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Franklin Resources, Inc. filings document the regulatory record for Franklin Templeton as a NYSE-listed investment management company. The company’s 8-K reports disclose quarterly and annual operating results, Regulation FD earnings commentary, material agreements, credit-facility obligations, share repurchase authorizations and other capital-structure matters.
Proxy and meeting filings cover board elections, shareholder voting results, executive compensation, employee stock investment plans and universal stock incentive plan authorizations. The filing record also includes leadership and compensation disclosures, governance matters, common stock registration information, and regulatory or risk-related updates involving Western Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary.
Franklin Resources (BEN) Executive Chairman and director reported acquisitions of company stock. On 11/04/2025, he acquired 25,012 shares at $22.59 per share and reported 16,656 performance-based restricted stock units that are scheduled to vest on December 1, 2025 after the Compensation Committee certified fiscal 2025 performance.
Following these transactions, direct beneficial ownership was 2,694,742 shares. He also reported indirect holdings, including 7,679.7519 shares via a 401(k), 2,573,100 shares held by a business limited partnership, 396,000 shares by a venture limited partnership, 252,415 shares for children/trusts, and 26,444 shares by spouse.
Franklin Resources (BEN) disclosed a Form 4 for its Co‑President, CFO & COO. On 11/04/2025, the officer acquired 110,226 shares of common stock at $22.59 and 91,183 additional shares tied to performance-based RSUs. The compensation committee certified fiscal 2025 performance on 11/04/2025, and these RSUs are scheduled to vest on 12/01/2025. Following the transactions, beneficial ownership was 599,374 shares, of which 221,029 represent unvested RSU awards.
Franklin Resources (BEN): Form 4 insider activity — The company’s EVP and General Counsel reported two acquisitions on 11/04/2025. The filing shows 22,688 shares acquired at $22.59 per share and 16,494 restricted stock units tied to performance criteria certified by the Compensation Committee for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. These RSUs are scheduled to vest on December 1, 2025.
Following these transactions, beneficial ownership stands at 100,703 shares, which includes 41,879 unvested restricted stock units.
Franklin Resources (BEN): insider share acquisition disclosed. An officer listed as Co‑President, Public Markets acquired 46,730 shares of common stock at $22.59 on 11/04/2025. Following the transaction, direct beneficial ownership stands at 186,159 shares. Of this amount, 130,531 shares represent unvested restricted stock unit awards.
Franklin Resources (BEN) reported an insider Form 4 showing a director acquired 109.4571 units of Deferred Director's Fees on 10/25/2025. The units were recorded at a derivative security price of $22.84, bringing the director’s derivative holdings to 58,982.4162 units, held directly.
These units are part of the company’s 2006 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. They represent a hypothetical investment account that tracks Franklin Resources’ stock performance, including reinvested dividends, and are payable in cash in substantially equal quarterly installments over ten years following the director’s separation from service. Footnotes indicate exercisability based on separation timing, with an expiration date of 01/20/2058.
Franklin Resources (BEN), a 10% owner and affiliate of the investment adviser to Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc., reported a sale of common stock. On 10/15/2025, the filer disclosed a Code S transaction of 1,614,310.646 shares at $11.46 per share. Following the sale, the filer reported beneficial ownership of 11,796,668.951 shares, held directly.
The filer notes these holdings span four share classes, primarily Class I Shares. The report was signed by an authorized officer on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Franklin Resources (BEN) reported an insider equity award. A company officer (Co‑President, Chief Commercial) acquired 442,870 shares of common stock on 10/15/2025 at $22.79 per share, as disclosed on Form 4. The filing explains these shares represent unvested restricted stock unit awards.
Following the transaction, the officer beneficially owns 442,870 shares, held directly.
Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) filed a Form 3 initial statement of beneficial ownership for an officer serving as Co‑President, Chief Commercial. The event date is 10/15/2025.
The filing states no securities are beneficially owned. It was filed by one reporting person and signed by an attorney‑in‑fact. This is an administrative disclosure under Section 16.
Franklin Resources (BEN): The company’s Chief Accounting Officer reported purchasing 7,637 shares of common stock at $22.92 on 10/14/2025. After the transaction, the reporting person beneficially owned 28,727.4565 shares. Of this amount, 15,045 shares are unvested restricted stock unit awards. Ownership is reported as direct.
Franklin Resources, Inc. and affiliates report beneficial ownership of 23,675,636 Class I shares of Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund, equal to 29.4% of the 80,641,410 outstanding Class I shares as of 10/02/2025. The position reflects two principal purchases: 13,395,273 shares acquired for $149,035,935 (including $50,000,000 from Legg Mason working capital) held in a Franklin corporate account, and 10,280,362 shares bought for $127,948,346 for fiduciary accounts managed by Franklin affiliates. Recent open-market purchases through Fiduciary Trust Company International include a 110,331-share block on 10/02/2025 at $11.43 per share. The filing states the shares were acquired for investment and to support the issuer’s commercial real estate investments, and the Reporting Persons reserve the right to buy or sell depending on market and issuer conditions.