Form 11-K 401(k) 9.30.13

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
(Mark One)
x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013
OR
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from              to             
Commission File No. 001-09318
 
A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN
B.
Name of Issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
One Franklin Parkway
San Mateo, California 94403
 
 





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Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
As of September 30, 2013 and 2012 and
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013
Table of Contents
 
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Audited Financial Statements:
 

 
 
4

 
 
5

 
 
6

 
 
Supplemental Schedule:
 

 
 
13

 
 
14

 
 
 
Note: Other schedules required by 29 CFR Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not applicable.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Participants and Plan Administrator
Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan
San Mateo, California
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended September 30, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended September 30, 2013 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic 2013 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic 2013 financial statements taken as a whole.
 
/s/ Crowe Horwath LLP
Sacramento, California
March 25, 2014

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Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
as of September 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Assets
 
 
 
 
Cash
 
$
425,166

 
$
186,999

Investments, at fair value
 
1,040,328,958

 
865,541,153

Receivables:
 
 
 
 

Employer contributions receivable
 
6,663,815

 
6,195,359

Participant contributions receivable
 
1,376,230

 
1,237,289

Notes receivable from participants
 
15,790,598

 
15,288,035

Other receivables
 
762,502

 
509,549

Total receivables
 
24,593,145

 
23,230,232

Total assets
 
1,065,347,269

 
888,958,384

Liabilities
 
 
 
 

Amounts due to brokers for securities purchased
 
74,985

 
112,988

Total liabilities
 
74,985

 
112,988

Net assets available for benefits
 
$
1,065,272,284

 
$
888,845,396


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013
 
Amount
Additions
 
 
Additions to net assets attributed to:
 
 
Investment income:
 
 
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
 
$
125,641,638

Dividends
 
31,109,787

 
 
156,751,425

Interest on notes receivable from participants
 
666,404

Contributions:
 
 
Employer
 
28,544,265

Participants
 
39,219,729

Rollovers
 
5,557,585

Total contributions
 
73,321,579

Total additions
 
230,739,408

Deductions
 
 
Deductions to net assets attributed to:
 
 
Benefit payments and withdrawals
 
54,268,598

Administrative fees and expenses
 
43,922

Total deductions
 
54,312,520

Net Increase
 
176,426,888

Net assets available for benefits:
 
 

Beginning of year
 
888,845,396

End of year
 
$
1,065,272,284


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
1.
Description of the Plan
General
The Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution plan and was most recently amended as of January 1, 2013.
The Plan covers substantially all employees of Franklin Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) and its U.S. subsidiaries who meet certain employment requirements. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). Participants should refer to, and solely rely upon, the Plan documents and summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
The Board of Directors of the Company has appointed an administrative committee (the “Administrative Committee”) and an investment committee (the “Investment Committee”) with certain authority to manage the policy, design, administration and investments of the Plan. The Administrative Committee, consisting of at least five members appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company, is the administrator of the Plan (the “Plan Administrator”). In the absence of the Administrative Committee for any reason, the Company acts as the Plan Administrator. The Investment Committee, consisting of at least five members appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company, is responsible for, among other things, analyzing the performance of investment options under the Plan and selecting new investment options to be offered under the Plan.
Charles Schwab Bank’s Business Trust Division is the Plan’s trustee (the “Trustee”). The administration and recordkeeping services for the Plan are provided by Schwab Retirement Plan Services Company, a subsidiary of the Trustee. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC is the investment manager and independent fiduciary (the “Independent Fiduciary”) concerning the purchase, holding and sale by Plan participants and beneficiaries of the Company’s common stock in the Plan.
Contributions
Participants may contribute up to 50% of pretax annual compensation and up to 100% of the cash portion of the participant’s year-end bonus, if any, as described in the Plan documents and subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations, each year to the Plan. Participants age 50 or older may elect to make catch-up contributions. Participants in the Plan may also elect to make contributions to Roth salary deferral accounts and Roth rollover accounts.
All eligible employees, as defined in the Plan, may begin contributing to the Plan as of the first of the month following their date of hire. Newly-hired eligible employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a deferral rate of three percent of compensation following an election period during which the employee may either opt out of the Plan or choose a different salary deferral percentage in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator. Unless the participant elects otherwise, participants who are automatically enrolled in the Plan have their deferral rate automatically increase by one percent each year on December 1. The automatic increase is stopped when a deferral rate of 15% is attained, unless changed by the participant.
The Company makes a matching contribution equal to 75% of eligible compensation deferred by participants. Eligible employees become participants in the matching portions of the Plan on the first day of the month following the later of the one-year anniversary of their hire date or completion of one year of service. During the first year of participation in the Plan, the Company matches contributions made only during the plan year in which the employee becomes eligible.
Participant Accounts
Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s deferral contributions, the Company’s matching contributions and allocations of Plan earnings, and charged with withdrawals and allocations of Plan losses and administrative expenses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. Prior to October 1, 2010, the Company also made profit sharing contributions under the Plan.
Vesting
Participants are immediately vested in their deferral contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Participants vest gradually in the Company’s matching and prior profit sharing contribution portions of their accounts plus actual earnings thereon based on their years of service. Typically, a participant is 100% vested after completing five “years of service,” as defined in the Plan. Upon death, disability or upon reaching normal retirement age, a participant's account shall become 100% vested.

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Forfeitures
With respect to any unvested Company matching and prior profit sharing contribution portions of a participant’s account, any amount forfeited at distribution or pursuant to terms of the Plan remains in the Plan. Forfeitures may be used by the Plan to offset matching contributions or for other purposes, such as restoring returning participant accounts or for the payment of Plan expenses. Forfeitures attributable to Company matching contributions not used by the Plan are used to reduce current and future Company matching contributions. Forfeitures attributable to prior Company profit sharing contributions are allocated to participants’ eligible share in such contributions. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013 (“fiscal year 2013”), the amount of forfeitures used to offset Company matching contributions was $230,000 and the amount of forfeitures used to pay Plan expenses was $31,970.
Investment Options
Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct all contributions in one-percent increments into any of the following investment options as of September 30, 2013:
Tier 1 - Asset allocation funds. The three asset allocation funds offer a convenient way to obtain a broadly diversified investment program for Plan assets.
Franklin Templeton Conservative Allocation Fund - The fund seeks the highest level of long-term total return consistent with a lower level of risk. The manager allocates assets among broad asset classes by primarily investing in a distinctly weighted combination of Franklin, Templeton and Mutual Series funds; generally 40% equity funds and 60% fixed-income funds.
Franklin Templeton Growth Allocation Fund - The fund seeks the highest level of long-term total return consistent with a higher level of risk. The manager allocates assets among broad asset classes by primarily investing in a distinctly weighted combination of Franklin, Templeton and Mutual Series funds; generally 80% equity funds and 20% fixed-income funds.
Franklin Templeton Moderate Allocation Fund - The fund seeks the highest level of long-term total return consistent with a moderate level of risk. The manager allocates assets among broad asset classes by primarily investing in a distinctly weighted combination of Franklin, Templeton and Mutual Series funds; generally 55% equity funds and 45% fixed-income funds.
Tier 2 - Building a diversified portfolio. Investment options offered for those who are more comfortable with investing and would like to build their own diversified portfolio that will be consistent with their retirement planning investment objectives and tolerance for risk.
Franklin Growth Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing substantially in the equity securities of companies that are leaders in their industries, and which the managers believe are suitable for a buy-and-hold strategy.
Franklin International Growth Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing predominantly in the equity securities of mid- and large-capitalization companies outside the U.S. with long-term growth potential.
Franklin Money Fund - The fund seeks to provide investors with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of shareholders’ capital and liquidity.
Franklin Large Cap Value Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in large-capitalization companies, which are defined as those similar in size to companies in the Russell 1000® Index, at the time of purchase.
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing at least 80% of its net assets in the equity securities of companies with market capitalizations of generally less than $1.5 billion, or the highest market capitalization in the Russell 2000® Index, whichever is greater, at the time of purchase.
Franklin Small Cap Value Fund - The fund seeks long-term total return by investing at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of smaller companies (market capitalizations under $3.5 billion at the time of purchase).
Franklin Total Return Fund - The fund seeks to provide high, current income consistent with preservation of capital. Capital appreciation over the long term is a secondary goal.
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund - Collective trust established for retirement plans seeks to replicate the total return of the S&P 500 Index.
Templeton Institutional Funds - Foreign Equity Series - The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing at least 80% of its net assets in foreign (non-U.S.) equity securities.

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Tier 3 - Expanded investment options. Additional investment options offered for those with more investment expertise who may want a wider selection of investment options from which to build a diversified portfolio that will be consistent with their investment objectives and tolerance for risk.
Franklin Balance Sheet Investment Fund - The fund seeks high total return by investing most of its assets in the stocks of companies the fund managers believe are undervalued and trading at a low price relative to book value.
Franklin Flex Cap Growth Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity securities of companies in any industry and of any market cap size.
Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing substantially in equity securities of companies demonstrating accelerating growth, increasing profitability, or above average growth or growth potential as compared with the overall economy.
Franklin High Income Fund - The fund seeks a high level of current income, with a secondary focus on capital appreciation, by investing substantially in higher-yielding, lower-rated corporate bonds.
Franklin Income Fund - The fund seeks to maximize income, while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying stocks, bonds and convertible securities.
Franklin MicroCap Value Fund - The fund seeks high total return by investing at least 80% of its net assets in companies with a total market capitalization of less than $500 million at the time of purchase.
Franklin Real Return Fund - The fund seeks to achieve total return that exceeds the rate of inflation over an economic cycle. The fund will generally invest a significant portion of its assets in inflation-protected securities. The manager also has the flexibility to invest in other sectors of the market as it seeks to achieve a high level of real return (total return less inflation), consistent with an acceptable level of risk.
Franklin Rising Dividends Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in companies that have paid consistently rising dividends.
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of small- and medium-sized companies, within the market capitalization ranges of the Russell 2500™ Index for small-sized companies and Russell Midcap® Index for medium-sized companies, at the time of purchase.
Franklin Strategic Income Fund - The fund seeks to provide a high level of current income. Its secondary goal is capital appreciation over the long term. The fund is a multi-sector income fund that invests primarily in U.S. and foreign debt securities.
Franklin U.S. Government Securities Fund - The fund’s investment goal is income. Since 1983, the fund has invested substantially in Government National Mortgage Association securities, or Ginnie Maes. These securities carry a guarantee backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government as to timely payment of principal and interest.
Mutual Beacon Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation with income as a secondary goal. Its strategy is focused on undervalued mid- and large-cap equity securities which may include foreign equities and, to a lesser extent, distressed securities and merger arbitrage.
Mutual European Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation, with income as a secondary goal, by investing at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of European companies. It focuses mainly on undervalued equity securities and, to a lesser extent, distressed securities and merger arbitrage opportunities.
Mutual Global Discovery Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation. Its strategy is focused on undervalued mid- and large-cap equity securities, which may include foreign securities and, to a lesser extent, distressed securities and merger arbitrage.
Templeton Developing Markets Trust - The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in securities of developing- or emerging-market issuers.
Templeton Frontier Markets Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in securities of companies located in frontier market countries.
Templeton Global Bond Fund - The fund seeks current income with capital appreciation and growth of income by investing predominantly in bonds issued by governments and governmental agencies located around the world, including inflation-indexed securities.
Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing at least 80% of its net assets in securities of smaller companies located anywhere in the world, including emerging markets.
Templeton Growth Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in the equity securities of companies located anywhere in the world, including emerging markets.

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Templeton World Fund - The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in the equity securities of companies located anywhere in the world, including emerging markets.
Franklin Resources, Inc. - Common stock of the Company.
Participants may make investment allocation changes daily via either telephone or internet access to their personal account through Schwab Retirement Plan Services Company.
Voting Rights for Shares of Company Stock
Each participant is entitled to exercise voting rights attributable to any shares of common stock of the Company allocated to his or her account and is notified by the Trustee prior to the time that such voting rights are exercisable for a voting event. The Independent Fiduciary acts as an investment manager and independent fiduciary concerning the Company’s common stock in the Plan. In accordance with the terms of that appointment, if the Trustee does not receive timely voting directions from participants, all such unvoted shares are voted by the Independent Fiduciary for and against the proposals in the same proportion as shares for which directions are received from participants, unless the Independent Fiduciary decides that the law requires that the Independent Fiduciary vote them differently.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Participants with a vested balance of at least $2,000 may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Participants are allowed to have two outstanding loans at any given time. Loan transactions are treated as transfers to (from) the investment funds from (to) the participant loans. Loan terms range from 1 to 5 years for general purpose loans, or up to 15 years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at the prime lending rate plus one percent. Interest rates range from 4.25% to 11.00% with maturity dates ranging from October 2013 to October 2028. Principal and interest are paid through semi-monthly payroll deductions.
Payment of Benefits
On termination of service for any reason, a participant is permitted to elect to receive the value of the vested interest in his or her account as, with limited exceptions, a lump-sum or partial distribution in cash or property or as a rollover to another eligible retirement plan. Participants may be entitled to receive pre-retirement distributions from their fully-vested accounts upon reaching age 59 1/2 or in the event they incur a hardship, as defined in the Plan. A participant who makes a hardship withdrawal is restricted from making salary deferral contributions to the Plan or from making any elective contributions under any other plan maintained by the Company for six months following the date of the withdrawal. A pre-retirement distribution is not in addition to their other benefits and will, therefore, reduce the value of benefits received at retirement. Benefits due to participants that had elected to withdraw from the Plan were $596,967 and nil as of September 30, 2013 and 2012.
2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan’s management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Management believes that the accounting estimates are appropriate and the resulting balances are reasonable; however, due to the inherent uncertainties in making estimates, actual amounts may differ from these estimates.

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Fair Value Measurements
The Plan uses a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. The three levels of fair value hierarchy are set forth below. The Plan’s assessment of the hierarchy level of the assets or liabilities measured at fair value is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of each fiscal year.
Level 1
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2
Observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices, such as non-binding quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable or corroborated by observable market data. Level 2 quoted prices are obtained from independent third-party brokers or dealers, including prices derived from model-based valuation techniques for which the significant assumptions are observable in the market or corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity. These inputs require significant management judgment and reflect the Plan’s estimation of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
Investments are reported at fair value. The following is a description of the fair value methodologies used.
Mutual funds are valued using the published net asset values of the funds which are quoted in an active market, and they are classified as Level 1.
The collective trust is valued using the net asset value of the trust as reported by the trust’s manager and is classified as Level 2. There are no restrictions on participant redemptions of the collective trust fund.
Franklin Resources, Inc. common stock is valued using the closing price reported on the New York Stock Exchange, and is classified as Level 1.
Income Recognition
Purchases and sales of investment securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments consists of the change in fair value of investment securities and net realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities during the fiscal year. Gains and losses on sales of investment securities are calculated based on the weighted-average cost. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in shares of mutual funds are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and recorded as a reduction of investment return for such investments.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Notes receivable from participants are carried at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when earned.
Payment of Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan utilizes various investment securities including the Company’s common stock and mutual funds. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the concentration of credit risk in the Company’s common stock, and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the values of these securities, changes in market values of these securities in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the financial statements.


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3.
Investments
The following table presents investments at fair value that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits.
as of September 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Franklin Resources, Inc. common stock
 
$
122,882,450

 
$
107,092,563

Mutual Global Discovery Fund
 
78,099,231

 
62,487,917

Franklin Growth Fund
 
71,987,708

 
62,575,020

Franklin Income Fund
 
66,051,950

 
58,752,403

Templeton Growth Fund
 
59,560,844

 
47,314,956

Templeton Developing Markets Trust
 
54,576,526

 
55,624,800

Franklin Money Fund
 
52,363,109

*
51,333,912

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*
Balance was less than 5% of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits.
Investments in shares of the Company's common stock represented 12% of total investments at September 30, 2013 and 2012. A significant decline in the market value of the Company’s common stock would have a material adverse effect on the Plan’s net assets available for benefits.
The Plan’s investments appreciated in value, including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year, as follows:
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013
 
Amount
Mutual funds
 
$
99,764,635

Franklin Resources, Inc. common stock
 
22,262,893

Collective trust
 
3,614,110

Net appreciation in fair value of investments
 
$
125,641,638

4.
Fair Value Measurements
The following tables present the balances of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis by hierarchy level.
as of September 30, 2013
 
Level 1  
 
Level 2  
 
Total  
Mutual funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market
 
$
52,363,438

 
$

 
$
52,363,438

Equity - global/international
 
311,644,258

 

 
311,644,258

Equity - United States
 
326,683,461

 

 
326,683,461

Hybrid
 
122,334,261

 

 
122,334,261

Fixed-income - global/international
 
37,357,606

 

 
37,357,606

Fixed-income - United States
 
42,211,889

 

 
42,211,889

Collective trust
 

 
24,851,595

 
24,851,595

Franklin Resources, Inc. common stock
 
122,882,450

 

 
122,882,450

Total assets measured at fair value
 
$
1,015,477,363

 
$
24,851,595

 
$
1,040,328,958


as of September 30, 2012
 
Level 1  
 
Level 2  
 
Total  
Mutual funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market
 
$
51,334,614

 
$

 
$
51,334,614

Equity - global/international
 
256,633,194

 

 
256,633,194

Equity - United States
 
257,348,248

 

 
257,348,248

Hybrid
 
101,923,986

 

 
101,923,986

Fixed-income - global/international
 
31,875,376

 

 
31,875,376

Fixed-income - United States
 
42,911,681

 

 
42,911,681

Collective trust
 

 
16,421,491

 
16,421,491

Franklin Resources, Inc. common stock
 
107,092,563

 

 
107,092,563

Total assets measured at fair value
 
$
849,119,662

 
$
16,421,491

 
$
865,541,153


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There were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy during fiscal year 2013.
5.
Federal Income Tax Status
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated September 23, 2013 that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.
6.
Management and Trustee’s Fees
The Company or the Plan, as provided in the Plan documents, pays all administrative and operating expenses of the Plan.
7.
Plan Termination
The Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts. Any unallocated assets of the Plan will be allocated to participant accounts and distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan documents.
8.
Party-in-Interest Transactions
The Plan’s investments are invested in the common stock of the Company, the Plan’s sponsor, and certain mutual funds, which are managed and provided with various services by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Therefore, these investments qualify as party-in-interest transactions. As investment manager, certain subsidiaries of the Company earn annual management fees ranging from 0.25% to 1.45% of the amounts invested in the mutual funds. Fees paid by the Plan for investment management services are included as a reduction of the return earned on each mutual fund.
9.
Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500
There were no reconciling items between the financial statements and the Form 5500 as of September 30, 2013 and 2012.



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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
Franklin Templeton 401(k) Retirement Plan
Schedule H, Line 4i Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
Employer Identification Number 13-2670991
Plan Number 003
September 30, 2013
 
(a) 
 
(b) Identity of issue, borrower, lessor or similar party
 
(c) Description of investment including
maturity date, rate of interest,
collateral, par, or maturity value
 
(d)
Cost 
 
(e)
Current value
 
 
Federated Capital Reserves
 
Money Market Mutual Fund
 
**
 
$
329

*
 
Franklin Money Fund
 
Money Market Mutual Fund
 
**
 
52,363,109

*
 
Franklin Balance Sheet Investment Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
5,193,778

*
 
Franklin Flex Cap Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
12,654,586

*
 
Franklin Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
71,987,708

*
 
Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
48,493,946

*
 
Franklin High Income Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
9,710,787

*
 
Franklin Income Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
66,051,950

*
 
Franklin International Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
3,680,804

*
 
Franklin Large Cap Value Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
4,912,387

*
 
Franklin MicroCap Value Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
19,657,002

*
 
Franklin Real Return Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
1,786,087

*
 
Franklin Rising Dividends Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
50,786,568

*
 
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
12,214,463

*
 
Franklin Small Cap Value Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
20,778,307

*
 
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
35,262,416

*
 
Franklin Strategic Income Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
4,178,195

*
 
Franklin Templeton Conservative Allocation Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
5,295,694

*
 
Franklin Templeton Growth Allocation Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
20,317,917

*
 
Franklin Templeton Moderate Allocation Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
30,668,700

*
 
Franklin Total Return Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
8,497,131

*
 
Franklin U.S. Government Securities Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
19,825,776

*
 
Mutual Beacon Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
44,742,300

*
 
Mutual European Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
38,501,323

*
 
Mutual Global Discovery Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
78,099,231

*
 
Templeton Developing Markets Trust
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
54,576,526

*
 
Templeton Frontier Markets Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
1,277,869

*
 
Templeton Global Bond Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
35,571,519

*
 
Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
23,454,211

*
 
Templeton Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
59,560,844

*
 
Templeton Institutional Funds - Foreign Equity Series
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
28,089,734

*
 
Templeton World Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
24,403,716

 
 
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
 
Collective Trust
 
**
 
24,851,595

*
 
Franklin Resources, Inc. common stock
 
Common Stock
 
**
 
122,882,450

*
 
Notes receivable from participants
 
Participant Loans - various rates ranging from 4.25% to 11.00% and various maturities ranging from October 2013 to October 2028
 
**
 
15,790,598

 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
$
1,056,119,556

 
________________
*
Represents a party-in-interest to the Plan.
**
Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments.


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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:
March 25, 2014
 
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON

 
 
 
401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Sharon Anderson
 
 
 
 
Sharon Anderson
 
 
 
Vice-President HR Benefits
 
 
 
Authorized Representative of the Plan


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No. 
 
Description 
23

 
Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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