{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-21-244829","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BEN","cik":"0000038777","company_name":"FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC","filed_at":"2021-08-12T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:20.390576+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-29T14:04:51.876899+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","2.03","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"debt","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Franklin Resources issues $450M in notes: $350M 2.950% due 2051, $100M 1.600% due 2030","bullets":["Issued $350M of 2.950% Notes due 2051 and $100M additional 1.600% Notes due 2030 (total $450M).","Net proceeds for general corporate purposes; may redeem $300M of 2.800% notes due 2022 and/or $250M Legg Mason 3.950% notes due 2024.","The Additional 2030 Notes ($100M) share same CUSIP and series as the $750M originally issued Oct 2020, making total 2030 Notes $850M.","Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations, ranking equal with other unsecured debt, structurally subordinated to subsidiaries."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-244829","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-244829.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-244829.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-244829.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000119312521244829/0001193125-21-244829-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000119312521244829/d215747d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-29T14:04:51.876899+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}