SEC Form 4
Franklin Templeton, Inc. (BEN) insider trading
In the 12 months to Oct 23, 2026, one BEN insider reported open-market purchases of $2.1M across 2 filings; no open-market sales were filed.
Latest filing · Last 12 months · Source: SEC EDGAR · How we count
- Open-market sales
- $0
- 0 filings · 0 insiders
- Open-market purchases
- $2.1M
- 2 filings · Charles B. Johnson, 10% owner
Who traded BEN, and when
- Purchase
BEN daily close from Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026, between $21.18 and $35.77, last $31.06. 0 sale and 2 purchase filings by 1 insider, marked at their filing dates. Charles B. Johnson, 10% owner: bought $2.1M across 2 filings, first filed Nov 19, 2025, last Nov 21, 2025.
Largest mark · tap a row for others
Charles B. Johnson · 10% owner
Filing 1 of 2 within a week · $2,134,475 total
Purchase $1,074,475
50,000 shares at $21.49 avg
Filed Nov 19, 2025 · traded Nov 18
Close on filing date $21.44
Charles B. Johnson · 10% owner
10% owner
$2.1M boughtHas Franklin Templeton, Inc.'s CEO sold stock?
No. Jennifer M. Johnson (CEO) made no open-market sales filed as CEO in the last 12 months.
Open-market trades
2 filings in the last 12 months| Insider | Role | Sold | Bought | Filings | Pre-arranged (10b5-1) | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles B. Johnson | 10% owner | — | $2.1M | 2 | — |
| Filed | Insider | Type | Shares | Avg price | Value | Held after | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
traded | Charles B. Johnson 10% owner | Purchase | 50,000 | $21.20 | $1.1M | 90,137,677 | |
traded | Charles B. Johnson 10% owner | Purchase | 50,000 | $21.49 | $1.1M | 90,087,677 |
GET /stocks/filings/vX/form-4?tickers=BEN&filing_date.gte=2025-10-23&sort=filing_date.desc&limit=500{
"status": "OK",
"results": [
{
"tickers": [
"BEN"
],
"issuer_cik": "0000038777",
"owner_cik": "0000936567",
"accession_number": "0000038777-25-000262",
"form_type": "4",
"filing_date": "2025-11-21",
"period_of_report": "2025-11-20",
"issuer_name": "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC",
"issuer_trading_symbol": "BEN",
"owner_name": "JOHNSON CHARLES B",
"is_ten_percent_owner": true,
"security_type": "non_derivative",
"record_type": "transaction",
"security_title": "Common Stock, par value $.10",
"transaction_timeliness": "O",
"aff_10b5_one": false,
"transaction_date": "2025-11-20",
"transaction_code": "P",
"equity_swap_involved": false,
"transaction_shares": 50000,
"transaction_price_per_share": 21.2,
"transaction_acquired_disposed": "A",
"shares_owned_following_transaction": 90137677,
"transaction_value": 1060000,
"direct_or_indirect": "D"
},
{
"tickers": [
"BEN"
],
"issuer_cik": "0000038777",
"owner_cik": "0000936567",
"accession_number": "0000038777-25-000261",
"form_type": "4",
"filing_date": "2025-11-19",
"period_of_report": "2025-11-18",
"issuer_name": "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC",
"issuer_trading_symbol": "BEN",
"owner_name": "JOHNSON CHARLES B",
"is_ten_percent_owner": true,
"security_type": "non_derivative",
"record_type": "transaction",
"security_title": "Common Stock, par value $.10",
"transaction_timeliness": "O",
"aff_10b5_one": false,
"transaction_date": "2025-11-18",
"transaction_code": "P",
"equity_swap_involved": false,
"transaction_shares": 50000,
"transaction_price_per_share": 21.4895,
"transaction_acquired_disposed": "A",
"shares_owned_following_transaction": 90087677,
"transaction_value": 1074475,
"direct_or_indirect": "D",
"footnotes": [
{
"id": "F1",
"description": "The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $21.43 to $21.57, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote."
}
]
}
]
}
// trimmed to 2 resultsThe response includes every Form 4 record; this page keeps open-market purchases and sales on common stock and removes duplicate joint-filer rows.
Other insider activity (not market trades) · 52 records
- Tax withholding11 records
- Grants and awards30 records
- Gifts11 records
Reported on Form 4 but not purchases or sales in the market, so not counted in the totals above.
Build this yourself
This page joins two Massive endpoints: Form 4 filings and daily prices. Ask an agent to watch for new filings:
Using the Massive API (massive.com/docs/llms.txt), check Form 4 filings for BEN every day with transaction_code=P and tell me when an insider files an open-market purchase, with their role, shares, price and the filing link.
How to read this page
- Open-market purchase or sale
- A buy or sell of the company's stock at market price. Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax, gifts and employee stock plan purchases are listed separately and not counted.
- Filing date
- Insiders have two business days to report a trade. Totals and the chart use the filing date, when the trade became public.