On February 6, 2024, the Board of Directors of Franklin Resources, Inc. removed Ms. Gwen L. Shaneyfelt as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company pursuant to various organizational changes. As of such date, Ms. Shaneyfelt will no longer serve as principal accounting officer of the Company but will remain with the Company serving as an executive vice president. On February 6, 2024, the Board appointed Ms. Lindsey H. Oshita, currently Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Americas for the Company, as Chief Accounting Officer and the principal accounting officer of the Company.

Ms. Oshita, age 41, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Americas for the Company since September 2019. She previously served as Director of Global Accounting Policy for the Company from October 2014 to September 2019. She has served as a corporate officer of certain subsidiaries of the Company since September 2019.

She joined the Company in December 2009.