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FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SMACS: SERIES C FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SMACS: SERIES CP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

Investment Management Agreement • June 16th, 2025 • Franklin Strategic Series • California

• Contract Type
  Investment Management Agreement
• Filed
  June 16th, 2025
• Company
  Franklin Strategic Series
• Jurisdiction
  California

THIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 20, 2025, is made between FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of each of Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series C and Franklin Templeton SMACS: Series CP (each a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”), each a series of the Trust, and FRANKLIN ADVISERS, INC., a California corporation (the “Manager”).