FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC 4

Terrence Murphy had 25,125 shares of Franklin Templeton Inc. common stock withheld for taxes upon vesting of equity awards, leaving him with 390,884 shares owned.

On August 31, 2026, Terrence Murphy, Co-President, Public Markets of Franklin Templeton Inc. (BEN), had 25,125 shares of common stock withheld by the company at an implied price of approximately $34.15 per share, with an aggregate value of about $858,000, to satisfy tax liabilities arising from the vesting of equity awards under Rule 16b-3. This Form 4 reports a tax-withholding transaction coded as an F (payment of tax liability by withholding securities) rather than an open-market sale, leaving Murphy with direct ownership of 390,884 shares, of which 297,698 shares are unvested restricted stock units, indicating that the underlying vesting was a routine compensation event rather than a discretionary sale.

Filing Facts

CIK

38777

Ticker

BEN

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0000038777-26-000247

Alert Tier

5