LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
				FOR
		    SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Craig S. Tyle, Aliya S. Gordon, Virginia
Rosas and Melissa A. Warren, each acting individually, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
Franklin Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Reporting Entity"),
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national
securities exchanges and the Reporting Entity, as considered necessary or
advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to
time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Reporting Entity's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,
each such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Reporting Entity nor either of such attorneys-in-fact
assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys
-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-
fact, of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of January, 2021.



					/s/ Alexander S. Friedman
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					Signature

					Alexander S. Friedman
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