Franklin Templeton BEN Insider Ownership

NYSE BEN

$32.85 +0.04 (+0.12%)

As of: Oct 5, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Insider Holdings by Owner

99.15Mn Shares

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

21.39%

▲+0.122% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

110.19Mn

filed for Sep 2026

▲+0.57% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

515.20Mn

515,200,000 shares

Direct Holdings

98.89Mn

Indirect: 11.30Mn

Net Shares Traded (QoQ)

+629.58K

net buying in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 5, 2026

Over the past 12 months, Franklin Templeton insiders bought $2.13 million of stock on the open market (100K shares) and made no open-market sales.

Among Franklin Templeton's insiders, the largest open-market purchases in the past 12 months were by Charles B. Johnson (10% owner), totaling $2.13 million (100K shares), most recently on November 20, 2025.
Apart from open-market trades, BEN insiders received 1.45Mn shares in stock awards, gave up 399.4K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices and gave away 35.53K shares as gifts in the past 12 months.
Business Quant data puts insider holdings in BEN at 110.19Mn shares across insiders' latest Form 4 filings, up 0.57% from 109.56Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026 and up 1.59% from 108.46Mn shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Franklin Templeton insiders hold 98.89Mn shares directly (89.75% of their total) and 11.3Mn shares (10.25%) indirectly, through entities such as trusts and partnerships.
Business Quant counts 14 insiders with holdings in Franklin Templeton stock, among the officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
BEN's three largest insider shareholders, per their latest Form 4 filings, are Charles B. Johnson (10% owner, 94.19Mn shares), Jennifer M. Johnson (Chief Executive Officer, 7.36Mn shares) and Gregory E. Johnson (Executive Chairman, 5.93Mn shares).
The holding of Charles B. Johnson makes up 85.48% of all shares held by Franklin Templeton insiders.
Institutional investors held 53.57% of Franklin Templeton stock at the end of Q2 2026, while the latest Form 4 filings of its insiders account for about 21.39%; other investors, including the public, hold roughly 25.04%.
Over the past 12 months, 16 insiders reported transactions in Franklin Templeton stock in 48 Form 4 filings.
These insider figures for Franklin Templeton are based on Form 4 filings through September 2, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding BEN

Insiders 16

Shares held 99.15Mn

Of outstanding 19.24%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	Charles B Johnson	Chairman Of The Board	90,108,421	0	90,108,421	90.9%	29 Dec, 2025
2	Jennifer M Johnson	Chief Executive Officer	3,437,981	0	3,437,981	3.5%	02 Sep, 2026
3	Gregory E Johnson	Executive Chairman	2,676,986	0	2,676,986	2.7%	02 Sep, 2026
4	Matthew Nicholls	Co President, Cfo Coo	717,264	0	717,264	0.7%	02 Sep, 2026
5	Daniel Gamba	Co President, Chief Commercial	608,584	0	608,584	0.6%	02 Sep, 2026
6	Adam Benjamin Spector	Evp, Head Global Distribution	593,282	0	593,282	0.6%	03 Sep, 2025
7	Terrence Murphy	Co President, Public Markets	390,884	0	390,884	0.4%	02 Sep, 2026
8	Jed A. Plafker	Executive Vice President	117,648	0	117,648	0.1%	02 Sep, 2022
9	Gwen L Shaneyfelt	Chief Accounting Officer	99,732	0	99,732	0.1%	05 Dec, 2023
10	Alok Sethi	Evp, Head Of Global Operations	90,510	0	90,510	0.1%	03 Sep, 2025
11	Thomas C Merchant	Evp, General Counsel	82,805	0	82,805	0.1%	02 Sep, 2026
12	Geoffrey Y Yang	Director	74,064	0	74,064	0.1%	04 Feb, 2026
13	Anthony Noto	Director	47,152	0	47,152	0.0%	04 Feb, 2026
14	John W Thiel	Director	40,792	0	40,792	0.0%	04 Feb, 2026
15	Mariann H Byerwalter	Director	0	34,781	34,781	0.0%	04 Feb, 2026
16	Lindsey Harumi Oshita	Chief Accounting Officer	26,129	0	26,129	0.0%	02 Sep, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

2,358 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
31 Aug, 2026	Matthew Nicholls	Co President, Cfo Coo	Disposed F	61,533	$34.15	$2.10Mn	717,264	Direct
31 Aug, 2026	Terrence Murphy	Co President, Public Markets	Disposed F	25,125	$34.15	$858.02K	390,884	Direct
31 Aug, 2026	Thomas C Merchant	Evp, General Counsel	Disposed F	9,807	$34.15	$334.91K	82,805	Direct
31 Aug, 2026	Daniel Gamba	Co President, Chief Commercial	Disposed F	64,136	$34.15	$2.19Mn	608,584	Direct
31 Aug, 2026	Gregory E Johnson	Executive Chairman	Disposed F	10,568	$34.15	$360.90K	2,676,986	Direct
31 Aug, 2026	Lindsey Harumi Oshita	Chief Accounting Officer	Disposed F	2,598	$34.15	$88.72K	26,129	Direct
31 Aug, 2026	Jennifer M Johnson	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed F	116,053	$34.15	$3.96Mn	3,437,981	Direct
21 Jul, 2026	Matthew Nicholls	Co President, Cfo Coo	Acquired A	229,850	$32.63	$7.50Mn	778,797	Direct
21 Jul, 2026	Daniel Gamba	Co President, Chief Commercial	Acquired A	229,850	$32.63	$7.50Mn	672,720	Direct
21 Jul, 2026	Terrence Murphy	Co President, Public Markets	Acquired A	229,850	$32.63	$7.50Mn	416,009	Direct
21 Jul, 2026	Jennifer M Johnson	Chief Executive Officer	Acquired A	229,850	$32.63	$7.50Mn	3,554,034	Direct
01 Jul, 2026	John Y Kim	Director	Acquired A	984	$34.06	$33.50K	78,893	Direct
01 Jul, 2026	Karen Matsushima King	Director	Acquired A	1,006	$34.06	$34.25K	72,435	Direct
02 May, 2026	Karen Matsushima King	Director	Acquired A	84	$29.84	$2.50K	71,429	Direct
01 Apr, 2026	Karen Matsushima King	Director	Acquired A	1,452	$23.59	$34.25K	70,432	Direct
01 Apr, 2026	John Y Kim	Director	Acquired A	1,420	$23.59	$33.50K	76,909	Direct
03 Feb, 2026	Alexander S Friedman	Director	Acquired A	7,593	$27.00	$205.00K	46,009	Direct
03 Feb, 2026	John Y Kim	Director	Acquired A	7,593	$27.00	$205.00K	75,489	Direct
03 Feb, 2026	Geoffrey Y Yang	Director	Acquired A	7,593	$27.00	$205.01K	74,064	Direct
03 Feb, 2026	Seth H. Waugh	Director	Acquired A	7,593	$27.00	$205.00K	46,009	Direct

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