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Notice Of A Change In The Percentage Level Of A Substantial Shareholder's Interest

BackJan 09, 2009
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 08/01/2009
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder Franklin Resources, Inc. ("FRI")
3. Notice Type Notice of a Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder's Interest or Cessation of Interest.
Part II - Not Required
Part III
1. Date of change of Interest 07/01/2009
2. The change in the percentage level From 6.76 % To 5.85 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest # Others

Disposal of shares.
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions: The change in the percentage level is the result of a series of transactions that occurred between 31 December 2008 and 07 January 2009.
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 0 18,552,996
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 6.76 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 16,043,363
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 5.85 %
Footnotes The percentage of issued share capital is based on the total number of shares of 274,253,577.