FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Nov 4, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
CIK: 0000038777
Period of Report: 2011-11-03

Reporting Person: Tyle Craig Steven (EVP and General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-11-03	Common Stock, par value $.10	A	5383.0000	$106.8300	Acquired	29588.8610	Direct
2011-11-03	Common Stock, par value $.10	A	656.0000	—	Acquired	30244.8610	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Of the amount of securities beneficially owned, 8,511 shares represent unvested restricted stock awards (excluding the unvested restricted stock units scheduled to vest on December 1, 2011 as reported in Footnote 2).

F2: On November 4, 2009, the Reporting Person was granted certain restricted stock units subject to vesting over a three-year period based upon satisfaction of certain performance criteria. On November 3, 2011, the Issuer's Compensation Committee certified that certain performance criteria with respect to the Issuer's fiscal year ended September 30, 2011 were achieved, and therefore the amount of shares reported in Column 4 are scheduled to vest on December 1, 2011.

F3: Not Applicable.