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Item 2.Properties.We conduct our worldwide operations using a combination of leased and owned facilities. While webelieve we have sufficient facilities to conduct our business at present, we will continue to lease, acquireand dispose of facilities throughout the world as necessary.We lease space in various states in the United States, including California, Connecticut, Delaware,Florida, New Jersey, New York, Utah and the District of Columbia, and in various non-U.S. locations,including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), France, Germany, India, Italy,Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom (including England andScotland), and Vietnam. As of September 30, 2009, we leased and occupied approximately 1,219,000square feet of space. We have also leased and subsequently subleased to third parties a total of 117,000square feet of excess leased space.In addition, we own four buildings in San Mateo, California, five buildings near Sacramento,California, two buildings in Stockton, California, five buildings in St. Petersburg, Florida, three buildings inHyderabad, India and two buildings in Nassau, The Bahamas, as well as space in office buildings inArgentina, India and Singapore. The buildings we own consist of approximately 1,982,000 square feet ofspace. We have leased to third parties approximately 280,000 square feet of excess owned space.We perform operations related to our investment management and related services in almost alllocations. We perform operations related to our banking and finance business segment principally in NewYork, New York; Salt Lake City, Utah; and San Mateo, California.Item 3.Legal Proceedings.The information set forth in response to this Item 3 of Regulation S-K under “Legal Proceedings” isincorporated by reference from the “Legal Proceedings” section in Note 15 – Commitments andContingencies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K,which is incorporated herein by reference.Item 4.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report, no matter was submitted to a vote ofthe security holders of Franklin.EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANTPursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the following description of our executive officersis included as an unnumbered item in Part I of this report in lieu of being included in our definitive proxystatement for our annual meeting of stockholders. Set forth below are the name, age, present title, andcertain other information for each of our executive officers as of November 15, 2009. Each executive officeris appointed by Franklin’s Board of Directors and holds his/her office until the earlier of his/her death,resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.VIJAY C. ADVANIAGE 48Executive Vice President–Global Distribution of Franklin since June 2008, and formerly Executive VicePresident–Global Advisor Services of Franklin from December 2005 to June 2008; officer and/or33