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Franklin Resources, Inc.401(k)

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · SAN MATEO, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.02%

Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Franklin Resources, Inc. reported $625,970 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $14,993 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.024% to 0.020%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 38th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 58th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,755 to 4,525 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,600,302,880
Participants with balances6,493
Active participants4,525
Employer contributions$67,842,468
Employee contributions$91,698,278
Employer contribution per active participant$14,993
Average account balance$554,490
Benefits paid to participants$220,861,918
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$3.6B · 6,493 accts · $67.8M emplr
2024$2.8B · 6,627 accts · $68.0M emplr
2023$2.2B · 5,829 accts · $56.8M emplr
2022$1.9B · 6,002 accts · $55.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$286,572
Investment management$339,398
Total administrative$625,970
The Franklin Resources, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$14,993
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$14,993 per active participant
2024$15,503 per active participant
2023$12,276 per active participant
2022$14,705 per active participant

Franklin Resources, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $5,084 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$286,572
CALLAN LLC$233,168
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS, LLC$112,500
MMA$18,900

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Bank of America / Merrill
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history4
2025$625,970 · 0.02%
2024$634,681 · 0.03%
2023$649,458 · 0.03%
2022$509,618 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 132670991 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.