EX-23 7 exhibit23.txt EXHIBIT 23 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated December 13, 2004, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Franklin Resources, Inc. and subsidiaries, which appears in this Form 10-K, in the following Registration Statements, as amended: Form S-3 filed April 14, 1994 for issuance of debt securities, Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 filed May 18, 1994 Form S-3 filed September 30, 1994 for the registration of shares of common stock, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 filed October 28, 1994 Form S-3 filed September 16, 1996 for the issuance of medium term notes, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 filed October 4, 1996 Form S-3 filed December 7, 2000 for the issuance of common stock, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 filed January 30, 2001 Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 filed February 12, 2001 Amendment No. 3 to Form S-3 filed February 15, 2001 Form S-3 filed August 6, 2001 for the issuance of zero-coupon convertible senior note offering, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 filed November 1, 2001 Form S-4 filed December 26, 2001, for the issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of Fiduciary Trust Company International. Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 filed January 26, 2001 Form S-8 filed April 29, 1994 for the United Kingdom Stock Option Plan #1 Form S-8 filed September 13, 1995 for the Universal Stock Plan Form S-8 filed March 18, 1998 for the 1998 Employee Investment Plan Form S-8 filed December 31, 1998 for the 1998 Employee Incentive Plan Form S-8 filed July 21, 1999 for the 1998 Universal Employee Incentive Plan Form S-8 filed October 22, 1999 for the 1998 Universal Employee Incentive Plan Form S-8 filed March 27, 2001 for the Amended and Restated 1998 Universal Employee Incentive Plan Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 filed March 27, 2001 for the 1998 Universal Employee Incentive Plan Form S-8 filed October 29, 2002 for the 1998 Employee Stock Incentive Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K filed on October 29, 2002 for the 1998 Employee Stock Incentive Plan Form S-8 filed March 17, 2003 for the 2002 Universal Stock Incentive Plan Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 filed March 17, 2003 for the 2002 Universal Stock Incentive Plan Form S-3MEF filed April 3, 2003 for the additional issuance of medium term notes on prior S-3 filed September 16, 1996 Annual Report on Form 11-K filed on October 24, 2003 for the 1998 Employee Stock Incentive Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K filed on October 27, 2004 for the 1998 Employee Stock Incentive Plan /s/ PricewaterhhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP San Francisco, California December 13, 2004