FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — Director's Dealing 2005

Nov 15, 2005

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
CIK: 0000038777
Period of Report: 2005-09-30

Reporting Person: JOHNSON GREGORY E (President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-10	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	376	—	Disposed	486900.0000	Direct
2004-12-10	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	60	—	Disposed	486840.0000	Direct
2004-12-23	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	215	—	Disposed	486625.0000	Direct
2004-12-30	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	311	—	Acquired	486936.0000	Direct
2005-03-31	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	150	—	Disposed	486786.0000	Direct
2005-03-31	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	150	—	Disposed	486636.0000	Direct
2005-03-31	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	100	—	Disposed	486536.0000	Direct
2005-03-31	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	225	—	Disposed	486311.0000	Direct
2005-06-03	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	274	—	Disposed	486037.0000	Direct
2005-07-12	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	31	—	Disposed	486006.0000	Direct
2005-08-17	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	50	—	Disposed	485956.0000	Direct
2004-12-30	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	622	—	Acquired	15274.0000	Indirect
2004-12-30	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	311	—	Acquired	3379.0000	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, par value $.10	1271.3890	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares represent a pro-rata number of shares equivalent to Mr. Johnson's percentage of ownership of the holdings of the Franklin Resources, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan as of September 30, 2004. Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.