FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 4

Matthew Nicholls, Co-President, CFO & COO of Franklin Resources (BEN), received an equity award of 229,850 shares of common stock on July 21, 2026.

On July 21, 2026, Matthew Nicholls, Co-President, CFO & COO of Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN), received an award of 229,850 shares of common stock (largely representing restricted stock units) at an implied value of approximately $7.5 million, increasing his beneficial ownership to 778,797 shares, of which 450,879 shares are unvested RSUs. Using the indicated transaction price of $32.63 per share (consistent with the current market price), his post-transaction holdings are worth roughly $25.5 million, signaling a substantial equity-based compensation grant rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Filing Facts

CIK

38777

Ticker

BEN

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0000038777-26-000197

Alert Tier

7