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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 director John W. Thiel acquired 7,593 shares of the company’s common stock on February 3, 2026 at a price of $27.00 per share. Following this transaction, he directly owns 40,792 shares of Franklin Resources common stock.
Franklin Resources director Anthony Noto reported acquiring 7,593 shares of the company’s common stock at $27 per share on February 4, 2026. Following this transaction, he beneficially owns 47,152 shares of Franklin Resources stock in direct ownership.
Franklin Resources director Mariann H. Byerwalter reported an indirect acquisition of common stock through a revocable family trust. On February 3, 2026, the trust acquired 7,593 shares of Franklin Resources common stock at $27 per share in a single transaction coded as an acquisition. Following this transaction, the trust beneficially owns 34,781 shares, with Byerwalter serving as sole trustee holding both voting and investment power over these shares.
Franklin Resources, Inc., as an affiliate investment adviser to Franklin BSP Lending Fund, reported buying common shares of the fund. On January 29, 2026, it purchased 75,000 Class I Common Shares at $10 per share and now directly holds 75,000 shares after the transaction.
Franklin Resources reported higher quarterly results for the three months ended December 31, 2025. Operating revenues rose to $2,327.1 million, up 3% year over year, while operating income increased 28% to $281.0 million, lifting the operating margin to 12.1% from 9.7%.
Net income attributable to Franklin Resources grew to $255.5 million from $163.6 million, and diluted EPS rose to $0.46 from $0.29. Adjusted net income was $378.4 million and adjusted diluted EPS were $0.70. Assets under management reached $1,684.0 billion, 7% above a year earlier, supported by $28.0 billion of long-term net inflows and the Apera acquisition.
The company adopted new crypto asset accounting, increasing retained earnings by $25.3 million, and continues to face Western Asset-related investigations and class-action and 401(k) litigation, which management plans to defend vigorously.
Franklin Resources, Inc. filed a Form 8-K to report that it has released financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025. The company issued a press release with these results and attached it as Exhibit 99.1.
Franklin Resources also made a first-quarter earnings commentary available on its investor website at investors.franklinresources.com. The information in the press release and website commentary is furnished for disclosure purposes and is not treated as filed for liability or incorporation-by-reference purposes under federal securities laws.
Franklin Resources, Inc. and affiliates filed an amended beneficial ownership report for Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. Class I common shares. They report beneficial ownership of 21,982,748 Class I shares, representing 25.9% of this share class, based on 84,996,260 Class I shares outstanding as of January 16, 2026. The position consists of 8,443,314 shares in a Franklin Resources corporate account and 13,539,434 shares held for fiduciary client accounts managed by its investment management subsidiaries, including Franklin Advisers, Inc. The filing describes recent activity, including open-market purchases on Nasdaq, a tender offer repurchase by the issuer of 1,581,722 shares at $11.38 per share on January 14, 2026, dividend reinvestment plan purchases, and an internal transfer of 1,755,926.251 shares among Franklin-related entities at $11.39 per share that did not change Franklin Resources’ beneficial ownership. The shares are held for investment and to facilitate the issuer’s commercial real estate investment strategy, and the reporting persons state they may increase or decrease their holdings depending on market and issuer-specific factors.
Franklin Resources, Inc., a more than 10% owner and affiliate of the investment adviser to Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc., reported selling 1,581,722.32 shares of common stock on January 14, 2026 at a price of $11.38 per share. After this sale, Franklin Resources beneficially owns a total of 8,459,020.38 shares across four share classes, including Class S, Class T, Class D and Class I shares. The filing indicates these holdings remain directly owned by Franklin Resources and reflect its continuing large ownership position in the fund.
Franklin Resources, Inc. director Karen Matsushima King reported an acquisition of deferred director compensation tied to the company’s stock. On 01/11/2026, she acquired 97.4279 derivative securities labeled “Deferred Director’s Fees (FRI)” at a reference price of $25.66 per underlying share, bringing her total beneficially owned derivative securities of this type to 61,387.3169, held directly.
These deferred fees represent a hypothetical investment account under the 2006 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, based on the performance of Franklin Resources’ stock, including reinvested dividends. The account is payable in cash in substantially equal quarterly installments over ten years after she separates from service, with an expiration date of 01/20/2058 as described in the plan terms.
Franklin Resources, Inc. Chief Executive Officer and director Jennifer M. Johnson reported equity ownership changes dated January 5, 2026. One line item shows a transaction coded "G" for 6,272 shares of common stock at a price of $0.0000 per share, after which she directly held 3,324,184.0046 shares.
A separate entry, also coded "G", reflects 3,920 shares at $0.0000 per share in an indirect account described as "By Children or As Trustee For Children," with 605,929 shares indirectly held afterward; she disclaims beneficial ownership of these children’s shares. Additional indirect holdings include 2,642.5854 shares in the Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan based on an October 10, 2025 statement, 2,637,700 shares through a business limited partnership under her control, and 216,900 shares through a venture limited partnership partly owned by trusts for her children, where she disclaims beneficial ownership of the children’s trusts.