---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038777-22-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEN"
cik: "0000038777"
company_name: "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T08:04:18.815463+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Resources appoints CFO Matthew Nicholls to additional COO role

## Summary
- Matthew Nicholls appointed COO effective April 15, 2022, while remaining CFO.
- Expanded duties include technology, operations, and human resources.
- Nicholls joined Franklin in 2019 and has driven operational improvements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038777-22-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEN
- cik: 0000038777
- company_name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877722000091/0000038777-22-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877722000091/ben-20220411.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038777-22-000091.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Nicholls was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 11, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Franklin Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Matthew Nicholls, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the additional role of Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective April 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877722000091/0000038777-22-000091-index.htm

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