NAME OF REGISTRANT:
FRANKLIN TAX-FREE TRUST
File No. 811-04149
EXHIBIT ITEM: Legal Proceedings (Item B.11.a)
Case Summary:
Puerto Rico GO Bond Adversary Proceeding.  Certain Franklin
Templeton mutual funds (the "Funds") that held bonds issued by
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have been named as defendants
in an adversary proceeding brought by the Oversight and
Management Board for Puerto Rico and the Official Committee of
Unsecured Creditors of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico's pending
bankruptcy proceeding. Plaintiffs in the matter are attempting to
invalidate up to $9 billion in debt issued by Puerto Rico (the
"Challenged Bonds"). The Challenged Bonds are primarily Puerto
Rico General Obligation and Public Building Authority bonds.
Plaintiffs argue that it was unconstitutional for Puerto Rico to issue
the debt in the first place and are seeking to recover principal and
interest paid on those Challenged Bonds over an
undetermined period of time between 2013 and 2017. While none
of the Funds currently hold any of the Challenged Bonds, they
received interest payments from Puerto Rico between 2013 and
2017. The adversary proceeding has been stayed and is expected to
be dismissed pursuant to Puerto Rico's Plan of Adjustment
(bankruptcy plan), if confirmed, without the former bondholders
owing any principal or interest.

Case or Docket Information:
The Special Claims Committee of the Financial Oversight and
Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. v. Defendants 1D - 73D
Case Number: 19-00288-LTS; Forum: United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Puerto Rico; Adversary Complaint filed
May 2, 2019 (certain Franklin Templeton funds have received
service of the Adversary Complaint, although the identities of the
defendants are currently under seal)

Funds Involved:
The funds that have received the summons and complaint are:
Franklin Municipal Securities Trust - Franklin Tennessee
Municipal Bond Fund, Franklin California High Yield Municipal
Fund; Franklin Tax-Free Trust - Franklin Ohio Tax-Free Income
Fund, Franklin Arizona Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Missouri
Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income
Fund, Franklin Minnesota Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin
Oregon Tax- Free Income Fund, Franklin North Carolina Tax-Free
Income Fund, Franklin Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund;
Franklin California Tax-Free Income Fund, Franklin Double Tax-
Free Income Fund (closed); Franklin Templeton Variable
Insurance Products Trust - Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund,
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery VIP Fund; Franklin Mutual
Global Discovery Fund (Canadian Fund); Franklin Mutual Series
Funds - Franklin Mutual Quest Fund, Franklin Mutual Global
Discovery Fund, Franklin Mutual Shares Fund, Franklin Mutual
Beacon Fund.



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