<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-13-020364.txt : 20130614
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-13-020364
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130612
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130614
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130614

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000038777
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		IRS NUMBER:				132670991
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		BUILDING 920
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-312-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
		STREET 2:		ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94403

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CROCKER CHARLES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001061568

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09318
		FILM NUMBER:		13913439

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST ST
		STREET 2:		STE 2500
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94104
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        <issuerName>FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BEN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>CROCKER CHARLES</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN MATEO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94403-1906</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Deferred Director's Fees (FRI)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5.2338</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>143.30</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2014-04-20</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-01-20</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, par value $.10</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="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.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents a hypothetical investment account calculation of deferred Franklin Resources, Inc.'s director's fees, under the 2006 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, based upon the performance of Franklin Resources, Inc.'s stock (including reinvested dividends) payable in cash in substantially equal quarterly installments over five years beginning on the earlier of the January 20, April 20, July 20 or October 20 immediately following the director's separation from service from Franklin Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries and continuing on each January 20, April 20, July 20 and October 20 thereafter, except that if any such date is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, then the quarterly installment shall be paid on the next business day.  Reporting Person may transfer the hypothetical investment account amount into an alternative investment account not based on the performance of Franklin Resources, Inc. stock effective as of the first day of any calendar quarter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Copy of Limited Power of Attorney included as Exhibit 24 (as also previously filed on December 12, 2012).</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Virginia Rosas, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-06-13</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): EXHIBIT 24
<TEXT>
								Exhibit 24

			LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
				FOR
		    SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Virginia Rosas, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter
described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
Franklin Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Reporting Entity"),
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national
securities exchanges and the Reporting Entity, as considered necessary or
advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to
time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Reporting Entity's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,
such attorney-in-fact to act in her discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Reporting Entity nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for
any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-
fact, of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of July, 2012.



					/s/ Charles Crocker
					____________________
					Signature

					Charles Crocker
					____________________
					Print Name

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