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PART IIItem 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and IssuerPurchases of Equity Securities.Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “BEN”. On September 30, 2009,the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE was $100.60 per share. At October 31, 2009, therewere approximately 5,065 stockholders of record of our common stock.The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for our common stock on the NYSE foreach full quarterly period of the two most recently completed fiscal years of Franklin.2009 Fiscal Year 2008 Fiscal YearQuarter High Low High LowOctober-December ............................ $ 95.49 $45.52 $143.08 $108.46January-March ............................... $ 70.82 $37.19 $114.49 $ 86.06April-June ................................... $ 77.62 $52.93 $108.00 $ 91.21July-September ............................... $104.00 $65.48 $113.70 $ 81.39We declared regular cash dividends of $0.84 per share (or $0.21 per share per quarter) in fiscal year2009 and $0.80 per share (or $0.20 per share per quarter) in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Wecurrently expect to continue paying comparable cash dividends on a quarterly basis to holders of ourcommon stock depending upon earnings and other relevant factors.The equity compensation plan information called for by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K is set forth inItem 12 of Part III of this Form 10-K under the heading “Equity Compensation Plan Information.”The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock we purchasedduring the three months ended September 30, 2009.PeriodTotal Number ofShares PurchasedAverage PricePaid per ShareTotal Number ofShares PurchasedAs Part of PubliclyAnnounced Plansor ProgramsMaximumNumber of Sharesthat May Yet BePurchasedUnder the Plansor ProgramsJuly 1, 2009 through July 31, 2009 .... 77,066 $71.40 77,066 11,207,169August 1, 2009 through August 31,2009 .......................... 926,158 $92.51 926,158 10,281,011September 1, 2009 throughSeptember 30, 2009 .............. 695,484 $96.40 695,484 9,585,527Total ........................ 1,698,708 1,698,708Under our stock repurchase program, we can repurchase shares of Franklin’s common stock from timeto time in the open market and in private transactions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations,including without limitation applicable federal securities laws. From time to time we have announced theexistence of the Company’s continuing policy of repurchasing shares of its common stock, including recentannouncements made in June 2007, January 2008 and March 2009. From fiscal year 2002 through 2009,our Board of Directors had authorized and approved the repurchase of up to 70.0 million shares of ourcommon stock under our stock repurchase program of which approximately 9.6 million shares of ourcommon stock remained available for repurchase at September 30, 2009. Our stock repurchase program isnot subject to an expiration date. There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the periodcovered by this report.36