TEI - Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund

What this means for you

No investor has reported owning 5% or more of this fund. That is the normal state for most closed-end funds.

Nothing is required of you. If that changes, the notice appears here within a day of being filed with the regulator.

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What happened, and when

Nothing on file yet. No large investor has reported a stake in this fund, and the fund has not announced a buy-back, a vote or a closing.

About this fund

• Run by Franklin Advisers, Inc. Part of the Franklin Templeton Group of Funds fund family. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Size: about $333 million of holdings, as of June 30, 2026. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Borrowing: the fund borrows about 17% on top of its own money, as of June 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Costs: 1% a year in management fees; 2.4% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025) the fund paid $0.88 a share, all of it income. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Dec 31, 2025): $6.77. The shares traded at $6.45, about 4.7% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: up 9.9% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +25.9%. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +37.1%. How the share price did: the shares returned +44.9% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• First reported to the regulator in 1994.

What the fund holds

Mostly bonds (79%), the rest cash and short-term holdings and structured notes. About 7% issued in the U.S.

1. Cash and short-term - 19.5%
2. Republic of Ecuador, Ecuador Government Bond - 6.4%
3. Republic of South Africa, South Africa Government Bond - 11.6%
4. Republic of Rwanda, Rwanda Government Bond - 5.1%
5. Argentine Republic, Argentina Government Bond - 4.1%
6. Republic of Kenya, Kenya Government Bond - 3.9%
7. Hungary Government Bond - 5.4%
8. Republic of Zambia, Zambia Government Bond - 3.1%
9. Dominican Republic Government Bond - 2.8%
10. Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast Government Bond - 2.5%

As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →