UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.

FORM D

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Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities


1. Issuer's Identity
CIK (Filer ID Number) Previous Name(s)   x None Entity Type
0001477279
 
o Corporation
x Limited Partnership
o Limited Liability Company
o General Partnership
o Business Trust
o Other
Name of Issuer
  Templeton Global Bond Plus Fund, L.P.
Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization
DELAWARE
 
Year of Incorporation/Organization
  o Over Five Years Ago
  x Within Last Five Years (Specify Year) 2009
  o Yet to Be Formed  



2. Principal Place of Business and Contact Information
Name of Issuer  
  Templeton Global Bond Plus Fund, L.P.  
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY  
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code Phone No. of Issuer
  SAN MATEO   CALIFORNIA   94403-1906   650-312-2052  



3. Related Persons
Last Name First Name Middle Name
JAMIESON EDWARD B.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY BUILDING 920, 4TH FLOOR
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA 94403-1906
Relationship: o Executive Officer o Director x Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  President, Chief Investment Officer & Director of Franklin Advisers, Inc., the sole member of the GP and investment adviser to the Issuer.
Last Name First Name Middle Name
ADVISERS GP, LLC FRANKLIN
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA 94403-1906
Relationship: x Executive Officer o Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  General Partner of the Issuer.
Last Name First Name Middle Name
STRAZZA KENT P.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY BUILDING 960, 4TH FLOOR
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA 94403-1906
Relationship: o Executive Officer o Director x Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  President of Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC.
Last Name First Name Middle Name
LEE SCOTT M.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY BUILDING 960, 4TH FLOOR
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA 94403-1906
Relationship: o Executive Officer o Director x Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  Managing Director, U.S. Institutional Sales.
 
Last Name First Name Middle Name
LUSK JOHN M.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA 94403-1903
Relationship: o Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  Director, Franklin Advisers, Inc., sole member of GP.
 


4. Industry Group
o Agriculture   Health Care o Retailing
  Banking & Financial Services   o Biotechnology o Restaurants
  o Commercial Banking   o Health Insurance   Technology
  o Insurance   o Hospitals & Physicians   o Computers
  o Investing   o Pharmaceuticals   o Telecommunications
  o Investment Banking   o Other Health Care   o Other Technology
  x Pooled Investment Fund
o Hedge Fund
x Other Investment Fund
o Private Equity Fund
o Venture Capital Fund

*Is the issuer registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940?
o Yes   x No
        Travel
o Manufacturing   o Airlines & Airports
  Real Estate   o Lodging & Conventions
  o Commercial   o Tourism & Travel Services
  o Construction   o Other Travel
  o REITS & Finance o Other
  o Other Banking & Financial Services   o Residential  
  o Other Real Estate  
o Business Services  
  Energy  
  o Coal Mining  
  o Electric Utilities  
  o Energy Conservation  
  o Environmental Services  
  o Oil & Gas  
  o Other Energy  


5. Issuer Size
Revenue Range Aggregate Net Asset Value Range
o No Revenues o No Aggregate Net Asset Value
o $1 - $1,000,000 o $1 - $5,000,000
o $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 o $5,000,001 - $25,000,000
o $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 o $25,000,001 - $50,000,000
o $25,000,001 - $100,000,000 o $50,000,001 - $100,000,000
o Over $100,000,000 o Over $100,000,000
o Decline to Disclose x Decline to Disclose
o Not Applicable o Not Applicable


6. Federal Exemption(s) and Exclusion(s) Claimed (select all that apply)
o Rule 504(b)(1) (not (i), (ii) or (iii)) o Rule 505
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(i) x Rule 506
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(ii) o Securities Act Section 4(6)
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(iii) x Investment Company Act Section 3(c)
  o Section 3(c)(1) o Section 3(c)(9)
  o Section 3(c)(2) o Section 3(c)(10)
  o Section 3(c)(3) o Section 3(c)(11)
  o Section 3(c)(4) o Section 3(c)(12)
  o Section 3(c)(5) o Section 3(c)(13)
  o Section 3(c)(6) o Section 3(c)(14)
  x Section 3(c)(7)  

7. Type of Filing
o New Notice Date of First Sale   2010-04-01 o First Sale Yet to Occur
x Amendment

8. Duration of Offering
Does the Issuer intend this offering to last more than one year? x Yes o No

9. Type(s) of Securities Offered (select all that apply)
x Pooled Investment Fund Interests o Equity
o Tenant-in-Common Securities o Debt
o Mineral Property Securities o Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security
o Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security o Other (describe)
   


10. Business Combination Transaction
Is this offering being made in connection with a business combination transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or exchange offer? o Yes x No
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)  
   

11. Minimum Investment
Minimum investment accepted from any outside investor $   600000   USD

12. Sales Compensation
Recipient Recipient CRD Number o None
  JOHN CARTER BAILEY, JR.   4230367
(Associated) Broker or Dealer o None (Associated) Broker or Dealer CRD Number o None
  Franklin Templeton Financial Services Corp (FTFS)   13594
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  One Franklin Parkway    
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
  San Mateo   CALIFORNIA   94403-1906
State(s) of Solicitation x All States o Foreign/Non-US
 
Recipient Recipient CRD Number o None
  Brian David Zeiler   5478627
(Associated) Broker or Dealer o None (Associated) Broker or Dealer CRD Number o None
  Franklin Templeton Financial Services Corp (FTFS)   13594
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  One Franklin Parkway    
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
  San Mateo   CALIFORNIA   94403-1906
State(s) of Solicitation o All States o Foreign/Non-US
  SOUTH CAROLINA
  RHODE ISLAND
  DELAWARE
  MISSISSIPPI
  VIRGINIA
  NORTH CAROLINA
  NEW YORK
  WEST VIRGINIA
  ALABAMA
  LOUISIANA
  NEW HAMPSHIRE
  GEORGIA
  PENNSYLVANIA
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  FLORIDA
  CONNECTICUT
  MARYLAND
  NEW JERSEY
  VERMONT
  MAINE
  TENNESSEE
  MASSACHUSETTS
 
 



13. Offering and Sales Amounts
Total Offering Amount $       USD x Indefinite
Total Amount Sold $   245837000   USD  
Total Remaining to be Sold $       USD x Indefinite
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   


14. Investors
o Select if securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors,
Number of such non-accredited investors who already have invested in the offering
 
  Regardless of whether securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors, enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 8


15. Sales Commissions & Finders' Fees Expenses
Provide separately the amounts of sales commissions and finders' fees expenses, if any. If the amount of an expenditure is not known, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.
Sales Commissions $   87585   USD x Estimate
Finders' Fees $   0   USD x Estimate
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  When applicable, commission is 20% of applicable management fee in Year 1 of investment and 10% of applicable management fee in Year 2 of investment.


16. Use of Proceeds
Provide the amount of the gross proceeds of the offering that has been or is proposed to be used for payments to any of the persons required to be named as executive officers, directors or promoters in response to Item 3 above. If the amount is unknown, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.
  $   0   USD x Estimate
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  INVESTMENT MANAGER RECEIVES A MONTHLY MANAGEMENT FEE FOR SERVICES TO ISSUER ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS OF NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO EACH SERIES AS FOLLOWS: 0.40% UP TO AND INCLUDING $50M, 0.30% OVER $50M AND UP TO AND INCLUDING $100M, AND 0.25% OVER $100M.

Signature and Submission
Please verify the information you have entered and review the Terms of Submission below before signing and clicking SUBMIT below to file this notice.
Terms of Submission  
  In submitting this notice, each Issuer named above is:  
 
  • Notifying the SEC and/or each State in which this notice is filed of the offering of securities described and undertaking to furnish them, upon written request, the information furnished to offerees.
  • Irrevocably appointing each of the Secretary of the SEC and, the Securities Administrator or other legally designated officer of the State in which the Issuer maintains its principal place of business and any State in which this notice is filed, as its agents for service of process, and agreeing that these persons may accept service on its behalf, of any notice, process or pleading, and further agreeing that such service may be made by registered or certified mail, in any Federal or state action, administrative proceeding, or arbitration brought against it in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, if the action, proceeding or arbitration (a) arises out of any activity in connection with the offering of securities that is the subject of this notice, and (b) is founded, directly or indirectly, upon the provisions of: (i) the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, or any rule or regulation under any of these statutes, or (ii) the laws of the State in which the issuer maintains its principal place of business or any State in which this notice is filed.
  • Certifying that the Issuer is not disqualified from relying on any Regulation D exemption it has identified in Item 6 above for one of the reasons stated in Rule 505(b)(2)(iii).
 
 
  Each Issuer identified above has read this notice, knows the contents to be true, and has duly caused this notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
  For signature, type in the signer's name or other letters or characters adopted or authorized as the signer's signature.

Issuer Signature Name of Signer Title Date
Templeton Global Bond Plus Fund, L.P. Jennifer M. Johnson Jennifer M. Johnson Vice President, Franklin Advisers, Inc., Sole Member of GP 2012-03-15