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Franklin Resources, Inc
(NYSE:BEN) 

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Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidia...

Founded: 1947
Full Time Employees: 11,800
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 
                                                 
      operating revenues
    		                                             
      investment management fees
    		1,819,300,000 1,847,900,000 1,868,100,000 1,640,800,000 1,673,600,000 1,799,300,000 1,766,200,000 1,689,900,000 1,713,900,000 1,652,200,000 1,634,400,000 1,613,400,000 1,573,300,000 1,631,800,000 1,571,000,000 1,636,100,000 1,649,200,000 1,760,500,000 1,705,500,000 1,697,300,000 1,598,400,000 1,540,400,000 1,284,600,000 809,200,000 908,200,000 979,700,000 1,001,600,000 1,019,400,000 992,400,000 971,800,000 1,058,900,000 1,077,900,000 1,117,100,000 1,113,600,000 1,109,800,000 1,097,000,000 1,089,200,000 1,063,200,000 1,096,300,000 1,093,500,000 1,095,200,000 1,186,700,000 1,256,900,000 1,340,900,000 1,347,600,000 
      sales and distribution fees
    		396,600,000 388,700,000 382,400,000 351,900,000 364,900,000 375,500,000 368,000,000 358,300,000 358,300,000 296,400,000 306,400,000 304,000,000 301,400,000 291,900,000 311,000,000 335,600,000 370,200,000 398,200,000 408,100,000 416,900,000 413,600,000 396,900,000 366,700,000 302,100,000 341,700,000 351,500,000 363,800,000 367,500,000 358,500,000 354,800,000 380,800,000 391,400,000 409,800,000 417,800,000 421,800,000 433,300,000 431,200,000 419,300,000 440,800,000 450,200,000 437,000,000 478,400,000 510,600,000 566,800,000 580,000,000 
      shareholder servicing fees
    		69,000,000 70,900,000 79,200,000 59,900,000 61,900,000 63,500,000 67,000,000 61,800,000 68,000,000 32,500,000 37,200,000 38,800,000 43,300,000 33,400,000 46,200,000 46,900,000 52,200,000 47,700,000 55,600,000 50,500,000 55,700,000 49,400,000 45,700,000 44,600,000 54,800,000 50,000,000 51,400,000 52,700,000 57,100,000 55,100,000 51,800,000 53,900,000 61,300,000 54,900,000 56,000,000 56,700,000 56,400,000 56,600,000 58,400,000 61,500,000 61,800,000 61,900,000 64,400,000 66,500,000 66,100,000 
      other
    		10,000,000 19,600,000 14,000,000 11,400,000 11,000,000 13,300,000 10,000,000 12,900,000 12,600,000 10,000,000 8,100,000 12,800,000 9,200,000 10,000,000 10,800,000 12,700,000 9,400,000 17,600,000 11,800,000 8,200,000 8,800,000 8,400,000 -69,600,000 32,200,000 33,600,000 31,500,000 35,700,000 37,100,000 25,800,000 29,800,000 35,700,000 35,400,000 29,600,000 29,200,000 29,300,000 26,900,000 23,800,000 21,700,000 16,300,000 29,100,000 19,900,000 31,000,000 41,900,000 26,600,000 16,100,000 
      total operating revenues
    		2,294,900,000 2,327,100,000 2,343,700,000 2,064,000,000 2,111,400,000 2,251,600,000 2,211,200,000 2,122,900,000 2,152,800,000 1,991,100,000 1,986,100,000 1,969,000,000 1,927,200,000 1,967,100,000 1,939,000,000 2,031,300,000 2,081,000,000 2,224,000,000 2,181,000,000 2,172,900,000 2,076,500,000 1,995,100,000 1,627,400,000 1,188,100,000 1,338,300,000 1,412,700,000 1,452,500,000 1,476,700,000 1,433,800,000 1,411,500,000 1,527,200,000 1,558,600,000 1,617,800,000 1,615,500,000 1,616,900,000 1,613,900,000 1,600,600,000 1,560,800,000 1,611,800,000 1,634,300,000 1,613,900,000 1,758,000,000 1,873,800,000 2,000,800,000 2,009,800,000 
      yoy
    		8.69% 3.35% 5.99% -2.77% -1.92% 13.08% 11.33% 7.82% 11.71% 1.22% 2.43% -3.07% -7.39% -11.55% -11.10% -6.52% 0.22% 11.47% 34.02% 82.89% 55.16% 41.23% 12.04% -19.54% -6.66% 0.09% -4.89% -5.25% -11.37% -12.63% -5.55% -3.43% 1.07% 3.50% 0.32% -1.25% -0.82% -11.22% -13.98% -18.32% -19.70%     
      qoq
    		-1.38% -0.71% 13.55% -2.24% -6.23% 1.83% 4.16% -1.39% 8.12% 0.25% 0.87% 2.17% -2.03% 1.45% -4.54% -2.39% -6.43% 1.97% 0.37% 4.64% 4.08% 22.59% 36.98% -11.22% -5.27% -2.74% -1.64% 2.99% 1.58% -7.58% -2.01% -3.66% 0.14% -0.09% 0.19% 0.83% 2.55% -3.16% -1.38% 1.26% -8.20% -6.18% -6.35% -0.45%  
      operating expenses
    		                                             
      compensation and benefits
    		964,700,000 1,030,700,000 1,005,700,000 901,100,000 920,000,000 991,400,000 940,800,000 893,800,000 1,028,200,000 968,300,000 826,300,000 841,200,000 847,300,000 979,200,000 768,000,000 766,700,000 752,500,000 802,600,000 742,100,000 771,400,000 732,300,000 725,500,000 732,300,000 386,500,000 365,700,000 389,400,000 382,400,000 437,700,000 409,600,000 355,000,000 345,100,000 357,500,000 355,500,000 332,500,000 336,100,000 342,700,000 343,400,000 311,500,000 317,200,000 326,900,000 374,300,000 342,500,000 336,800,000 363,500,000 377,500,000 
      sales, distribution and marketing
    		544,000,000 540,900,000 519,800,000 480,700,000 498,100,000 512,300,000 496,900,000 481,100,000 484,300,000 400,800,000 411,100,000 406,800,000 406,600,000 388,600,000 412,800,000 440,300,000 482,400,000 510,100,000 526,500,000 531,000,000 541,800,000 506,500,000 466,700,000 368,600,000 423,900,000 443,900,000 463,300,000 462,400,000 449,400,000 444,500,000 489,700,000 499,800,000 521,500,000 528,700,000 534,900,000 541,200,000 534,800,000 520,000,000 536,200,000 553,400,000 531,700,000 588,600,000 626,300,000 694,000,000 710,500,000 
      information systems and technology
    		157,600,000 157,000,000 166,200,000 162,700,000 158,700,000 156,000,000 177,400,000 156,600,000 155,100,000 131,000,000 128,300,000 127,300,000 128,000,000 121,400,000 123,600,000 125,900,000 126,900,000 123,800,000 130,300,000 121,800,000 117,500,000 116,500,000 102,000,000 62,100,000 61,800,000 62,500,000 69,800,000 65,700,000 62,100,000 60,900,000 68,300,000 62,500,000 58,100,000 55,000,000 60,000,000 54,100,000 54,000,000 51,700,000 56,000,000 50,500,000 49,600,000 51,200,000 64,900,000 58,300,000 49,900,000 
      occupancy
    		67,100,000 66,800,000 72,400,000 69,500,000 69,300,000 75,100,000 77,700,000 104,800,000 76,200,000 66,700,000 57,800,000 56,900,000 59,700,000 54,500,000 55,800,000 53,800,000 53,000,000 56,300,000 54,000,000 54,600,000 53,800,000 55,700,000 47,500,000 31,500,000 34,400,000 34,500,000 38,800,000 32,200,000 31,400,000 31,200,000 34,600,000 30,500,000 34,100,000 29,400,000 33,000,000 30,200,000 29,000,000 29,100,000 37,300,000 33,100,000 33,000,000 30,700,000 35,600,000 30,700,000 32,100,000 
      amortization of intangible assets
    		50,600,000 55,100,000 69,200,000 112,200,000 112,500,000 112,600,000 83,800,000 84,000,000 84,600,000 85,800,000 86,500,000 85,400,000 86,000,000 83,200,000 81,500,000 81,800,000 60,400,000 58,300,000 57,900,000 58,000,000 57,900,000 58,200,000                        
      impairment of intangible assets
    		  202,200,000  24,400,000                                         
      general, administrative and other
    		187,600,000 195,600,000 222,800,000 183,700,000 182,800,000 185,200,000 196,100,000 180,100,000 195,100,000 132,000,000 137,800,000 136,500,000 144,500,000 146,200,000 148,800,000 158,100,000 142,800,000 115,200,000 138,700,000 158,000,000 116,900,000 123,600,000 178,500,000 85,700,000 96,400,000 89,700,000 106,700,000 103,800,000 101,800,000 108,400,000 110,800,000 105,200,000 92,900,000 88,800,000 95,200,000 81,500,000 83,900,000 61,600,000 85,700,000 75,000,000 88,000,000 91,400,000 92,100,000 84,500,000 82,100,000 
      total operating expenses
    		1,971,600,000 2,046,100,000 2,258,300,000 1,909,900,000 1,965,800,000 2,032,600,000 2,361,900,000 1,900,400,000 2,023,500,000 1,784,600,000 1,647,800,000 1,654,100,000 1,672,100,000 1,773,100,000 1,590,500,000 1,626,600,000 1,618,000,000 1,666,300,000 1,649,500,000 1,694,800,000 1,620,200,000 1,586,000,000 1,581,000,000 934,400,000 982,200,000 1,020,000,000 1,061,000,000 1,101,800,000 1,054,300,000 1,000,000,000 1,048,500,000 1,055,500,000 1,062,100,000 1,034,400,000 1,059,200,000 1,049,700,000 1,045,100,000 973,900,000 1,032,400,000 1,038,900,000 1,076,600,000 1,104,400,000 1,155,700,000 1,231,000,000 1,252,100,000 
      operating income
    		323,300,000 281,000,000 85,400,000 154,100,000 145,600,000 219,000,000 -150,700,000 222,500,000 129,300,000 206,500,000 338,300,000 314,900,000 255,100,000 194,000,000 348,500,000 404,700,000 463,000,000 557,700,000 531,500,000 478,100,000 456,300,000 409,100,000 46,400,000 253,700,000 356,100,000 392,700,000 391,500,000 374,900,000 379,500,000 411,500,000 478,700,000 503,100,000 555,700,000 581,100,000 557,700,000 564,200,000 555,500,000 586,900,000 579,400,000 595,400,000 537,300,000 653,600,000 718,100,000 769,800,000 757,700,000 
      yoy
    		122.05% 28.31% -156.67% -30.74% 12.61% 6.05% -144.55% -29.34% -49.31% 6.44% -2.93% -22.19% -44.90% -65.21% -34.43% -15.35% 1.47% 36.32% 1045.47% 88.45% 28.14% 4.18% -88.15% -32.33% -6.17% -4.57% -18.22% -25.48% -31.71% -29.19% -14.17% -10.83% 0.04% -0.99% -3.75% -5.24% 3.39% -10.21% -19.31% -22.66% -29.09%     
      qoq
    		15.05% 229.04% -44.58% 5.84% -33.52% -245.32% -167.73% 72.08% -37.38% -38.96% 7.43% 23.44% 31.49% -44.33% -13.89% -12.59% -16.98% 4.93% 11.17% 4.78% 11.54% 781.68% -81.71% -28.76% -9.32% 0.31% 4.43% -1.21% -7.78% -14.04% -4.85% -9.47% -4.37% 4.20% -1.15% 1.57% -5.35% 1.29% -2.69% 10.81% -17.79% -8.98% -6.72% 1.60%  
      operating margin %
    		14.09% 12.08% 3.64% 7.47% 6.90% 9.73% -6.82% 10.48% 6.01% 10.37% 17.03% 15.99% 13.24% 9.86% 17.97% 19.92% 22.25% 25.08% 24.37% 22.00% 21.97% 20.51% 2.85% 21.35% 26.61% 27.80% 26.95% 25.39% 26.47% 29.15% 31.34% 32.28% 34.35% 35.97% 34.49% 34.96% 34.71% 37.60% 35.95% 36.43% 33.29% 37.18% 38.32% 38.47% 37.70% 
      other income
    		 170,800,000 168,900,000 22,500,000  94,200,000 77,775,000 77,600,000 108,800,000 124,700,000   175,900,000 35,100,000   3,200,000 138,200,000    128,200,000       113,000,000    77,400,000 70,500,000 100,700,000 79,300,000 72,000,000 32,800,000   5,200,000 18,500,000   101,200,000 
      investment and other income
    		56,000,000 80,300,000 84,800,000 23,400,000 94,100,000 10,500,000 95,300,000 74,500,000 52,500,000 173,200,000 72,100,000 51,200,000 125,600,000 91,100,000 24,425,000 13,000,000 27,700,000 57,000,000    77,200,000       118,700,000    87,400,000 81,300,000 113,400,000 92,200,000 84,600,000 46,100,000   17,400,000 30,500,000   102,900,000 
      interest expense
    		-19,900,000 -20,400,000 -25,200,000 -25,800,000 -20,800,000 -23,100,000 -25,000,000 -25,700,000 -27,700,000 -18,800,000 -24,400,000 -34,900,000 -33,500,000 -30,900,000 -27,100,000 -28,900,000 -22,900,000 -19,300,000 -14,100,000 -25,700,000 -15,900,000 -29,700,000 -15,700,000 -6,800,000 -4,200,000 -6,700,000 -7,000,000 -5,600,000 -5,700,000 -6,400,000 -5,800,000 -22,100,000 -10,000,000 -10,800,000 -12,700,000 -12,900,000 -12,600,000 -13,300,000 -13,400,000 -12,300,000 -12,200,000 -12,000,000 -12,900,000 -13,700,000 -1,700,000 
      investment and other income (losses) of consolidated investment products
    		96,500,000  -3,675,000 35,900,000 -164,700,000 114,100,000     40,500,000 1,700,000  -13,600,000 -51,000,000 -74,400,000   65,825,000 61,000,000 111,200,000                         
      expenses of consolidated investment products
    		-10,200,000 -14,000,000 -13,800,000 -11,000,000 -11,500,000 -7,300,000 -12,000,000 -8,800,000 -5,900,000 -5,900,000 -3,000,000 -800,000 -3,400,000 -11,500,000 -9,600,000 -1,300,000 -4,600,000 -4,200,000 -4,700,000 -10,900,000 -5,200,000 -10,400,000                        
      other income (expenses)
    		122,400,000    -102,900,000      85,200,000 17,200,000   -94,300,000 -91,600,000   206,500,000 77,300,000 157,200,000  153,200,000 16,100,000 -253,200,000 52,900,000 21,525,000 38,600,000  -65,500,000 23,000,000 -55,900,000       19,300,000 53,500,000   30,800,000 -18,400,000  
      income before taxes
    		445,700,000 451,800,000 254,300,000 176,600,000 42,700,000 313,200,000 -46,200,000 300,100,000 238,100,000 331,200,000 423,500,000 332,100,000 431,000,000 229,100,000 254,200,000 313,100,000 466,200,000 695,900,000 738,000,000 555,400,000 613,500,000 537,300,000 199,600,000 269,800,000 102,900,000 445,600,000 395,800,000 413,500,000 492,500,000 346,000,000 483,300,000 447,200,000 633,100,000 651,600,000 658,400,000 643,500,000 627,500,000 619,700,000 636,300,000 648,900,000 542,500,000 672,100,000 595,700,000 751,400,000 858,900,000 
      taxes on income
    		99,100,000 105,000,000 65,800,000 59,900,000 31,100,000 81,100,000 9,500,000 68,100,000 62,800,000 74,900,000 75,000,000 84,100,000 92,900,000 60,300,000 48,500,000 89,500,000 107,100,000 151,100,000 -4,800,000 83,800,000 128,100,000 142,500,000 73,100,000 16,100,000 44,100,000 97,500,000 86,500,000 158,900,000 110,900,000 86,000,000 7,000,000 91,800,000 150,200,000 1,223,500,000 181,900,000 184,100,000 192,500,000 200,900,000 163,300,000 187,400,000 181,700,000 209,700,000 214,200,000 217,400,000 236,000,000 
      net income
    		346,600,000 346,800,000 188,500,000 116,700,000 11,600,000 232,100,000 -55,700,000 232,000,000 175,300,000 256,300,000 348,500,000 248,000,000 338,100,000 168,800,000 205,700,000 223,600,000 359,100,000 544,800,000 742,800,000 471,600,000 485,400,000 394,800,000 126,500,000 253,700,000 58,800,000 348,100,000 309,300,000 254,600,000 381,600,000 260,000,000 476,300,000 355,400,000 482,900,000 -571,900,000 476,500,000 459,400,000 435,000,000 418,800,000 473,000,000 461,500,000 360,800,000 462,400,000 381,500,000 534,000,000 622,900,000 
      yoy
    		2887.93% 49.42% -438.42% -49.70% -93.38% -9.44% -115.98% -6.45% -48.15% 51.84% 69.42% 10.91% -5.85% -69.02% -72.31% -52.59% -26.02% 37.99% 487.19% 85.89% 725.51% 13.42% -59.10% -0.35% -84.59% 33.88% -35.06% -28.36% -20.98% -145.46% -0.04% -22.64% 11.01% -236.56% 0.74% -0.46% 20.57% -9.43% 23.98% -13.58% -42.08%     
      qoq
    		-0.06% 83.98% 61.53% 906.03% -95.00% -516.70% -124.01% 32.34% -31.60% -26.46% 40.52% -26.65% 100.30% -17.94% -8.01% -37.73% -34.09% -26.66% 57.51% -2.84% 22.95% 212.09% -50.14% 331.46% -83.11% 12.54% 21.48% -33.28% 46.77% -45.41% 34.02% -26.40% -184.44% -220.02% 3.72% 5.61% 3.87% -11.46% 2.49% 27.91% -21.97% 21.21% -28.56% -14.27%  
      net income margin %
    		15.10% 14.90% 8.04% 5.65% 0.55% 10.31% -2.52% 10.93% 8.14% 12.87% 17.55% 12.60% 17.54% 8.58% 10.61% 11.01% 17.26% 24.50% 34.06% 21.70% 23.38% 19.79% 7.77% 21.35% 4.39% 24.64% 21.29% 17.24% 26.61% 18.42% 31.19% 22.80% 29.85% -35.40% 29.47% 28.47% 27.18% 26.83% 29.35% 28.24% 22.36% 26.30% 20.36% 26.69% 30.99% 
      less: net income attributable to
    		                                             
      redeemable noncontrolling interests
    		23,900,000 39,700,000 36,100,000 20,000,000 -158,400,000 49,600,000 32,600,000 43,000,000 42,800,000 9,500,000 27,000,000 26,800,000 83,200,000 -1,500,000 3,300,000 -500,000 -57,200,000 7,500,000 29,700,000 33,700,000 12,000,000 18,700,000 36,800,000 31,300,000 -28,500,000 9,000,000  100,000 21,500,000 -15,400,000 5,500,000 -45,000,000 15,200,000 11,500,000 19,900,000 36,300,000 20,300,000 -23,500,000 1,200,000 900,000 -1,500,000 1,000,000 -2,800,000 1,200,000 2,300,000 
      nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
    		54,500,000 51,600,000 34,800,000 4,400,000 18,600,000 18,900,000 -3,600,000 15,000,000 8,300,000 -4,500,000 26,000,000 -6,300,000 60,700,000 4,700,000 -30,300,000 -32,300,000 66,700,000 84,100,000 47,400,000 -500,000 91,600,000 30,800,000 10,800,000 -68,000,000 8,200,000 -11,400,000 2,900,000 8,600,000 -7,400,000 -500,000 -31,700,000 -1,600,000 24,500,000 -100,000 31,400,000 12,500,000 -6,000,000 2,100,000 -300,000 14,200,000 1,900,000 13,600,000 26,100,000 28,600,000 14,100,000 
      net income attributable to franklin resources, inc.
    		268,200,000 255,500,000 117,600,000 92,300,000 151,400,000 163,600,000 -84,700,000 174,000,000 124,200,000 251,300,000 295,500,000 227,500,000 194,200,000 165,600,000 232,700,000 256,400,000 349,600,000 453,200,000 665,700,000 438,400,000 381,800,000 345,300,000 78,900,000 290,400,000 79,100,000 350,500,000 306,400,000 245,900,000 367,500,000 275,900,000 502,500,000 402,000,000 443,200,000 -583,300,000 425,200,000 410,600,000 420,700,000 440,200,000 472,100,000 446,400,000 360,400,000 447,800,000 358,200,000 504,200,000 606,500,000 
      earnings per share
    		                                             
      basic
    		0.49 0.46 0.21 0.15 0.26 0.29 -0.19 0.32 0.23 0.5 0.58 0.44 0.38 0.32 0.46 0.5 0.68 0.89 1.31 0.86 0.74 0.67 0.15 0.58 0.16 0.7 0.61 0.48 0.72 0.54 0.94 0.75 0.79 -1.06 0.76 0.73 0.74 0.77 0.82 0.77 0.61 0.74 0.59 0.82 0.98 
      diluted
    		0.49 0.46 0.21 0.15 0.26 0.29 -0.18 0.32 0.23 0.5 0.58 0.44 0.38 0.32 0.46 0.5 0.68 0.88 1.3 0.86 0.74 0.67 0.15 0.58 0.16 0.7 0.61 0.48 0.72 0.54 0.94 0.75 0.78 -1.06 0.76 0.73 0.74 0.77 0.82 0.77 0.61 0.74 0.59 0.82 0.98 
      investment and other income of consolidated investment products
    		 124,900,000     25,925,000 37,600,000 89,900,000    87,200,000    3,000,000 104,700,000    91,100,000                        
      investment and other losses of consolidated investment products
    		         -23,800,000                                    
      investment and other income (losses)
    		                  67,500,000 52,900,000 67,100,000  128,100,000 22,900,000 -249,000,000 59,600,000 25,950,000 44,200,000  -59,100,000 33,725,000 -33,800,000       28,425,000 65,800,000   37,475,000 -4,700,000  
      dividends declared per share
    		                              0.23 0.23 3.23 0.23 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.18 0.18 0.18     
      dividends per share
    		                                         0.18 0.15 0.15 0.15 
                                                 
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      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 
                                                   
        assets
      		                                             
        cash and cash equivalents
      		2,571,500,000 2,672,100,000 3,088,100,000 3,253,900,000 2,754,000,000 2,808,000,000 3,309,500,000 3,378,500,000 3,300,200,000 3,327,400,000 3,686,400,000 3,728,600,000 3,471,300,000 3,547,800,000 4,134,900,000 3,806,300,000 4,411,600,000 4,178,800,000 4,357,800,000 3,856,200,000 3,740,200,000 3,975,500,000 3,026,800,000 6,358,700,000 5,801,400,000 5,817,300,000 5,803,400,000 5,508,800,000 5,680,600,000 6,430,700,000 6,610,800,000 6,422,600,000 8,545,400,000 8,707,500,000 8,523,300,000 8,564,800,000 8,287,600,000 8,223,600,000 8,247,100,000 8,115,800,000 7,931,800,000 8,125,000,000 8,184,900,000 8,262,600,000 8,030,200,000 
        receivables
      		1,426,200,000 1,445,600,000 1,541,700,000 1,723,200,000 1,453,200,000 1,393,800,000 1,479,100,000 1,570,500,000 1,449,600,000 1,469,600,000 1,348,400,000 1,341,900,000 1,300,800,000 1,291,800,000 1,264,800,000 1,414,800,000 1,370,700,000 1,434,700,000 1,428,200,000 1,361,100,000 1,294,900,000 1,230,100,000 1,114,800,000 810,300,000 630,800,000 710,900,000 740,000,000 757,800,000 747,500,000 723,900,000 733,700,000 814,900,000 765,400,000 769,700,000 767,800,000 978,600,000 1,023,500,000 930,000,000 794,300,000 812,600,000 798,000,000 863,700,000 838,000,000 899,000,000 919,100,000 
        investments
      		2,569,700,000 2,439,000,000 2,374,000,000 2,620,400,000 2,229,400,000 2,392,500,000 2,338,400,000 2,224,500,000 2,377,700,000 2,317,300,000 2,222,000,000 2,249,100,000 2,378,000,000 2,045,800,000 1,651,300,000 1,658,500,000 1,398,400,000 1,663,200,000 1,510,300,000 1,615,400,000 1,433,900,000 1,348,700,000 1,270,500,000 1,135,000,000 1,818,000,000 2,003,700,000 1,555,800,000 1,622,000,000 1,515,500,000 1,385,900,000 1,426,500,000 1,509,500,000 1,579,000,000 1,413,500,000 1,393,600,000 1,455,700,000 1,427,700,000 1,512,800,000 2,416,600,000 2,604,300,000 2,639,500,000 2,422,800,000 2,459,200,000 2,549,100,000 2,629,400,000 
        assets of consolidated investment products
      		                                             
        investments, at fair value
      		13,810,200,000 12,472,500,000 12,278,800,000 11,420,700,000 11,859,600,000 11,897,400,000 11,034,900,000 11,631,600,000 11,149,100,000 9,363,100,000 9,637,200,000 9,639,000,000 8,421,300,000 8,735,600,000 7,898,100,000 7,475,300,000 7,134,600,000 6,341,600,000 5,820,100,000 4,982,600,000 3,907,700,000 3,228,900,000 2,709,200,000 2,274,300,000 1,935,900,000 2,041,200,000 2,303,900,000 2,351,100,000 2,139,600,000 2,040,200,000 2,109,400,000 3,331,100,000 3,529,300,000 3,649,200,000 3,467,400,000 3,373,000,000 3,108,200,000 2,456,100,000 1,025,600,000 897,900,000 897,800,000 956,000,000 977,400,000 1,026,600,000 997,400,000 
        property and equipment
      		903,600,000 929,800,000 949,100,000 975,400,000 987,700,000 977,700,000 946,400,000 904,800,000 899,300,000 807,000,000 800,100,000 806,100,000 749,800,000 759,900,000 743,300,000 759,100,000 744,000,000 756,400,000 770,000,000 752,600,000 768,000,000 800,500,000 813,800,000 705,200,000 709,300,000 691,900,000 683,700,000 684,800,000 576,600,000 541,300,000 535,000,000 522,400,000 517,700,000 516,600,000 517,200,000 508,800,000 509,800,000 512,500,000 523,200,000 508,400,000 504,400,000 507,100,000 510,100,000 510,100,000 516,900,000 
        goodwill
      		6,295,600,000 6,291,300,000 6,206,000,000 6,211,600,000 6,197,900,000 6,193,900,000 6,211,400,000 6,198,500,000 6,198,900,000 6,012,900,000 6,003,800,000 6,012,300,000 6,007,200,000 5,942,800,000 5,778,600,000 5,807,100,000 4,718,200,000 4,724,500,000 4,457,700,000 4,516,800,000 4,516,400,000 4,515,200,000 4,500,800,000 2,190,700,000                      
        intangible assets
      		4,091,400,000 4,154,700,000 4,166,000,000 4,440,300,000 4,544,000,000 4,677,300,000 4,802,100,000 5,267,800,000 5,331,300,000 4,823,400,000 4,902,200,000 4,994,900,000 5,070,400,000 5,154,700,000 5,082,100,000 5,177,400,000 4,721,900,000 4,784,400,000 4,710,200,000 4,751,300,000 4,809,800,000 4,867,400,000 4,914,200,000 904,100,000                      
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      		763,000,000 751,200,000 764,300,000 772,000,000 780,100,000 795,100,000 823,300,000 844,300,000 895,900,000 793,700,000 406,300,000 431,000,000 454,100,000 475,700,000 464,500,000 486,800,000 398,300,000 422,500,000 448,400,000 475,200,000 498,000,000 524,100,000 534,800,000 258,500,000 265,900,000 275,300,000                    
        other
      		681,100,000 580,200,000 514,500,000 431,600,000 398,800,000 417,200,000 420,000,000 501,200,000 481,600,000 399,200,000 398,800,000 372,700,000 425,500,000 426,600,000 395,400,000 338,300,000 332,100,000 323,500,000 376,300,000 313,000,000 276,400,000 295,200,000 319,500,000 245,500,000 207,500,000 193,700,000 197,700,000 184,200,000 192,400,000 192,500,000 220,700,000 211,000,000 196,200,000 191,100,000 176,500,000 145,900,000 140,800,000 143,700,000 156,700,000 149,900,000 155,300,000 139,200,000 152,700,000 157,600,000 165,800,000 
        total assets
      		34,109,800,000 32,549,100,000 32,368,300,000 32,552,200,000 31,989,800,000 32,390,000,000 32,464,500,000 33,254,900,000 32,907,700,000 29,865,800,000 30,121,200,000 30,234,600,000 29,085,700,000 29,335,100,000 28,060,600,000 27,596,000,000 25,832,900,000 24,995,100,000 24,168,400,000 23,129,100,000 21,869,800,000 21,229,600,000 20,220,900,000 15,617,000,000 14,666,200,000 15,001,800,000 14,532,200,000 14,463,300,000 14,239,000,000 13,950,600,000 14,383,500,000 15,528,000,000 17,690,000,000 18,074,400,000 17,534,000,000 17,476,200,000 17,210,100,000 16,210,300,000 16,098,800,000 15,997,500,000 15,890,900,000 16,155,500,000 16,335,700,000 16,670,300,000 16,491,100,000 
        liabilities
      		                                             
        compensation and benefits
      		1,387,000,000 1,205,200,000 1,760,300,000 1,614,300,000 1,301,900,000 1,131,800,000 1,801,300,000 1,691,700,000 1,412,600,000 1,163,900,000 1,665,100,000 1,461,200,000 1,206,300,000 1,057,700,000 1,464,400,000 1,234,300,000 1,014,800,000 906,000,000 1,179,300,000 976,400,000 1,054,100,000 964,000,000 1,064,000,000 439,800,000 339,100,000 353,800,000 502,400,000 460,000,000 342,100,000 218,900,000 405,600,000 405,900,000 291,700,000 211,100,000 396,600,000 359,800,000 276,200,000 191,800,000 357,400,000 355,000,000 306,400,000 209,800,000 433,200,000 428,800,000 317,800,000 
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
      		585,400,000 597,600,000 615,400,000 765,800,000 585,400,000 585,000,000 551,500,000 532,200,000 573,700,000 533,900,000 530,000,000 563,500,000 501,200,000 604,900,000 466,200,000 541,700,000 504,700,000 519,400,000 479,300,000 460,500,000 443,200,000 442,400,000 283,700,000 187,300,000 213,300,000 194,000,000 222,900,000 207,800,000 210,100,000 180,500,000 158,900,000 177,500,000 194,600,000 165,300,000 291,500,000 275,000,000 259,300,000 214,800,000 233,300,000 193,000,000 173,800,000 229,200,000 232,100,000 225,700,000 220,000,000 
        debt
      		2,253,300,000 2,357,300,000 2,362,000,000 2,666,700,000 2,671,300,000 2,775,800,000 2,780,300,000 3,035,000,000 3,041,000,000 3,046,900,000 3,052,800,000 3,358,700,000 3,364,600,000 3,370,500,000 3,376,400,000 3,382,200,000 3,388,000,000 3,393,700,000 3,399,400,000 3,480,600,000 3,486,500,000 3,753,100,000 3,017,100,000 697,200,000 697,200,000 697,000,000 696,900,000 697,000,000 697,900,000 697,700,000 695,900,000 695,700,000 1,044,800,000 1,044,500,000 1,044,200,000 1,374,700,000 1,374,100,000 1,394,400,000 1,401,200,000 1,441,000,000 1,442,600,000 1,348,100,000 1,348,000,000 1,347,900,000 1,597,700,000 
        liabilities of consolidated investment products
      		                                             
        deferred tax liabilities
      		337,200,000 318,200,000 261,600,000 264,000,000 210,800,000 279,800,000 284,900,000 421,100,000 438,100,000 393,100,000 450,400,000 450,700,000 339,600,000 258,200,000 347,800,000 290,900,000 252,300,000 218,500,000 311,700,000    305,300,000                       
        operating lease liabilities
      		987,700,000 985,300,000 1,000,600,000 1,001,800,000 989,200,000 946,200,000 965,100,000 975,600,000 983,200,000 865,400,000 467,800,000 494,800,000 522,600,000 539,000,000 528,400,000 555,300,000 462,600,000 491,300,000 518,400,000 547,900,000 571,800,000 609,200,000 621,000,000 300,600,000 308,900,000 317,900,000                    
        total liabilities
      		19,494,500,000 18,156,700,000 18,179,500,000 18,117,300,000 16,811,800,000 17,050,300,000 17,899,700,000 18,353,500,000 18,072,100,000 16,149,700,000 16,547,300,000 16,645,300,000 15,682,600,000 14,800,400,000 14,235,900,000 13,817,200,000 12,505,200,000 11,815,300,000 11,424,800,000 10,645,600,000 9,372,800,000 9,193,400,000 8,705,200,000 3,899,500,000 3,703,600,000 3,377,000,000 3,161,300,000 3,091,000,000 2,920,600,000 2,941,600,000 3,132,000,000 3,306,000,000 5,203,400,000 3,785,800,000 2,656,300,000 2,940,500,000 3,077,100,000 3,122,100,000 3,509,500,000 3,586,600,000 3,450,400,000 3,681,400,000 3,780,300,000 3,884,700,000 4,007,200,000 
        commitments and contingencies
      		                                             
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
      		1,478,900,000 1,291,900,000 1,182,000,000 1,380,500,000 2,016,900,000 2,106,000,000 1,321,800,000 1,266,200,000 1,253,900,000 1,078,500,000 1,026,100,000 1,050,100,000 960,500,000 1,979,200,000 1,525,800,000 1,493,700,000 1,138,100,000 983,400,000 933,000,000 1,052,700,000 815,700,000 615,600,000 541,900,000 713,800,000 209,100,000 790,400,000 746,700,000 806,500,000 819,300,000 932,300,000 1,043,600,000 2,031,600,000 2,084,400,000 2,208,100,000 1,941,900,000 1,830,600,000 1,659,800,000 841,200,000 61,100,000 39,400,000 36,800,000 53,200,000 59,600,000 71,700,000 54,400,000 
        stockholders’ equity
      		                                             
        preferred stock, 1.00 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
      		                                             
        common stock
      		52,000,000 52,000,000 52,100,000 51,800,000 52,500,000 52,400,000 52,400,000 52,200,000 52,600,000 49,500,000 49,600,000 49,900,000 50,100,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 49,800,000 50,000,000 50,300,000 50,200,000 50,300,000 50,400,000 50,500,000 49,500,000 49,500,000 49,500,000 49,800,000 49,900,000 50,400,000 50,800,000 51,100,000 51,900,000 52,900,000 54,200,000 55,200,000 55,500,000 55,800,000 56,200,000 56,600,000 57,000,000 57,700,000 58,600,000 59,500,000 60,400,000 61,500,000 61,900,000 
        capital in excess of par
      		999,900,000 991,000,000 956,800,000 955,000,000 1,062,400,000 1,014,900,000 947,600,000 984,600,000 1,022,300,000                                     
        retained earnings
      		11,560,900,000 11,540,100,000 11,516,000,000 11,610,300,000 11,730,000,000 11,919,100,000 11,927,600,000 12,321,300,000 12,265,400,000 12,402,400,000 12,376,600,000 12,360,700,000 12,260,100,000 12,112,600,000 12,045,600,000 11,997,500,000 11,891,300,000 11,892,200,000 11,550,800,000 11,151,000,000 10,861,500,000 10,665,100,000 10,472,600,000 10,514,800,000 10,330,000,000 10,408,000,000 10,288,200,000 10,241,500,000 10,219,500,000 10,087,900,000 10,217,900,000 10,153,500,000 10,263,900,000 11,969,500,000 12,849,300,000 12,665,200,000 12,510,600,000 12,326,000,000 12,226,200,000 12,076,900,000 12,029,600,000 12,064,800,000 12,094,800,000 12,279,600,000 12,048,600,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      		-489,000,000 -448,200,000 -447,100,000 -413,200,000 -498,900,000 -524,300,000 -419,500,000 -487,900,000 -479,200,000 -450,300,000 -509,300,000 -462,500,000 -478,400,000 -496,300,000 -621,000,000 -503,600,000 -400,600,000 -389,600,000 -377,600,000 -326,100,000 -348,500,000 -314,700,000 -407,600,000 -450,100,000 -476,100,000 -376,200,000 -431,600,000 -380,900,000 -386,500,000 -393,600,000 -370,600,000 -342,900,000 -259,700,000 -266,600,000 -284,800,000 -321,000,000 -373,200,000 -417,800,000 -347,400,000 -352,500,000 -317,800,000 -343,100,000 -314,200,000 -255,600,000 -289,000,000 
        total franklin resources, inc. stockholders’ equity
      		12,123,800,000 12,134,900,000 12,077,800,000 12,203,900,000 12,346,000,000 12,462,100,000 12,508,100,000 12,870,200,000 12,861,100,000 12,001,600,000 11,916,900,000 11,948,100,000 11,831,800,000 11,666,300,000 11,474,600,000 11,543,700,000 11,540,700,000 11,552,900,000 11,223,400,000 10,875,200,000 10,563,400,000 10,400,900,000 10,114,500,000 10,114,200,000 9,903,400,000 10,081,600,000 9,906,500,000 9,911,000,000 9,883,800,000 9,745,400,000 9,899,200,000 9,863,500,000 10,058,400,000 11,758,100,000 12,620,000,000 12,400,000,000 12,193,600,000 11,964,800,000 11,935,800,000 11,782,100,000 11,770,400,000 11,781,200,000 11,841,000,000 12,085,500,000 11,821,500,000 
        nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
      		1,012,600,000 965,600,000 929,000,000 850,500,000 815,100,000 771,600,000 734,900,000 765,000,000 720,600,000 636,000,000 630,900,000 591,100,000 610,800,000 889,200,000 824,300,000 741,400,000 648,900,000 643,500,000 587,200,000 555,600,000 1,117,900,000 1,019,700,000 859,300,000 889,500,000 850,100,000 752,800,000 717,700,000 654,800,000 615,300,000 331,300,000 308,700,000 326,900,000 343,800,000 322,400,000 315,800,000 305,100,000 279,600,000 282,200,000 592,400,000 589,400,000 633,300,000 639,700,000 654,800,000 628,400,000 608,000,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
      		13,136,400,000 13,100,500,000 13,006,800,000 13,054,400,000 13,161,100,000 13,233,700,000 13,243,000,000 13,635,200,000 13,581,700,000 12,637,600,000 12,547,800,000 12,539,200,000 12,442,600,000 12,555,500,000 12,298,900,000 12,285,100,000 12,189,600,000 12,196,400,000 11,810,600,000 11,430,800,000 11,681,300,000 11,420,600,000 10,973,800,000 11,003,700,000 10,753,500,000 10,834,400,000 10,624,200,000 10,565,800,000 10,499,100,000 10,076,700,000 10,207,900,000 10,190,400,000 10,402,200,000 12,080,500,000 12,935,800,000 12,705,100,000 12,473,200,000 12,247,000,000 12,528,200,000 12,371,500,000 12,403,700,000 12,420,900,000 12,495,800,000 12,713,900,000 12,429,500,000 
        total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders’ equity
      		34,109,800,000 32,549,100,000 32,368,300,000 32,552,200,000 31,989,800,000 32,390,000,000 32,464,500,000 33,254,900,000 32,907,700,000 29,865,800,000 30,121,200,000 30,234,600,000 29,085,700,000 29,335,100,000 28,060,600,000 27,596,000,000 25,832,900,000 24,995,100,000 24,168,400,000 23,129,100,000 21,869,800,000 21,229,600,000 20,220,900,000 15,617,000,000 14,666,200,000 15,001,800,000 14,532,200,000 14,463,300,000 14,239,000,000 13,950,600,000 14,383,500,000 15,528,000,000 17,690,000,000 18,074,400,000 17,534,000,000 17,476,200,000 17,210,100,000 16,210,300,000 16,098,800,000 15,997,500,000 15,890,900,000 16,155,500,000 16,335,700,000 16,670,300,000 16,491,100,000 
        income taxes
      		 228,000,000 207,500,000 162,000,000 140,100,000 461,400,000 406,400,000 382,600,000 333,300,000 620,000,000 513,500,000 448,600,000 486,900,000 665,600,000 523,100,000 521,200,000 591,800,000 866,700,000 693,600,000 653,000,000 664,400,000 838,600,000 703,300,000 747,300,000 695,100,000 886,500,000 824,700,000 850,100,000 915,900,000 1,071,900,000 1,034,800,000 1,176,200,000 1,178,300,000 1,306,700,000    191,700,000    193,500,000    
        commissions
      		               209,800,000 229,700,000 237,100,000 259,800,000 282,200,000 279,300,000 279,400,000 268,000,000 212,000,000 227,300,000 255,800,000 254,000,000 263,400,000 267,400,000 259,400,000 297,900,000 291,300,000 310,700,000 322,400,000 313,300,000 313,000,000 293,700,000 292,400,000 302,000,000 307,500,000 308,800,000 336,100,000 359,900,000 403,300,000 408,800,000 
        deferred taxes
      		                   321,200,000 289,800,000 298,600,000  77,200,000 126,200,000 132,800,000 120,100,000 118,900,000 130,200,000 132,600,000 126,500,000 128,000,000 129,900,000 125,300,000 170,600,000 156,500,000 159,800,000 151,700,000 161,500,000 140,800,000 128,100,000 100,400,000 100,700,000 106,300,000 95,600,000 
        dividends
      		                      143,200,000 142,800,000 142,100,000 142,100,000 137,400,000 138,300,000 138,700,000 139,200,000 127,700,000 130,100,000 1,763,700,000 129,000,000 113,300,000 113,700,000 114,200,000 114,600,000 104,600,000 105,600,000 107,000,000 108,700,000 92,600,000 94,200,000 94,600,000 
        goodwill and other intangible assets
      		                        3,018,600,000 3,032,200,000 2,994,500,000 3,013,400,000 3,027,900,000 2,326,200,000 2,333,400,000 2,352,900,000 2,242,300,000 2,235,100,000 2,227,700,000 2,228,000,000 2,224,000,000 2,200,400,000 2,211,300,000 2,213,500,000 2,221,600,000 2,247,700,000 2,257,000,000 2,285,800,000 2,287,600,000 
        assets of consolidated sponsored investment products
      		                                             
        debt of consolidated sponsored investment products
      		                                  53,400,000 53,100,000 306,100,000 340,100,000 75,000,000 80,300,000 70,100,000 81,800,000 81,200,000 90,800,000 107,900,000 
        assets of consolidated variable interest entities
      		                                             
        debt of consolidated variable interest entities
      		                                      607,200,000 642,500,000 653,700,000 690,400,000 726,100,000 764,800,000 772,400,000 
        appropriated retained earnings of consolidated variable interest entities
      		                                             
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 
                                                    
          net income
        		346,600,000 346,800,000 188,500,000 116,700,000 11,600,000 232,100,000 -55,700,000 232,000,000 175,300,000 256,300,000 348,500,000 248,000,000 338,100,000 168,800,000 205,700,000 223,600,000 359,100,000 544,800,000 742,800,000 471,600,000 485,400,000 394,800,000 126,500,000 253,700,000 58,800,000 348,100,000 309,300,000 254,600,000 381,600,000 260,000,000 476,300,000 355,400,000 482,900,000 -571,900,000 476,500,000 459,400,000 435,000,000 418,800,000 473,000,000 461,500,000 360,800,000 462,400,000 381,500,000 534,000,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
        		                                            
          stock-based compensation
        		52,800,000 75,600,000 44,800,000 50,100,000 46,700,000 73,200,000 51,500,000 62,600,000 65,200,000 66,800,000 44,700,000 15,900,000 52,500,000 69,500,000 47,300,000 48,400,000 53,100,000 59,400,000 45,300,000 40,400,000 45,200,000 41,000,000 35,400,000 29,100,000 29,800,000 28,000,000 23,400,000 28,700,000 28,200,000 31,200,000 28,300,000 28,300,000 30,900,000 30,300,000 28,400,000 31,700,000 32,900,000 30,400,000 27,500,000 33,700,000 36,300,000 34,000,000 33,500,000 33,700,000 
          amortization of deferred sales commissions
        		25,300,000 22,800,000 20,900,000 19,900,000 18,800,000 20,200,000 18,700,000 15,000,000 14,900,000 13,400,000 12,800,000 12,200,000 12,600,000 12,400,000 15,200,000 14,600,000 16,600,000 18,400,000 19,400,000 20,400,000 19,400,000 19,000,000 20,200,000 18,600,000 21,200,000 20,300,000 25,700,000 20,300,000 18,100,000 21,700,000 20,200,000 20,000,000 21,400,000 19,100,000 19,100,000 18,500,000 17,300,000 17,100,000 17,400,000 20,900,000 14,100,000 22,800,000 25,600,000 27,800,000 
          depreciation and other amortization
        		29,400,000 28,800,000 31,100,000 33,500,000 30,500,000 30,200,000 30,000,000 29,000,000 31,800,000 25,700,000 26,000,000 25,400,000 27,800,000 25,100,000 27,000,000 26,100,000 20,300,000 22,400,000 7,700,000 26,100,000 23,000,000 21,800,000 2,100,000 22,200,000 23,400,000 26,800,000 26,000,000 25,600,000 21,500,000 20,300,000 17,700,000 20,400,000 17,400,000 20,900,000 18,000,000 21,800,000 20,600,000 19,900,000 21,300,000 19,400,000 23,800,000 22,600,000 24,800,000 23,200,000 
          amortization of intangible assets
        		50,600,000 55,100,000 69,200,000 112,200,000 112,500,000 112,600,000 83,800,000 84,000,000 84,600,000 85,800,000 86,500,000 85,400,000 86,000,000 83,200,000 81,500,000 81,800,000 60,400,000 58,300,000 57,900,000 58,000,000 57,900,000 58,200,000                       
          impairment of intangible assets
        		   0                               5,000,000 800,000   0 0     
          net losses on investments
        		20,700,000 8,600,000 -4,100,000        22,800,000    42,500,000                              
          income from investments in equity method investees
        		  -39,500,000 -23,000,000   -15,200,000 -41,000,000 -24,400,000 -56,900,000 -12,000,000 7,700,000 -85,600,000 -33,200,000  100,000 -27,000,000 -24,700,000    -38,500,000      -5,500,000   -2,600,000 4,100,000 -10,700,000 -35,200,000  -17,900,000 -36,300,000 -34,200,000  -11,400,000 16,600,000 -24,800,000  -1,400,000 
          net losses on investments of consolidated investment products
        		  -67,200,000    5,500,000 22,400,000 -69,000,000 66,000,000 4,400,000 58,500,000 -14,800,000 72,300,000 73,100,000    -140,300,000 -35,600,000 -85,300,000 -55,200,000 -66,200,000 35,300,000 59,400,000 8,300,000 10,800,000 -1,700,000                 
          net purchase of investments by consolidated investment products
        		-375,700,000 -97,700,000 -281,800,000 143,100,000 -146,800,000 -83,900,000 -60,700,000 -227,300,000 -84,700,000 -147,500,000 3,800,000 -220,200,000 -353,800,000 -259,200,000 -43,700,000 9,600,000 -253,900,000 -67,900,000 -346,600,000 -146,900,000 -171,300,000 -116,200,000  -256,300,000 -91,400,000 -268,500,000                   
          deferred income taxes
        		29,200,000 63,100,000 -8,900,000 1,600,000 -41,500,000 1,600,000 -89,600,000 -20,000,000 42,700,000 -57,700,000 -9,300,000 106,500,000 66,800,000 -122,500,000 42,100,000 52,600,000 38,100,000 -34,800,000 46,000,000 -26,300,000 1,500,000 -17,500,000 27,400,000 -43,100,000 -5,100,000 13,700,000 200,000 -9,000,000 -4,000,000 11,500,000 3,900,000 -9,800,000 5,200,000 -49,900,000  -7,600,000 7,500,000 -6,900,000  12,200,000 -18,400,000 -1,800,000  -10,100,000 
          other
        		20,400,000 18,900,000 -14,500,000 49,700,000 107,600,000 31,600,000 36,900,000 77,900,000 25,800,000 31,600,000 23,500,000 30,500,000 50,900,000 17,800,000 -7,900,000 23,000,000 1,700,000 8,300,000 56,800,000 1,100,000 -7,200,000 -34,700,000 -36,600,000 -13,800,000 29,300,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000 10,100,000 8,300,000 8,700,000 5,400,000 21,200,000 1,800,000 5,300,000 9,100,000 -8,600,000 3,600,000 -12,100,000 15,700,000 3,400,000 -15,200,000 16,600,000 3,200,000 4,500,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
        		                                            
          increase in receivables and other assets
        		      -50,400,000 -6,300,000   6,600,000 74,600,000    24,300,000 19,000,000 -140,600,000         -22,700,000 -7,800,000    -19,900,000 -25,500,000 -33,800,000           
          decrease in investments
        		8,300,000 -12,400,000 3,500,000 12,200,000 2,200,000 1,100,000 -14,400,000 13,800,000 9,800,000 200,000 -3,600,000    29,500,000    11,800,000 3,800,000   231,200,000 273,100,000 76,100,000 -25,700,000 26,300,000 -12,200,000                 
          decrease in accrued compensation and benefits
        		184,400,000 -562,300,000  304,300,000 166,300,000 -654,300,000  281,000,000 192,000,000 -508,000,000   145,500,000 -481,600,000   110,900,000 -273,100,000  -76,400,000 91,700,000 -104,200,000   -9,300,000 -151,800,000   113,800,000 -186,000,000   79,100,000 -186,100,000   82,800,000 -161,900,000  49,500,000 93,600,000 -221,500,000  110,700,000 
          decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
        		                              -4,600,000              
          decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of consolidated investment products
        		   32,800,000              -13,900,000                           
          net cash from operating activities
        		-27,600,000 -255,100,000 -20,700,000 1,282,100,000 -50,100,000 -145,200,000 558,200,000 528,400,000 136,600,000 -251,900,000 773,400,000 655,000,000 -33,400,000 -256,300,000 866,400,000 819,800,000 104,100,000 166,400,000 506,100,000 233,900,000 215,400,000 290,000,000 374,800,000 505,600,000 109,300,000 31,700,000 32,300,000 -274,900,000 178,200,000 266,000,000 721,200,000 611,500,000 576,600,000 320,400,000 177,100,000 344,000,000 168,100,000 446,200,000 562,300,000 735,700,000 134,500,000 295,200,000 437,100,000 693,500,000 
          capital expenditures
        		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
          free cash flows
        		-27,600,000 -255,100,000 -20,700,000 1,282,100,000 -50,100,000 -145,200,000 558,200,000 528,400,000 136,600,000 -251,900,000 773,400,000 655,000,000 -33,400,000 -256,300,000 866,400,000 819,800,000 104,100,000 166,400,000 506,100,000 233,900,000 215,400,000 290,000,000 374,800,000 505,600,000 109,300,000 31,700,000 32,300,000 -274,900,000 178,200,000 266,000,000 721,200,000 611,500,000 576,600,000 320,400,000 177,100,000 344,000,000 168,100,000 446,200,000 562,300,000 735,700,000 134,500,000 295,200,000 437,100,000 693,500,000 
          purchase of investments
        		-369,000,000 -264,600,000 -132,800,000 -359,300,000 -87,100,000 -458,000,000 -175,700,000 -451,000,000 -233,600,000 -267,400,000 -92,700,000 -160,400,000 -270,300,000 -234,400,000 -249,900,000 -300,600,000 -54,200,000 -321,700,000 -145,600,000 -259,700,000 -174,800,000 -190,300,000 -50,500,000 -173,600,000 -155,400,000 -87,900,000 -131,600,000 -156,900,000 10,300,000 -115,700,000 -108,200,000 -67,400,000 -142,900,000 -39,700,000 -36,300,000 -44,100,000 -263,300,000 -28,800,000 -58,800,000 -117,000,000 -171,100,000 -20,900,000 -106,500,000 -75,500,000 
          liquidation of investments
        		237,900,000 218,700,000 332,300,000 -36,300,000 311,800,000 168,400,000 257,300,000 605,900,000 226,000,000 317,600,000 85,500,000 139,600,000 194,100,000 217,600,000 154,400,000 146,000,000 337,200,000 388,800,000 210,300,000 175,900,000 124,900,000 82,900,000 350,700,000 336,300,000 105,400,000 87,600,000 148,000,000 60,900,000 61,100,000 73,200,000 158,700,000 53,000,000 40,600,000 33,900,000 73,600,000 31,800,000 204,300,000 35,200,000 74,700,000 45,400,000 156,800,000 128,300,000 109,100,000 137,600,000 
          purchase of investments by consolidated collateralized loan obligations
        		-2,239,200,000 -1,705,600,000 -1,658,300,000 -1,681,200,000 -1,908,300,000 -1,291,100,000 -2,210,900,000 -1,804,800,000 -1,500,300,000 -794,000,000 -898,500,000 -1,368,000,000 -1,275,100,000 -822,500,000 -793,300,000 -1,028,200,000 -1,331,000,000 -839,200,000 -923,600,000 -1,849,700,000 -360,700,000 -520,700,000 -43,800,000 -244,900,000                     
          liquidation of investments by consolidated collateralized loan obligations
        		1,017,500,000 1,492,700,000 1,265,200,000 1,296,300,000 1,356,000,000 1,001,100,000 1,216,700,000 1,264,100,000 1,072,900,000 697,000,000 603,800,000 611,500,000 290,100,000 328,700,000 447,400,000 442,600,000 623,600,000 435,200,000 475,500,000 897,100,000 172,200,000 79,400,000 -13,400,000 88,500,000                     
          proceeds from sale (additions) of property and equipment
        		-4,800,000 9,300,000                                           
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
        		0 -69,700,000                        -1,000,000                   
          net consolidation (deconsolidation) of investment products
        		-1,100,000 2,000,000      -3,100,000       -172,200,000 198,800,000      9,500,000 -14,000,000 387,900,000                     
          net cash from investing activities
        		-1,358,700,000 -317,200,000 -441,400,000 -880,700,000 -364,100,000 -656,500,000 -1,201,000,000 -811,900,000 -273,200,000 -137,600,000 -330,900,000 -1,056,200,000 -1,152,400,000 -1,042,600,000 -649,300,000 -1,528,600,000 -422,700,000 -728,600,000 -679,900,000 -1,163,000,000 -251,200,000 -521,800,000 -3,512,200,000 263,000,000 35,700,000 -29,600,000 -68,300,000 -274,600,000 -623,900,000 -110,300,000 -17,600,000 -91,300,000 -122,900,000 -58,600,000 -12,900,000 -9,200,000 132,500,000 -58,400,000 100,200,000 -7,000,000 9,800,000 89,200,000 13,600,000 128,200,000 
          issuance of common stock
        		  13,900,000 0   13,500,000 0   9,900,000 0   11,500,000 0   11,300,000 0   8,500,000 0   10,500,000 0   11,200,000 0   11,900,000 0   10,600,000 0   11,900,000 0 
          dividends paid on common stock
        		-176,400,000 -170,200,000 -171,100,000 -173,200,000 -173,200,000 -166,200,000 -167,100,000 -167,900,000 -165,700,000 -155,700,000 -152,500,000 -153,000,000 -153,400,000 -148,400,000 -146,000,000 -146,600,000 -147,400,000 -143,100,000 -141,100,000 -141,800,000 -142,000,000 -134,800,000 -134,100,000 -133,900,000 -134,600,000 -130,600,000 -131,100,000 -132,100,000 -133,100,000 -122,300,000 -122,000,000 -1,755,900,000 -127,300,000 -111,700,000 -111,800,000 -112,700,000 -113,300,000 -103,400,000 -104,100,000 -105,700,000 -107,400,000 -91,500,000 -92,400,000 -93,000,000 
          repurchase of common stock
        		-57,100,000 -41,900,000 -67,100,000 -157,400,000 -10,000,000 -5,800,000 -102,400,000 -101,500,000 -11,700,000 -58,800,000 -186,300,000 -52,200,000 -3,600,000 -14,200,000 -26,800,000 -49,700,000 -82,600,000 -21,700,000 -72,400,000 -45,400,000 -45,300,000 -45,100,000 -29,900,000 -900,000 -66,000,000 -121,400,000 -164,700,000 -120,400,000 -148,000,000 -321,400,000 -368,800,000 -436,600,000 -420,700,000 -198,700,000 -164,700,000 -175,500,000 -168,900,000 -256,200,000 -251,000,000 -322,700,000 -352,800,000 -381,500,000 -500,300,000 -218,300,000 
          proceeds from debt
        		  0 0                                         
          payment on debt
        		   0                0                         
          proceeds from repurchase agreement
        		  46,700,000 56,800,000 2,300,000 38,900,000     0 0 0 174,800,000                               
          payments on repurchase agreement
        		-4,900,000 -4,900,000 -12,900,000 -16,500,000 -2,800,000 -29,600,000 -35,300,000                                      
          proceeds from debt of consolidated investment products
        		2,060,500,000 2,540,800,000 845,700,000 1,917,500,000 2,472,100,000 794,400,000 2,729,100,000 1,030,200,000 547,600,000 39,800,000 326,300,000 954,900,000 1,303,400,000 955,300,000 539,200,000 1,328,300,000 1,289,300,000 1,727,600,000 1,301,700,000 1,172,100,000 459,400,000 4,700,000 428,700,000 136,600,000 20,500,000 49,400,000                   
          payments on debt of consolidated investment products
        		-725,900,000 -1,961,300,000  -1,723,200,000 -1,882,000,000 -714,900,000  -573,700,000 -13,500,000 -22,000,000  -238,600,000 -410,400,000 -277,900,000  -859,400,000 -381,800,000 -1,228,100,000                           
          payments on contingent consideration liabilities
        		  0 -6,100,000 0 -700,000 -17,700,000 -2,200,000   0 -3,400,000 -2,200,000 -2,000,000 -10,700,000 0 -100,000 -4,000,000                 -3,600,000 0   0 -400,000 0 -2,800,000 -200,000 -500,000 
          noncontrolling interests
        		481,400,000 124,900,000 213,800,000 85,700,000 -24,200,000 171,800,000 37,500,000 135,200,000 30,000,000 37,700,000 84,700,000 -3,300,000 214,500,000 271,300,000 5,100,000 -59,300,000 117,600,000 136,600,000 274,200,000 201,900,000 145,600,000 99,700,000 -35,000,000 160,000,000 113,200,000 193,300,000 528,200,000 615,500,000 22,000,000 45,900,000 36,000,000 2,200,000 -140,200,000 261,700,000 374,200,000 162,500,000 366,200,000 -1,300,000 10,000,000 -53,500,000 -7,700,000 39,300,000 106,000,000 37,300,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        		1,491,100,000 487,400,000 88,500,000 -16,400,000 292,400,000 87,900,000 909,200,000 274,300,000 391,100,000 -159,000,000 -396,000,000 504,400,000 961,700,000 958,900,000 95,800,000 213,300,000 808,600,000 467,300,000 487,200,000 883,000,000 -6,200,000 666,100,000 97,800,000 160,500,000 -54,800,000 -9,300,000 261,500,000 360,800,000 -266,700,000 -396,100,000 -445,000,000 -2,552,200,000 -713,400,000 -51,100,000 -225,200,000 -369,000,000 4,100,000 -365,900,000 -425,000,000 -509,200,000 -403,100,000 -463,400,000 -515,000,000 -552,200,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        		-20,600,000 -4,200,000 -9,500,000 32,900,000 15,800,000 -50,000,000 30,800,000 -3,400,000 -9,800,000 25,700,000 -31,700,000 5,800,000 500,000 59,700,000 -9,100,000 -40,500,000 -19,600,000 -8,000,000 -27,300,000 10,200,000 -12,800,000 27,700,000 21,200,000 11,000,000 -30,700,000 25,900,000 -25,500,000 300,000 -500,000 -11,300,000 -2,200,000 -40,300,000 15,800,000 10,000,000 24,500,000 44,300,000 16,600,000 -50,400,000 3,700,000 -18,400,000 30,800,000 -20,100,000 6,000,000 34,600,000 
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
        		84,200,000 -89,100,000  417,900,000 -106,000,000 -763,800,000  -12,600,000 244,700,000 -522,800,000    -280,300,000              -188,400,000          -28,500,000       
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        		0 3,573,900,000  0 0 4,408,900,000  0 0 4,402,400,000  0 0 4,782,500,000  0 0 4,647,200,000  32,300,000 0 3,957,500,000  0 0 5,957,600,000  0 0 6,910,600,000  0 0 8,749,700,000  0 0 8,483,300,000  0 0 8,368,100,000  0 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        		84,200,000 3,484,800,000  417,900,000 -106,000,000 3,645,100,000  -12,600,000 244,700,000 3,879,600,000  109,000,000 -223,600,000 4,502,200,000  -536,000,000 470,400,000 4,544,300,000  -3,600,000 -54,800,000 4,419,500,000  940,100,000 59,500,000 5,976,300,000  -188,400,000 -712,900,000 6,658,900,000  -2,072,300,000 -243,900,000 8,970,400,000  10,100,000 321,300,000 8,454,800,000  201,100,000 -228,000,000 8,269,000,000  304,100,000 
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
        		                                            
          cash paid for income taxes
        		369,200,000 19,500,000 233,300,000 15,000,000 189,200,000 27,900,000 77,800,000 39,500,000 291,600,000 26,800,000 7,800,000 20,800,000 191,400,000 13,200,000 10,800,000 106,600,000 332,500,000 17,600,000 63,400,000 115,400,000 296,500,000 22,700,000 92,600,000 8,600,000      35,800,000 108,600,000 104,000,000   191,700,000 188,500,000 298,900,000 33,100,000 198,300,000 126,600,000 385,600,000 48,100,000 218,900,000 187,700,000 
          cash paid for interest
        		36,500,000 10,800,000 44,400,000 13,000,000 39,300,000 9,900,000 45,900,000 16,200,000 40,700,000 10,600,000 66,400,000 8,400,000 42,800,000 4,300,000 71,500,000 7,100,000 46,200,000 8,500,000 40,400,000 13,400,000 51,900,000 10,900,000 6,700,000 1,600,000      6,000,000 4,400,000 10,100,000   7,900,000 11,000,000 13,300,000 10,100,000 14,400,000 11,300,000 12,900,000 8,800,000 12,500,000 13,000,000 
          cash paid for interest by consolidated investment products
        		175,500,000 177,400,000 155,800,000 193,700,000 201,700,000 202,000,000 172,000,000 176,600,000 184,000,000 161,600,000 147,000,000 103,600,000 78,100,000 50,500,000 41,200,000 41,300,000 28,300,000 37,400,000 27,100,000 65,300,000 6,400,000 4,000,000 8,400,000 400,000      500,000 700,000 400,000             
          non-cash purchase of investments
        		0 20,000,000                                           
          losses (income) from investments in equity method investees
        		 -11,500,000    7,600,000             -30,500,000 -39,400,000   -12,200,000 -10,000,000 159,400,000 -39,100,000    37,600,000               
          net gains on investments of consolidated investment products
        		 -67,400,000               25,400,000 -88,000,000            -2,000,000    -4,700,000           
          decrease in receivables and other assets
        		 -121,900,000        -36,700,000    14,600,000     -67,300,000 300,000 -100,500,000 -15,000,000 84,800,000 -15,400,000 66,000,000 300,000    43,100,000               
          increase in income taxes payable
        		 20,300,000    55,000,000    107,900,000    158,800,000    174,500,000    135,300,000    61,800,000 -25,400,000 -65,800,000 -156,000,000 37,100,000 -141,400,000 3,000,000 -128,400,000 1,232,000,000 -24,300,000 14,900,000 -113,200,000 167,100,000 -38,500,000   160,400,000 -8,400,000  
          increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
        		 -24,800,000 -218,000,000 341,800,000 -128,800,000 95,000,000 59,700,000 -78,400,000 62,300,000 -39,700,000 -52,800,000 -37,100,000 25,600,000 59,800,000 23,900,000 100,800,000 -76,300,000 16,400,000   33,300,000 12,300,000 -52,800,000   -27,900,000 21,900,000 127,100,000 -38,400,000 15,400,000   9,800,000 1,500,000           
          increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of consolidated investment products
        		 2,900,000    -47,300,000 53,300,000 10,000,000 -104,700,000 1,000,000 500,000 -2,400,000 -13,300,000 17,000,000 21,400,000 -9,400,000   46,800,000 -7,300,000 36,100,000 -13,300,000 -30,200,000 77,100,000 -1,100,000 24,800,000 43,700,000 73,800,000 20,300,000 -30,700,000 4,700,000 500,000 -146,500,000 147,100,000           
          impairment of intangible asset
        		                                            
          increase in accrued compensation and benefits
        		          213,200,000    236,600,000        50,500,000    46,200,000    -500,000    35,200,000          
          decrease in income taxes payable
        		  62,800,000 22,000,000   34,400,000 49,400,000   57,800,000 -30,400,000   -3,800,000 -71,400,000   37,900,000 -11,500,000    53,300,000                     
          additions of property and equipment
        		  -31,200,000 -14,000,000 -37,500,000 -71,800,000 -69,800,000 -46,100,000 -41,700,000 -19,500,000 -27,300,000 -78,700,000 -15,400,000 -27,400,000 -34,700,000 -13,100,000 -25,800,000 -16,700,000 -44,400,000 -14,100,000 -7,200,000 -13,600,000 -18,400,000 -11,800,000 -47,800,000 -25,700,000 -31,100,000 -130,400,000 -46,500,000 -25,700,000 -35,000,000 -27,800,000 -24,500,000 -19,200,000 -25,900,000 -20,200,000 -16,000,000 -12,800,000 -36,200,000 -26,300,000 -16,000,000 -19,100,000 -25,300,000 -13,800,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        		      0 -2,800,000   0 0 -6,800,000 -493,700,000 0 -982,400,000 0 -372,300,000     -3,739,600,000 -62,000,000   0 0   10,200,000              
          payments of contingent consideration asset
        		          4,300,000 0 2,600,000 2,900,000 -1,000,000 8,300,000 8,700,000 3,900,000 4,700,000 5,000,000 7,800,000 2,800,000                       
          payments of deferred consideration liability
        		  0    -100,000,000 -374,100,000 0 -60,800,000 0                                  
          net deconsolidation of investment products
        		     -5,100,000    -10,500,000    -13,800,000            -2,600,000 -53,600,000 -48,200,000 24,200,000 -30,900,000    -45,100,000           
          for the fiscal years ended september 30,
        		                                            
          payments on debt
        		                                          0  
          payments on debt by consolidated investment products
        		                      -139,900,000    -1,000,000    -1,400,000 0 -17,200,000 -2,400,000           
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
        		              303,800,000 -536,000,000 470,400,000 -102,900,000 286,100,000 -35,900,000 -54,800,000 462,000,000  940,100,000 59,500,000 18,700,000    -251,700,000 256,400,000 -2,072,300,000 -243,900,000 220,700,000 -36,500,000 10,100,000   241,200,000 201,100,000 -228,000,000 -99,100,000 -58,300,000 304,100,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
        		                                            
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
        		                                            
          net consolidation of investment products
        		                                            
          net incomees (gains) on investments
        		    -46,800,000 57,100,000                                       
          net incomees (gains) on investments of consolidated investment products
        		                                            
          net (deconsolidation) consolidation of investment products
        		          -6,000,000 41,600,000      -6,600,000 -247,800,000 -117,500,000            40,300,000             
          net (gains) losses on investments of consolidated investment products
        		     -87,200,000                                       
          decrease (increase) in receivables and other assets
        		     10,200,000                                       
          proceeds from loan
        		                      0 0 0 200,000 0 0 0 1,700,000         0 0     
          net gains on investments
        		       24,300,000 18,500,000 -60,100,000   -3,000,000 -45,500,000   23,100,000 -25,800,000                           
          decrease in loan receivables
        		                                            
          proceeds from issuance of debt
        		                  445,600,000 0 0 748,300,000                     0 -100,000 
          payment of debt issuance costs
        		                  -5,100,000 0 0 -6,700,000                       
          increase in investments
        		            -22,400,000 -13,600,000    -44,600,000    -9,200,000                       
          impairments of intangible assets and goodwill
        		                                            
          payments on loan
        		                      0 -200,000 0 -200,000                   
          increase in commissions payable
        		               -19,900,000 -7,400,000 -22,700,000  2,900,000 -100,000 11,400,000    1,800,000    -38,500,000 6,600,000   9,100,000 300,000        -43,400,000 -5,500,000 
          decrease in loans receivable
        		                   0 14,500,000 28,200,000                       
          decrease (increase) in investments
        		                                            
          decrease in commissions payable
        		                      8,200,000 -15,300,000    -4,000,000         1,300,000 -9,600,000  -1,300,000 -27,300,000 -23,800,000   
          payment on debt of consolidated investment products
        		                   -303,800,000                         
          payments on contingent consideration liability
        		                          0 0    0      -2,200,000       
          net (purchase) liquidation of investments by consolidated investment products
        		                          -450,000,000                  
          decrease in receivables of consolidated investment products
        		                        -76,100,000 13,900,000 -17,200,000 -17,200,000 -19,400,000 19,500,000 -28,600,000              
          decrease in operating lease right-of-use assets
        		                      17,000,000 10,800,000                     
          decrease in operating lease liabilities
        		                      -17,500,000 -11,600,000                     
          purchase of investments by consolidated investment products
        		                             -18,200,000 -27,700,000 -5,800,000 -29,300,000 -11,000,000           
          liquidation of investments by consolidated investment products
        		                             7,000,000 1,000,000 3,700,000 46,100,000 22,500,000           
          issuance of loans receivable
        		                      16,800,000                      
          franklin resources, inc.consolidated statements of cash flows[table continued from previous page]
        		                                            
          gain on swap agreements
        		                                            
          increase in receivables of consolidated investment products
        		                                195,100,000 -94,800,000           
          franklin resources, inc.consolidated statements of cash flowsunaudited [table continued from previous page]
        		                                            
          gain on swap agreement
        		                                            
          increase in operating lease right-of-use assets
        		                         -800,000                   
          increase in operating lease liabilities
        		                         2,700,000                   
          adoption of new accounting guidance
        		                                  0 0 0 -49,200,000       
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
        		                                  -300,000 -300,000   -200,000 -300,000   -2,900,000 -2,900,000 
          decrease in trading securities
        		                             105,800,000 126,500,000   18,600,000 61,600,000 2,800,000 37,900,000 27,900,000 226,500,000   1,500,000 17,700,000  
          increase in trading securities of consolidated investment products
        		                             -88,700,000               
          decrease in trading securities of consolidated investment products
        		                              177,100,000   -187,100,000           
          payment on loan
        		                                   0         
          increase in trading securities
        		                                            
          acquisition of businesses
        		                                            
          gains on sale of assets
        		                                  -1,400,000 -2,300,000 -2,300,000 -800,000 -3,200,000 -300,000 -19,000,000 -7,200,000 -6,400,000 -12,700,000 
          net losses on other investments of consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  -39,700,000 -22,500,000 8,800,000 -2,000,000 6,400,000 3,400,000 2,300,000 7,600,000   
          decrease in receivables, prepaid expenses and other
        		                                  -76,300,000    -14,500,000    41,100,000  
          increase in trading securities of consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  -346,100,000 -243,300,000   -123,400,000    -131,300,000  
          increase in other liabilities
        		                                  24,500,000 5,800,000       16,800,000 6,300,000 
          purchase of other investments by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  -400,000 -26,200,000 -18,700,000 -69,400,000       
          liquidation of other investments by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  34,200,000 50,200,000 211,000,000 72,700,000       
          acquisition of business
        		                                  0 0         
          net (deconsolidation) consolidation of sponsored investment products
        		                                      300,000      
          decrease in deposits
        		                                            
          franklin resources, inc.consolidated statements of cash flows [table continued from previous page]
        		                                            
          proceeds from debt of consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  19,900,000 0 300,000 400,000 3,300,000 11,200,000     
          payments on debt by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  -20,200,000 -243,600,000 -41,500,000 -3,200,000 -8,800,000 -700,000   -127,500,000 -155,100,000 
          cash paid for interest by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                  900,000 2,900,000 4,100,000 3,300,000       
          net consolidation (deconsolidation) of sponsored investment products
        		                                   -700,000         
          franklin resources, inc.condensed consolidated statements of cash flowsunaudited [table continued from previous page]
        		                                            
          increase in receivables, prepaid expenses and other
        		                                    -55,800,000 -19,300,000   39,100,000 -42,500,000   
          decrease in trading securities of consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                     43,900,000   12,400,000 -102,500,000   
          decrease in other liabilities
        		                                     -32,100,000  12,500,000 -12,200,000 -6,900,000   
          net deconsolidation of sponsored investment products
        		                                     -6,100,000       
          net gains of consolidated variable interest entities
        		                                      -1,100,000 -900,000 -1,700,000 -1,700,000  -1,300,000 
          originations of loans held for sale
        		                                            
          proceeds from sale of loans originated for resale
        		                                            
          purchase of investments by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                      -16,500,000 -11,300,000 -23,100,000 -27,600,000 -36,600,000 -21,900,000 
          liquidation of investments by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                      10,400,000 33,300,000 48,000,000 33,700,000 62,200,000 29,700,000 
          purchase of investments by consolidated variable interest entities
        		                                      -78,400,000 -75,200,000 -37,200,000 -64,000,000 -60,500,000 -79,400,000 
          liquidation of investments by consolidated variable interest entities
        		                                      204,700,000 144,900,000 51,300,000 71,000,000 87,300,000 129,200,000 
          decrease in loans transferred to held for sale
        		                                            
          proceeds from sale of loans transferred to held for sale
        		                                            
          payments on debt by consolidated variable interest entities
        		                                      -44,000,000 -37,700,000 -30,100,000 -27,900,000 -33,200,000 -12,900,000 
          cash paid for interest by consolidated variable interest entities and consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                      7,700,000 6,500,000 7,400,000 6,700,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents due to net deconsolidation of sponsored investment products
        		                                         -12,200,000   
          proceeds from issuance of debt by consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                         1,000,000 117,800,000 137,500,000 
          net gains on other investments of consolidated sponsored investment products
        		                                          2,000,000  
          net losses of consolidated variable interest entities
        		                                            
          acquisitions of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
        		                                            
          increase in cash and cash equivalents due to net consolidation (deconsolidation) of sponsored investment products
        		                                            
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities
        		                                            
          contingent consideration liabilities recognized due to acquisitions
        		                                            
          decrease in noncontrolling interests due to net deconsolidation of sponsored investment products
        		                                            
          increase in noncontrolling interests due to acquisition
        		                                            
          increase in cash and cash equivalents from net consolidation (deconsolidation) of sponsored investment products
        		                                            
          increase in deposits
        		                                           0 
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents from net deconsolidation of sponsored investment products