BENFranklin Resources

Financials · Asset Management · NYSE

Franklin Templeton, Inc., formerly named Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin”), is a holding company with subsidiaries operating under our Franklin Templeton® and/or subsidiary brand names. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 9,900
Headquarters: San Mateo, CA
CEO: Jennifer M. Johnson
Next results: around Jan 29, 2027

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Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks

prospectuses (S-3, 424B) of the last three years and the 10-K cash flow From EDGAR

Shares offered

Since Nov 11, 2023: 1 shelf registration; also 1 notes offering, 1 resale by holders.

Feb 5, 2025 Shelf registration: shares and other securities, amount not fixed S-3ASR

“Under this shelf registration process we may, from time to time, offer and sell any combination of shares of our common stock, shares of our preferred stock, debt securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings, warrants, depositary shares, units or stock purchase contracts in amounts, at prices and on terms that we determine at the time of the offering. provides you with a general description of …”
S-3ASR, Feb 5, 2025 ↗

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Paid in stock

$197.2M

stock-based pay, year to Sep 30, 2026; shares sold for $23.8M in cash

Bought back

$533.2M

cash paid for its own shares, year to Sep 30, 2026: 2.7× the stock pay

Diluted shares: 515.40M in the year to Sep 30, 2026 2026 -0.4%2025 +1.4%2024 +4.0%2023 +0.3%

Change in the diluted weighted average share count from the fiscal year before, stock splits taken out. Bars use one scale for stock pay and buybacks. Prospectuses are read from their cover page; preliminary ones are left out. Cash & buybacks, year by year → · How

No cash flow chart for banks and insurers: their operating cash flow moves with loans, deposits and trading, so it says little about how cash was spent.

Buybacks, year to Sep 30, 2026

$533.2M

cash paid for its own shares

Paid in stock to employees

$197.2M

buybacks were 2.7× this

Share count, 1 year

-0.4%

fewer shares: each share owns more

Share count, 3 years

+5.0%

diluted average shares

Fiscal year to	Buybacks	Dividends	Stock pay	Shares issued for cash	Diluted shares
2026-09-30	$533.2M	$697.6M	$197.2M	$23.8M	515.40M
2025-09-30	$240.3M	$683.7M	$214.8M	$24.1M	517.40M
2024-09-30	$274.4M	$656.4M	$246.1M	$20.8M	510.30M
2023-09-30	$256.3M	$607.3M	$182.6M	$23.3M	490.80M
2022-09-30	$180.8M	$583.1M	$208.2M	$25.1M	489.30M

From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: buybacks = PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock; dividends = PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; sbc = ShareBasedCompensation; issuance = ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock; diluted_shares = WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding.

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