Serena Perin Vinton is a senior vice president and portfolio manager with Franklin Equity Group and portfolio manager of Franklin Growth Fund strategies. She is also the ESG Ambassador for the Franklin Equity Group and sits on the Stewardship and Sustainability Council for Franklin Templeton. Ms. Perin Vinton joined Franklin Templeton in 1991. She served as an analyst and portfolio manager in the international fixed-income group before joining the Franklin Equity Group in 1995. Her prior equity research responsibilities include analysis of the consumer products and household goods, specialty retail, apparel/footwear/textiles, paper and forest products, building materials and steel industries. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Perin Vinton worked as a research assistant for a British member of Parliament in London. Ms. Perin Vinton earned her B.A. in business economics from Brown University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. Ms. Perin Vinton is a Trustee of the Scholarship Fund for the University Club of Palo Alto, and serves on the Philips Academy Andover Development Board. Ms. Perin Vinton was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times' as one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business for 2015

Robert Rendler is a research analyst and portfolio manager with Franklin Equity Group. He is a member of the Industrial team focusing on chemical, distribution, and process control companies. He is also a member of the Consumer team covering auto companies. Mr. Rendler is a co-manager of the Franklin Growth Fund. Mr. Rendler began his career with Franklin Templeton in 2005 as a futures associate and worked as a quantitative research analyst until 2010. Mr. Rendler earned a B.S. in business from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a member of the Securities Analysts of San Francisco (SASF).

JOYCE LIN, CFA Senior Vice President/ Co-Director of Research Research Analyst/ Portfolio Manager Franklin Equity Group Franklin Advisers Inc San Mateo, California, United States Joyce Lin is senior vice president, co-director of Equity Research for Franklin Equity Group. Ms. Lin is a portfolio manager on the Franklin Growth Fund and related portfolios. Her equity research responsibilities focus on companies in the industrials industry. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Investments in 2014, Ms. Lin was a research associate at Cooke & Bieler. Her prior experience includes research in the telecommunications, midstream oil and gas, life science tools, and technology industries. Ms. Lin earned her B.A. in government and psychology from Harvard University, an M.B.A. in economics, finance, and international business from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charter holder.