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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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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,  CA 05-15-2019
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
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: 4,223
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 file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 028-13078 Edinburgh Partners Ltd
2 028-05930 FRANKLIN ADVISORY SERVICES LLC
3 028-03578 FRANKLIN ADVISERS INC
4 028-03877 FIDUCIARY TRUST CO INTERNATIONAL
5 028-06154 FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS LLC
7 028-17561 FIDUCIARY TRUST Co OF CANADA
8 028-11855 FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS ASIA LTD
9 028-11753 Franklin Templeton Investments Australia LTD
10 028-18545 Franklin Templeton Investimentos (Brasil) Ltda
11 028-06143 FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS CORP
12 028-12310 Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC
13 028-11761 FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD
14 028-19123 Franklin Templeton International Services S.a r.l
15 028-17200 K2/D&S MANAGEMENT CO LLC
16 028-11763 TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
17 028-05454 TEMPLETON GLOBAL ADVISORS LTD
18 028-01074 TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC