent" as defined under the relevant
Securities and Exchange Commission Rules and Releases.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. N/A
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. N/A
Item 6. Schedule of Investments. N/A
Item 7. Disclosure
of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment
Companies. N/A
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment
Companies. N/A
Item 9. Purchases
of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated
Purchasers. N/A
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders
may recommend nominees to the Registrant's Board of Trustees that would require
disclosure herein.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a)
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
.
The Registrant
maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide
reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the Registrant’s
filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Such information is accumulated and communicated to the
Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. The Registrant’s management, including the
principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, recognizes
that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and
operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control
objectives.
Within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, the Registrant
had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation
of the Registrant’s management, including the Registrant’s principal executive
officer and the Registrant’s principal financial officer, of the effectiveness
of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures.
Based on such evaluation, the Registrant’s principal executive officer and
principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls
and procedures are effective.
(b)
Changes
in Internal Controls
.
There have been
no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect the internal control over financial
reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities
for Closed-End Management Investment Company. N/A
Item 13. Exhibits.
(a)(2)
Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Matthew
T. Hinkle, Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration, and
Christopher Kings, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and
Treasurer
(a)(2)(1)
There were no written solicitations to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1
under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on
behalf of the Registrant to 10 or more persons.
(a)(2)(2)
There was no change in the Registrant’s independent public accountant during
the period covered by the report.
(b)
Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of
Matthew T. Hinkle, Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration, and
Christopher Kings, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and
Treasurer
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
FRANKLIN GLOBAL TRUST
By S\MATTHEW
T. HINKLE______________________
Chief
Executive Officer - Finance and Administration
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By S\MATTHEW
T. HINKLE______________________
Chief
Executive Officer - Finance and Administration
By S\CHRISTOPHER
KINGS______________________
Chief
Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer