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Southwest Airlines: Franklin Templeton reports 10.2%

Investment-management clients have rights to receive or direct dividends and sale proceeds from the reported shares.

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SCHEDULE 13G/A

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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) is the subject of an amended beneficial-ownership report by Franklin Templeton, Inc. Franklin Templeton reported beneficial ownership of 49,730,439 shares, equal to 10.2% of the class, as of September 30, 2026. It reported sole voting power over 49,685,582 shares, sole dispositive power over 49,730,173 shares, and shared dispositive power over 266 shares. Putnam Investment Management, LLC separately reported beneficial ownership of 37,056,435 shares, or 7.6%, including sole voting power over 37,011,944 shares.

The report states that investment companies and managed accounts that are investment-management clients beneficially own the securities; those clients have rights to receive or direct dividends and sale proceeds. Franklin Templeton, Charles B. Johnson, Rupert H. Johnson, Jr., and the investment management subsidiaries disclaim any pecuniary interest in the securities. Johnson and Johnson, Jr. each reported zero beneficial ownership.

Beneficial ownership 49,730,439 shares Franklin Templeton, Inc., as of September 30, 2026
Percent of class 10.2% Franklin Templeton, Inc., as of September 30, 2026
Sole voting power 49,685,582 shares Franklin Templeton, Inc., as of September 30, 2026
Sole dispositive power 49,730,173 shares Franklin Templeton, Inc., as of September 30, 2026
Shared dispositive power 266 shares Franklin Templeton, Inc., as of September 30, 2026
Beneficial ownership 37,056,435 shares Putnam Investment Management, LLC, as of September 30, 2026
Sole voting power 37,011,944 shares Putnam Investment Management, LLC, as of September 30, 2026
beneficially owned financial
"securities reported herein are beneficially owned"
Beneficially owned describes securities or assets where a person has the economic rights and control—such as the right to receive dividends and to direct voting—even if legal title is held in another name. Think of it like having the keys and using a car that’s registered to someone else: you get the benefits and make decisions. Investors care because beneficial ownership reveals who truly controls value and voting power, affecting corporate decisions and takeover dynamics.
sole voting power financial
"Sole Voting Power 49,685,582.00"
Sole voting power is the exclusive right to cast votes attached to a shareholder’s stock without needing approval from anyone else. Like holding the only remote control for a TV, it lets that holder decide corporate matters such as board members, mergers, and policy changes, making it important to investors because it concentrates control and can strongly influence a company’s strategy and the value of its shares.
sole dispositive power financial
"Sole Dispositive Power 49,730,173.00"
Sole dispositive power is the exclusive legal authority to decide what happens to a security — for example, whether to sell, transfer, or retain shares — without needing anyone else’s permission. Investors care because it signals who truly controls the economic outcome of an investment: like holding the only key to a safe, the holder can realize gains or losses and may trigger regulatory reporting, insider rules, or influence over corporate ownership.
pecuniary interest financial
"disclaim any pecuniary interest in any of such securities"

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How many LUV shares did Franklin Templeton report beneficially owning?

Franklin Templeton, Inc. reported beneficial ownership of 49,730,439 shares, equal to 10.2% of the class, as of September 30, 2026.

What voting and disposition power did Franklin Templeton report over LUV shares?

Franklin Templeton reported sole voting power over 49,685,582 shares, sole dispositive power over 49,730,173 shares, and shared dispositive power over 266 shares.

Who receives dividends and sale proceeds from the LUV shares in the report?

The investment-management clients have rights to receive or direct the receipt of dividends and proceeds from sales of the reported securities. The report identifies investment companies and managed accounts among those clients.

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844741108

(CUSIP Number)
09/30/2026

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
Rule 13d-1(b)
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SCHEDULE 13G




Comment for Type of Reporting Person: 1. Effective August 17, 2026, Franklin Resources, Inc. was renamed Franklin Templeton, Inc. ("FTI"). 2. One or more of the investment management contracts that relates to these securities provides that the applicable FTI affiliate share investment power over the securities held in a client's account covered by such contract with another entity.


SCHEDULE 13G





SCHEDULE 13G





SCHEDULE 13G





SCHEDULE 13G



Franklin Templeton, Inc.
Signature:/s/Thomas C. Mandia
Name/Title:Thomas C. Mandia, Assistant Secretary of Franklin Templeton, Inc.
Date:10/07/2026
Charles B. Johnson
Signature:/s/Thomas C. Mandia
Name/Title:Attorney in Fact for Charles B. Johnson pursuant to Power of Attorney attached to this Schedule 13G
Date:10/07/2026
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.
Signature:/s/Thomas C. Mandia
Name/Title:Attorney in Fact for Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. pursuant to Power of Attorney attached to this Schedule 13G
Date:10/07/2026
Putnam Investment Management, LLC
Signature:/s/James F. Clark
Name/Title:James F. Clark, Chief Compliance Officer, Code of Ethics Officer and Assistant Secretary
Date:10/07/2026

Comments accompanying signature: LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 13 AND 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Alison E. Baur, Thomas C. Mandia, Beth McAuley O'Malley, Thomas C. Merchant, Kimberly H. Novotny, Virginia E. Rosas and Navid J. Tofigh each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to: 1. prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms ID, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto and any related documentation) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges relating to Franklin Resources, Inc. ("FRI") and/or any registered closed-end company to which an affiliate of FRI is an investment adviser (each, a "Reporting Entity"), as considered necessary or advisable under Regulation S-T and Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act"); and 2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the securities of any Reporting Entity from any person, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and 3. perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing. The undersigned acknowledges that: 1. this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information; 2. any documents prepared and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable; 3. none of FRI, any Reporting Entity nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and 4. this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney, and indemnifies each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact against any loss of any nature whatsoever arising in connection therewith. This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of December, 2023. /s/CHARLES B. JOHNSON Signature Charles B. Johnson Print Name LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 13 AND 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Alison E. Baur, Thomas C. Mandia, Beth McAuley O'Malley, Thomas C. Merchant, Kimberly H. Novotny, Virginia E. Rosas and Navid J. Tofigh each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to: 1. prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms ID, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto and any related documentation) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges relating to Franklin Resources, Inc. ("FRI") and/or any registered closed-end company to which an affiliate of FRI is an investment adviser (each, a "Reporting Entity"), as considered necessary or advisable under Regulation S-T and Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act"); and 2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the securities of any Reporting Entity from any person, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and 3. perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing. The undersigned acknowledges that: 1. this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information; 2. any documents prepared and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable; 3. none of FRI, any Reporting Entity nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and 4. this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney, and indemnifies each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact against any loss of any nature whatsoever arising in connection therewith. This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of December, 2023. /s/RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR. Signature Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. Print Name
Exhibit Information

Exhibit A: Joint Filing Agreement Exhibit B: Item 4 Ownership Exhibit C: Item 7 Identification and Classification of Subsidiaries Exhibit A: JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with each other of the attached statement on Schedule 13G and to all amendments to such statement and that such statement and all amendments to such statement are made on behalf of each of them. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this agreement on the date of the signing of this filing. Franklin Templeton, Inc. Charles B. Johnson Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. By: /s/THOMAS C. MANDIA Assistant Secretary of Franklin Templeton, Inc. Attorney-in-Fact for Charles B. Johnson pursuant to Power of Attorney attached to this Schedule 13G Attorney-in-Fact for Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. pursuant to Power of attached to this Schedule 13G Putnam Investment Management, LLC By: /s/JAMES F. CLARK Chief Compliance Officer, Code of Ethics Officer and Assistant Secretary of Putnam Investment Management, LLC Exhibit B: Item 4 Ownership The securities reported herein are beneficially owned by one or more open or closed end investment companies or other managed accounts that are investment management clients of investment managers that are direct and indirect subsidiaries (each, an "Investment Management Subsidiary" and, collectively, the "Investment Management Subsidiaries") of Franklin Templeton, Inc. ("FTI"), including the Investment Management Subsidiaries listed in this Item 4. When an investment management contract (including a sub advisory agreement) delegates to an Investment Management Subsidiary investment discretion or voting power over the securities held in the investment advisory accounts that are subject to that agreement, FTI treats the Investment Management Subsidiary as having sole investment discretion or voting authority, as the case may be, unless the agreement specifies otherwise. Accordingly, each Investment Management Subsidiary reports on Schedule 13G that it has sole investment discretion and voting authority over the securities covered by any such investment management agreement, unless otherwise noted in this Item 4. As a result, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Act, the Investment Management Subsidiaries listed in this Item 4 may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the securities reported in this Schedule 13G. Beneficial ownership by Investment Management Subsidiaries and other FTI affiliates is being reported in conformity with the guidelines articulated by the SEC staff in Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998) (the "1998 Release") relating to organizations, such as FTI, where related entities exercise voting and investment powers over the securities being reported independently from each other. The voting and investment powers held by each of FTI's affiliates whose ownership of securities is disaggregated from that of FTI in accordance with the 1998 Release ("FTI Disaggregated Affiliates") are exercised independently from FTI and from all other Investment Management Subsidiaries (FTI, its affiliates and the Investment Management Subsidiaries other than FTI Disaggregated Affiliates are collectively, "FTI Aggregated Affiliates"). Furthermore, internal policies and procedures of, on the one hand, FTI Disaggregated Affiliates, and, on the other hand, FTI establish informational barriers that prevent the flow among, on the one hand, FTI Disaggregated Affiliates (including preventing the flow between such entities), and, on the other hand, the FTI Aggregated Affiliates of information that relates to the voting and investment powers over the securities owned by their respective investment management clients. Consequently, FTI Disaggregated Affiliates report the securities over which they hold investment and voting power separately from the FTI Aggregated Affiliates for purposes of Section 13 of the Act. Charles B. Johnson and Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. (the "Principal Shareholders") may each own in excess of 10% of the outstanding common stock of FTI and are the principal stockholders of FTI (see FTI's Proxy Statement-Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners). FTI and the Principal Shareholders may be deemed to be, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Act, the beneficial owners of securities held by persons and entities for whom or for which FTI subsidiaries provide investment management services. The number of shares that may be deemed to be beneficially owned and the percentage of the class of which such shares are a part are reported in Items 9 and 11 of the cover page for FTI. FTI, the Principal Shareholders and each of the Investment Management Subsidiaries disclaim any pecuniary interest in any of such securities. In addition, the filing of this Schedule 13G on behalf of the Principal Shareholders, FI and the FTI Aggregated Affiliates, as applicable, should not be construed as an admission that any of them is, and each of them disclaims that it is, the beneficial owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3, of any of the securities reported in this Schedule 13G. FTI, the Principal Shareholders, and each of the Investment Management Subsidiaries believe that they are not a "group" within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Act and that they are not otherwise required to attribute to each other the beneficial ownership of the securities held by any of them or by any persons or entities for whom or for which the Investment Management Subsidiaries provide investment management services. EXHIBIT C: Item 7 Identification and Classification of Subsidiaries Putnam Investment Management, LLC: Item 3 Classification: 3(e) The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC: Item 3 Classification: 3(e) Franklin Advisers, Inc.: Item 3 Classification: 3(e) Brandywine Global: Item 3 Classification: 3(e) Franklin Advisory Services, LLC: Item 3 Classification: 3(e) Fiduciary Trust International LLC: Item 3 Classification: 3(e) Fiduciary Trust Company International: Item 3 Classification: 3(b) Fiduciary Trust International of California: Item 3 Classification: 3(b)

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