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&lt;td style="vertical-align: top; width: 64%;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:1.00em;text-indent:-1.00em;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;Templeton World Fund&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
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&lt;td style="vertical-align: top; width: 64%;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:1.00em;text-indent:-1.00em;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline"&gt;TEMPLETON GROWTH FUND, INC&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
&lt;td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;"&gt;&#160;&#160;&lt;/td&gt; 
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&lt;td style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; width: 34%;"&gt;January&#160;1, 2026&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;</oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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&lt;td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;1)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
&lt;td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;"&gt;Effective January&#160;15, 2027, Templeton World Fund&#x2019;s name will be changed to &#x201c;Templeton Global Leaders Fund.&#x201d; Therefore, all references in the summary prospectus, prospectus and SAI to &#x201c;Templeton World Fund&#x201d; will be replaced with &#x201c;Templeton Global Leaders Fund&#x201d; on that date. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;4)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
&lt;td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;"&gt;Effective January&#160;15, 2027, the following is added to the Templeton World Fund&#x2019;s principal investment strategies in the Fund&#x2019;s Summary Prospectus and Prospectus: &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;Under normal market conditions the Fund expects to invest in foreign securities (including emerging markets securities) in an amount equal to at least the lesser of: (a) 40% of its net assets; or (b)&#160;the percentage of foreign issuers represented in the MSCI All Country World Index&#x2011;NR minus 5%. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline"&gt;SCHEDULE A &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;td style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt; &lt;span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;display:table-cell;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold"&gt;Fund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
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