FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 16, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
CIK: 0000038777
Period of Report: 2010-03-16

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
2009-12-29	Common Stock, par value $.10	G	190125	—	Disposed	33681105	Direct
2010-03-16	Common Stock, par value $.10	D	200000	$108.345	Disposed	2506117	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, par value $.10	6312.019	Indirect
Common Stock, par value $.10	500000	Indirect
Common Stock, par value $.10	272600	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Not applicable.

F2: Reporting Person holds shares in the Franklin Templeton Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan. Information is based on a plan statement as of January 5, 2010.

F3: Trust of which the Reporting Person's spouse is the lifetime beneficiary.