---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038777-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEN"
cik: "0000038777"
company_name: "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T01:08:59.657700+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Resources announces annual meeting results; all 11 directors elected, auditor ratified

## Summary
- All 11 board nominees elected; vote tallies ranged from 407.5M (Geoffrey Y. Yang) to 422.9M (Jennifer M. Johnson) 'for' votes.
- Broker non-votes of ~35.8M shares on director elections.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2025 approved with 451.2M for, 9.7M against.
- Annual meeting held February 4, 2025; no other proposals voted upon.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038777-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEN
- cik: 0000038777
- company_name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877725000022/0000038777-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877725000022/ben-20250204.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038777-25-000022.txt

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