Tax & Finance

SEC Notice on Franklin Lexington Private Markets Fund Share Class Application

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

Allows the SEC to consider a request from several Franklin Templeton-linked closed-end funds and advisers to use multiple share classes, early withdrawal charges, and asset-based distribution or service fees. The request applies to named private markets, lending, infrastructure, private credit, and real estate income funds. No approval has been issued yet. The SEC says it will grant the request unless it orders a hearing, and interested parties must ask for a hearing by May 26, 2026.

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Key Changes

  • The SEC is considering permission for named closed-end funds to issue multiple share classes.
  • The funds seek approval to charge early withdrawal fees and asset-based distribution or service fees.
  • Interested parties have until May 26, 2026, to request a hearing before the SEC acts.

Obligations

What this law requires

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Any interested person requesting a hearing on the SEC application must email the hearing request to the SEC Secretary at [email protected] and include the application file number 812-16003.

interested persons requesting an SEC hearing
5:30 p.m. Eastern time on May 26, 2026
reporting
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Any interested person requesting a hearing must serve the Applicants with a copy of the hearing request by email if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant, or personally or by mail if a physical address is listed.

interested persons requesting an SEC hearing
5:30 p.m. Eastern time on May 26, 2026
disclosure
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Any interested person requesting a hearing must accompany the hearing request with proof of service on the Applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service.

interested persons requesting an SEC hearinglawyers submitting hearing requests
5:30 p.m. Eastern time on May 26, 2026
reporting
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Any interested person requesting a hearing must state in the request the nature of the requester’s interest, facts bearing on the desirability of a hearing, the reason for the request, and the issues contested.

interested persons requesting an SEC hearing
5:30 p.m. Eastern time on May 26, 2026
disclosure
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Any person who wants to be notified of a hearing must request notification by emailing the SEC Secretary.

persons seeking notification of an SEC hearing
reporting

Affected Parties

Franklin Templeton-linked closed-end fundsfund advisers and distributors+2 more…

Tags

SEC,closed-end funds,investment funds