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FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Jan 30, 2026.

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A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Dec 31, 2025 · Filed Jan 30, 2026

BEN$35.87+6.3%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

What changed in Risk Factors?

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-01.

0000038777-25-000135

Item 1A. Risk FactorsUnregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-01-30.

0000038777-26-000033

Item 1A. Risk FactorsUnregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 5 previous paragraphs and 5 current paragraphs.

4 unchanged; 1 reworded; 0 added; 0 removed; 0 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 1 previous and 1 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

Reworded paragraphs (1)

Previous wording

Under our stock repurchase program, which is not subject to an expiration date, we can repurchase shares of our common stock from time to time in the open market and in private transactions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable federal securities laws. In order to pay taxes due in connection with the vesting of employee and executive officer stock and stock unit awards, we may repurchase shares under our program using a net stock issuance method. In December 2023, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 27.2 million shares of our common stock in either open market or private transactions, for a total of up to 40.0 million shares available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program as of such authorization date.

Current wording

Under our stock repurchase program, which is not subject to an expiration date, we can repurchase shares of our common stock from time to time in the open market and in private transactions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable federal securities laws. In order to pay taxes due in connection with the vesting of employee and executive officer stock and stock unit awards, we may repurchase shares under our program using a net stock issuance method. In December 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 20.8 million shares of our common stock in either open market or private transactions, for a total of up to 40.0 million shares available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program as of such authorization date.