---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038777-22-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEN"
cik: "0000038777"
company_name: "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:11:31.325775+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Resources Q1 net income $453M ($0.88 EPS); AUM hits $1.58T on $24.1B long-term net inflows

## Summary
- Revenue $2.224B (+11% YoY); operating income $557.7M (+36% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.88 vs $0.67 a year ago.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.08 (down from $1.26 prior qtr but up 48% YoY); adjusted operating margin 39.8%.
- Long-term net inflows were $24.1B, reversing prior qtr outflows of $9.9B; alternatives posted 10th consecutive quarter of net inflows.
- Acquired O'Shaughnessy Asset Management; announced acquisition of Lexington Partners; Anne Simpson hired as Global Head of Sustainability.
- Dividend raised to $0.29 per share (from $0.28); repurchased 0.7M shares for $21.7M during the quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038777-22-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEN
- cik: 0000038777
- company_name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877722000011/0000038777-22-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877722000011/ben-20220201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038777-22-000011.txt

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