FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC 4

Co-President, CFO & COO Matthew Nicholls had 61,533 shares of Franklin Templeton Inc. common stock withheld for taxes related to vesting, leaving him with 717,264 shares owned.

On August 31, 2026, Franklin Templeton Inc. Co-President, CFO & COO Matthew Nicholls had 61,533 shares of Franklin Templeton common stock withheld at $34.15 per share, totaling approximately $2.10 million, to satisfy tax liabilities arising from the vesting of equity awards under Rule 16b-3. This Form 4 reports the tax-related disposition coded as transaction type F rather than an open-market trade. Following the withholding, Nicholls directly owned 717,264 shares, of which 339,611 are unvested restricted stock units, with his direct equity stake valued at roughly $23.7 million based on the recent market price. The transaction is therefore best interpreted as routine equity compensation and tax withholding rather than a discretionary sale.

Filing Facts

CIK

38777

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BEN

Form

4

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sec

Accession

0000038777-26-000249

Alert Tier

5