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  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
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FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
03-31-2019
 
Check here if Amendment: X  Amendment Number:
1
 
This Amendment (Check only one.): X  is a restatement.
       adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 
Address: Franklin Resources Inc 
  One Franklin Parkway 
  San Mateo  CA  94403 

Form 13F File Number:   028-00734 


The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name: Virginia E. Rosas 
Title: Assistant Secretary 
Phone: 800-632-2350 

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/VIRGINIA E. ROSAS  San Mateo,  CALIFORNIA 05-15-2019 
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]

Do you wish to provide information pursuant to Special Instruction 5?    X  Yes            No

Additional Information

Effective as of February 1, 2019, Franklin Resources, Inc. ("FRI") acquired Benefit Street Partners L.LC. ("BSP"). BSP files its own 13F Holdings Report reporting the Form 13F securities with respect to which it is an institutional investment manager. As required by the instructions to Form 13F, that report now lists, and will continue to list, FRI as an Other Included Manager.

Report Type (Check only one.):

      13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

      13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

X  13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]

Form 13F File Number Name
028-18146  Benefit Street Partners LLC 

Form 13F Summary Page

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers: 17 
Form 13F Information table Entry Total: 4223 
Form 13F Information table Value Total: 186,706,181 
  (thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F number(s) of all institutional investement managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.

   No. Form 13F File Number Name CIK
1  028-13078  Edinburgh Partners Ltd  0001313926 
2  028-05930  FRANKLIN ADVISORY SERVICES LLC  0001027814 
3  028-03578  FRANKLIN ADVISERS INC  0000898420 
4  028-03877  FIDUCIARY TRUST CO INTERNATIONAL  0000941407 
5  028-06154  FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS LLC  0001023875 
7  028-17561  FIDUCIARY TRUST Co OF CANADA  0001689636 
8  028-11855  FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS ASIA LTD  0001200139 
9  028-11753  Franklin Templeton Investments Australia LTD  0001349203 
10  028-18545  Franklin Templeton Investimentos (Brasil) Ltda  0001717978 
11  028-06143  FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS CORP  0001132702 
12  028-12310  Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC  0001368427 
13  028-11761  FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD  0001200138 
14  028-19123  Franklin Templeton International Services S.a r.l  0001766900 
15  028-17200  K2/D&S MANAGEMENT CO LLC  0001303095 
16  028-11763  TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD  0001039348 
17  028-05454  TEMPLETON GLOBAL ADVISORS LTD  0001014885 
18  028-01074  TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC  0000315282 
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