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FLKR tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap South Korean companies. lf

FUND BASICS
Category	International Equities
Fund Sponsor	Franklin Templeton
Website	www.libertyshares.com
Inception date	Nov 02, 2017
Assets (mns)	$15
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	9 bp
Distributions	Semi-annual

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	138
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$78,078
Large cap (>$10bn)	69.8%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	24.5%
Small cap (<$2bn)	5.8%
Developed mkts	0.0%
Emerging mkts	100.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	47.2 %
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD	18.6 %
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC	7.3 %
NHN CORP	3.6 %
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PFD	2.7 %
KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC	2.6 %
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP LTD	2.6 %
CELLTRION INC	2.6 %
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO	2.4 %
POSCO	2.3 %
HYUNDAI MOBIS	2.3 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	SOUTH KOREA	98.4 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
8.7%	8.7%	--	--	-6.0%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.91	42%
MSCI EAFE	1.31	67%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	1.10	78%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$21.95
30d moving avg.	$21.33
Annualized volatility	20.2%
Short interest (ETF)	1.9%
Relative strength (RSI)	64

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	3
Turnover	0.4%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.33%
ADV underlying (mns)	$2,933

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with FLKR. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

FLKR

Expense:

9 bp

ALTAR Score™:

9.7%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH FLKR
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs FLKR (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs FLKR (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs FLKR (%)
EWY	iShares MSCI Korea	86.8	59	-50	9.1	-0.6
FKO	First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX	42.5	80	-71	11.3	+1.7
AIA	iShares S&P Asia 50	23.2	50	-41	8.6	-1.1
BICK	First Trust BICK Index Fund	23.1	64	-55	5.0	-4.7
FPA	First Trust Asia Pac Ex-Japan AlphaDEX	21.9	80	-71	8.4	-1.3
FRDM	Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF	20.7	49	-40	7.7	-2.0
KEMX	KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets EX China Index	19.8	49	-40	8.1	-1.6
EMXC	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China	17.9	49	-40	8.1	-1.6
DOGS	Arrow Dogs of the World	17.5	164	-155	10.1	+0.4
EEMA	iShares MSCI Emg Mkts Asia	15.7	50	-41	8.0	-1.6
XCEM	Columbia EM Core ex-China	15.7	16	-7	7.3	-2.4
REEM	Invesco Emerging Markets Revenue ETF	15.4	46	-37	11.2	+1.6
MFEM	PIMCO RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor Emerging Markets Equity	15.2	49	-40	8.5	-1.2
UEVM	USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum Blend Index	14.8	45	-36	12.6	+2.9
JHEM	John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets	13.7	55	-46	8.2	-1.4
AAXJ	iShares MSCI Asia ex-Japan	13.6	67	-58	7.5	-2.2
FLAX	Franklin FTSE Asia Ex Japan	13.5	19	-10	8.0	-1.7
GEM	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emg Mkts Equity	13.4	45	-36	8.5	-1.2
EEMX	SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Free	12.9	30	-21	8.0	-1.7
XSOE	WisdomTree Emg Mkt ex-SOE	12.3	32	-23	6.4	-3.3

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
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Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
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Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	Franklin FTSE South Korea
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

SPECULATIVE

Deeply undervalued but risky. A rating of SPECULATIVE is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the top quintile (the top 20%) of their category, indicating exceptional appreciation potential. However, often these are narrowly-focused funds or in industries with structural issues, which may also make them very risky. Nonetheless they may still be useful as part of a well-diversified portfolio.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	8.4	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	0.9	x
Less: Expense ratio	9	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	9.7	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.29	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.63

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.