Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $.22

Franklin Resources, Inc. BEN announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share payable on October 8, 2010 to stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business on September 30, 2010. The quarterly dividend of $0.22 is equivalent to the dividend paid for the prior quarter and represents a 5% increase over the quarterly dividend paid for the same quarter last year.