---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038777-26-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEN"
cik: "0000038777"
company_name: "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:37:41.383883+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve stock plan amendments increasing authorized shares by 30M

## Summary
- Approved amendment to 1998 ESIP increasing authorized shares by 5,000,000.
- Approved amendment to 2002 USIP increasing authorized shares by 25,000,000.
- Elected all 11 director nominees; ratified PwC as auditor for fiscal 2026.
- Advisory say-on-pay vote passed with ~93% support among votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038777-26-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEN
- cik: 0000038777
- company_name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877726000051/0000038777-26-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877726000051/ben-20260203.htm

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