FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — Director's Dealing 2005

Mar 17, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
CIK: 0000038777
Period of Report: 2005-03-15

Reporting Person: JOHNSON CHARLES B (Director, Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-03-15	Common Stock, par value $.10	S	100000	$71.9200	Disposed	37045352.0000	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, par value $.10	3563675.0000	Indirect
Common Stock, par value $.10	7016.9500	Indirect
Common Stock, par value $.10	3000000.0000	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.

F2: Shares are owned indirectly by a limited partnership in which Mr. Johnson is a limited partner.