K2 Alternative Strategies Fund Class C (FASCX)

Fund Assets	837.34M
Expense Ratio	3.19%
Min. Investment	$1,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	1.15
Dividend Yield	10.92%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 30, 2024

Previous Close	10.56
YTD Return	0.19%
1-Year Return	4.98%
5-Year Return	16.30%
52-Week Low	n/a
52-Week High	n/a
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	1697
Inception Date	Nov 11, 2013

About FASCX

The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Alt Multi-Strategy with 2.95% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds: Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund; Class C Shares is $1,000 on a standard taxable account. Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds: Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund; Class C Shares seeks capital appreciation with lower volatility relative to the broad equity markets. FASCX allocates its assets across multiple non-traditional or alternative strategies, including, but not limited to; Long Short Equity, Relative Value, Event Driven and Global Macro, each of which is described below.

• Category: Multistrategy
• Performance Rating: Below Average
• Risk Rating: Below Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: FASCX
• Share Class: Class C
• Index: Index is not available on Lipper Database

Performance

FASCX had a total return of 4.98% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.36%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
FABZX	Advisor Class	2.19%
FASRX	Class R6	2.19%
FAAAX	Class A	2.44%
FSKKX	Class R	2.69%

Top 10 Holdings

56.79% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund	DGCXX	9.13%
Dreyfus Govt Cm Inst 289 Stif 02/20/2049	n/a	7.77%
Fidelity Government Portfolio	FIGXX	7.40%
K2 Holdings Investment Corporation - Cfm Cc Usd Npv Tis A/C #34110	n/a	6.29%
2 Year Treasury Note Future Mar 25	n/a	5.09%
Comcast Corp 2 % Zero Premium Option Note Exchangeable Secs 1999-15.10.29 B	CCZ	4.86%
K2 Holdings Investment Corporation-Graham Cc Usd Npv A/C # 18452	n/a	4.73%
Comcast Corp 2 % Zero Premium Option Note Exchangeable Secs 1999-15.11.29 B	CMCSA 2 11.15.29	4.48%
Short Term Investment Fund Fidelity Investment Mm Gov 1 57	n/a	4.28%
Nasdaq 100 E-Mini Mar25 Mar 25 Future	n/a	2.75%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 30, 2024	$1.153	Dec 30, 2024
Dec 29, 2022	$0.2015	Dec 29, 2022
Dec 30, 2021	$0.5003	Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2019	$0.0059	Dec 31, 2019
Dec 28, 2018	$0.2519	Dec 31, 2018
Dec 28, 2017	$0.0602	Dec 29, 2017