FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jul 30, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
CIK: 0000038777
Period of Report: 2012-07-27

Reporting Person: CROCKER CHARLES (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-07-27	Deferred Director's Fees (FRI)	$	A	6.6839	Acquired	2020-01-20	Common Stock, par value $.10 (6.6839)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Not Applicable.

F2: Exercisable and expiration dates assume the director's separation from service from Franklin Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries occurs in the March following the director's 75th birthday. See footnote below.