---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-21-002966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEN"
cik: "0000038777"
company_name: "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:48:37.280692+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Resources enters 10b5-1 repurchase plan with Morgan Stanley; ~30.9M shares remain authorized

## Summary
- Share repurchase agreement under Rule 10b5-1 effective January 3, 2022.
- Plan expected to be completed by June 30, 2022; shares purchased depend on price.
- Repurchases under existing authorization with 30,867,872 remaining authorized shares.
- Consistent with previously disclosed approach to share repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-21-002966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEN
- cik: 0000038777
- company_name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000120677421002966/0001206774-21-002966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000120677421002966/ben4003561-8k.htm

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