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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-05569   

 

Franklin Universal Trust                                                     

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906                               

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Craig S. Tyle, One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906                

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 312-2000           

 

Date of fiscal year end:      8/31       

 

Date of reporting period:   6/30/10      

 

Item 1. Proxy Voting Records.

 

ALLIANT ENERGY CORP.                                                           

 

Ticker:       LNT            Security ID:  018802108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 18, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Michael L. Bennett       For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Darryl B. Hazel          For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director David A. Perdue          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Judith D. Pyle           For       For          Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.                                          

 

Ticker:       AEP            Security ID:  025537101                           

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director E. R. Brooks             For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Donald M. Carlton        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director James F. Cordes          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Ralph D. Crosby, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed       For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Thomas E. Hoaglin        For       For          Management


1.7   Elect Director Lester A. Hudson, Jr.    For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Michael G. Morris        For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Lionel L. Nowell III     For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Richard L. Sandor        For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Kathryn D. Sullivan      For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker     For       For          Management

1.13  Elect Director John F. Turner           For       For          Management

2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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ATMOS ENERGY CORP.                                                             

 

Ticker:       ATO            Security ID:  049560105                           

Meeting Date: FEB 3, 2010    Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  DEC 10, 2009                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert W. Best           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Kim R. Cocklin           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert C. Grable         For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Phillip E. Nichol        For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Charles K. Vaughan       For       For          Management

2     Declassify the Board of Directors       For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.                                                       

 

Ticker:       CNP            Security ID:  15189T107                           

Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 22, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director Donald R. Campbell       For       For          Management

2     Elect Director Milton Carroll           For       For          Management

3     Elect Director Derrill Cody             For       For          Management

4     Elect Director Michael P. Johnson       For       For          Management

5     Elect Director David M. McClanahan      For       For          Management

6     Elect Director Robert T. O Connell      For       For          Management

7     Elect Director Susan O. Rheney          For       For          Management

8     Elect Director R.A. Walker              For       For          Management

9     Elect Director Peter S. Wareing         For       For          Management

10    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       ED             Security ID:  209115104                            

Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 30, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director Kevin Burke              For       For          Management

2     Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco       For       For          Management

3     Elect Director George Campbell, Jr.     For       Against      Management


4     Elect Director Gordon J. Davis          For       For          Management

5     Elect Director Michael J. Del Giudice   For       For          Management

6     Elect Director Ellen V. Futter          For       Against      Management

7     Elect Director John F. Hennessy, III    For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Sally Hernandez          For       For          Management

9     Elect Director John F. Killian          For       For          Management

10    Elect Director Eugene R. McGrath        For       For          Management

11    Elect Director Michael W. Ranger        For       For          Management

12    Elect Director L. Frederick Sutherland  For       For          Management

13    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

14    Increase Disclosure of Executive        Against   Against      Shareholder

      Compensation                                                             

 

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.                                                       

 

Ticker:       D              Security ID:  25746U109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 12, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William P. Barr          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Peter W. Brown           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr.  For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell II     For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director John W. Harris           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr.    For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Mark J. Kington          For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna      For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Frank S. Royal           For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr.   For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director David A. Wollard         For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

5     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

6     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

7     Amend Quorum Requirements               For       For          Management

8     Adopt Renewable Energy Production Goal  Against   Against      Shareholder

9     Stop Construction of Nuclear Reactor at Against   Against      Shareholder

      North Anna Facility                                                      

10    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against   For          Shareholder

      Officers' Compensation                                                   

 

 

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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION                                                        

 

Ticker:       DUK            Security ID:  26441C105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 11, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William Barnet, III      For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director G. Alex Bernhardt, Sr.   For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Michael G. Browning      For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco        For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director John H. Forsgren         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Ann Maynard Gray         For       For          Management


1.7   Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr.      For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director E. James Reinsch         For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director James T. Rhodes          For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director James E. Rogers          For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Philip R. Sharp          For       For          Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

4     Report on Global Warming Lobbying       Against   Against      Shareholder

      Activities                                                                

5     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder

      Election of Directors                                                    

6     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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EDISON INTERNATIONAL                                                           

 

Ticker:       EIX            Security ID:  281020107                           

Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 2, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jagjeet S. Bindra        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Vanessa C.L. Chang       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director France A. Cordova        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr.  For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Charles B. Curtis        For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Bradford M. Freeman      For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Luis G. Nogales          For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Ronald L. Olson          For       Withhold     Management

1.9   Elect Director James M. Rosser          For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Richard T. Schlosberg,   For       For          Management

      III                                                                      

1.11  Elect Director Thomas C. Sutton         For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Brett White              For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management

      Officers' Compensation                                                    

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against   Against      Shareholder

      Officers' Compensation                                                   

 

 

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ENTERGY CORPORATION                                                            

 

Ticker:       ETR            Security ID:  29364G103                           

Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010    Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 9, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director Maureen Scannell Bateman For       For          Management

2     Elect Director W. Frank Blount          For       For          Management

3     Elect Director Gary W. Edwards          For       For          Management

4     Elect Director Alexis M. Herman         For       For          Management

5     Elect Director Donald C. Hintz          For       For          Management

6     Elect Director J. Wayne Leonard         For       For          Management

7     Elect Director Stuart L. Levenick       For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Stewart C. Myers         For       For          Management

9     Elect Director James R. Nichols         For       For          Management

10    Elect Director William A. Percy, II     For       For          Management


11    Elect Director W.J. Tauzin              For       For          Management

12    Elect Director Steven V. Wilkinson      For       For          Management

13    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

14    Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management

 

 

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EXELON CORPORATION                                                             

 

Ticker:       EXC            Security ID:  30161N101                           

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director John A. Canning, Jr.     For       For          Management

2     Elect Director M. Walter D'Alessio      For       For          Management

3     Elect Director Nicholas DeBenedictis    For       For          Management

4     Elect Director Bruce DeMars             For       For          Management

5     Elect Director Nelson A. Diaz           For       Against      Management

6     Elect Director Sue L. Gin               For       For          Management

7     Elect Director Rosemarie B. Greco       For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Paul L. Joskow           For       For          Management

9     Elect Director Richard W. Mies          For       For          Management

10    Elect Director John M. Palms            For       For          Management

11    Elect Director William C. Richardson    For       For          Management

12    Elect Director Thomas J. Ridge          For       For          Management

13    Elect Director John W. Rogers, Jr.      For       For          Management

14    Elect Director John W. Rowe             For       For          Management

15    Elect Director Stephen D. Steinour      For       For          Management

16    Elect Director Don Thompson             For       For          Management

17    Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       Against      Management

18    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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FIRSTENERGY CORP.                                                              

 

Ticker:       FE             Security ID:  337932107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 22, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Paul T. Addison          For       Withhold     Management

1.2   Elect Director Anthony J. Alexander     For       Withhold     Management

1.3   Elect Director Michael J. Anderson      For       Withhold     Management

1.4   Elect Director Carol A. Cartwright      For       Withhold     Management

1.5   Elect Director William T. Cottle        For       Withhold     Management

1.6   Elect Director Robert B. Heisler, Jr.   For       Withhold     Management

1.7   Elect Director Ernest J. Novak, Jr.     For       Withhold     Management

1.8   Elect Director Catherine A. Rein        For       Withhold     Management

1.9   Elect Director George M. Smart          For       Withhold     Management

1.10  Elect Director Wes M. Taylor            For       Withhold     Management

1.11  Elect Director Jesse T. Williams, Sr.   For       Withhold     Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Amend Bylaws-- Call Special Meetings    Against   For          Shareholder

4     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   Against      Shareholder

5     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

6     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder

      Election of Directors                                                     

 


 

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FPL GROUP, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       FPL            Security ID:  302571104                            

Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 22, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Robert M. Beall, II      For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director J. Hyatt Brown           For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director James L. Camaren         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director J. Brian Ferguson        For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Lewis Hay, III           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Toni Jennings            For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.  For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Rudy E. Schupp           For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director William H. Swanson       For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Michael H. Thaman        For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Hansel E. Tookes, II     For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Change Company Name                     For       For          Management

 

 

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GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED                                                

 

Ticker:       GXP            Security ID:  391164100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 23, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director David L. Bodde           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Chesser       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director William H. Downey        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Randall C. Ferguson, Jr. For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Gary D. Forsee           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director James A. Mitchell        For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director William C. Nelson        For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director John J. Sherman          For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Linda H. Talbott         For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Robert H. West           For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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NV ENERGY, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       NVE            Security ID:  67073Y106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010    Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 8, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Brian J. Kennedy         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director John F. O'Reilly         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Michael W. Yackira       For       For          Management

2     Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For       For          Management

      Plan                                                                     


3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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PG&E CORPORATION                                                               

 

Ticker:       PCG            Security ID:  69331C108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 15, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director David R. Andrews         For       For          Management

2     Elect Director Lewis Chew               For       For          Management

3     Elect Director C. Lee Cox               For       For          Management

4     Elect Director Peter A. Darbee          For       For          Management

5     Elect Director Maryellen C. Herringer   For       Against      Management

6     Elect Director Roger H. Kimmel          For       For          Management

7     Elect Director Richard A. Meserve       For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Forrest E. Miller        For       For          Management

9     Elect Director Rosendo G. Parra         For       For          Management

10    Elect Director Barbara L. Rambo         For       For          Management

11    Elect Director Barry Lawson Williams    For       For          Management

12    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

13    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management

      Officers' Compensation                                                   

14    Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

15    Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder

16    Limits for Directors Involved with      Against   Against      Shareholder

      Bankruptcy                                                               

17    Report on Political Contributions       Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION                                              

 

Ticker:       PNW            Security ID:  723484101                           

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 22, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Edward N. Basha, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Donald E. Brandt         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Susan Clark-Johnson      For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Denis A. Cortese         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Michael L. Gallagher     For       Withhold     Management

1.6   Elect Director Pamela Grant             For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Roy A. Herberger, Jr.    For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Humberto S. Lopez        For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Kathryn L. Munro         For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Bruce J. Nordstrom       For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director W. Douglas Parker        For       For          Management

2     Provide Right to Call Special Meeting   For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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PPL CORPORATION                                                                

 


Ticker:       PPL            Security ID:  69351T106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 26, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Stuart E. Graham         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Stuart Heydt             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Craig A. Rogerson        For       For          Management

2     Declassify the Board of Directors       For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

4     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call   Against   For          Shareholder

      Special Meetings                                                          

5     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder

      Election of Directors                                                    

 

 

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PROGRESS ENERGY, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       PGN            Security ID:  743263105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 5, 2010                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director John D. Baker, II        For       Against      Management

2     Elect Director James E. Bostic, Jr.     For       For          Management

3     Elect Director Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.   For       For          Management

4     Elect Director James B. Hyler, Jr.      For       For          Management

5     Elect Director William D. Johnson       For       For          Management

6     Elect Director Robert W. Jones          For       For          Management

7     Elect Director W. Steven Jones          For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Melquiades R. Martinez   For       For          Management

9     Elect Director E. Marie McKee           For       For          Management

10    Elect Director John H. Mullin, III      For       For          Management

11    Elect Director Charles W. Pryor, Jr.    For       For          Management

12    Elect Director Carlos A. Saladrigas     For       For          Management

13    Elect Director Theresa M. Stone         For       For          Management

14    Elect Director Alfred C. Tollison, Jr.  For       For          Management

15    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

16    Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED                                   

 

Ticker:       PEG            Security ID:  744573106                           

Meeting Date: APR 20, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 19, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director Albert R. Gamper, Jr.    For       For          Management

2     Elect Director Conrad K. Harper         For       For          Management

3     Elect Director William V. Hickey        For       For          Management

4     Elect Director Ralph Izzo               For       For          Management

5     Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson      For       For          Management

6     Elect Director David Lilley             For       For          Management

7     Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi          For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Hak Cheol Shin           For       For          Management

9     Elect Director Richard J. Swift         For       For          Management

10    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


 

 

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SEMPRA ENERGY                                                                  

 

Ticker:       SRE            Security ID:  816851109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 15, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director James G. Brocksmith Jr.  For       For          Management

2     Elect Director Donald E. Felsinger      For       For          Management

3     Elect Director Wilford D. Godbold Jr.   For       For          Management

4     Elect Director William D. Jones         For       For          Management

5     Elect Director William G. Ouchi         For       For          Management

6     Elect Director Carlos Ruiz              For       For          Management

7     Elect Director William C. Rusnack       For       For          Management

8     Elect Director William P. Rutledge      For       For          Management

9     Elect Director Lynn Schenk              For       For          Management

10    Elect Director Neal E. Schmale          For       For          Management

11    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

12    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against   For          Shareholder

      Officers' Compensation                                                   

 

 

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SOUTHERN COMPANY, THE                                                          

 

Ticker:       SO             Security ID:  842587107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 30, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director J. P. Baranco            For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director J. A. Boscia             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director H. A. Clark III          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director H. W. Habermeyer, Jr.    For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director V. M. Hagen              For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director W. A. Hood, Jr.          For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director D. M. James              For       Withhold     Management

1.8   Elect Director J. N. Purcell            For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director D. M. Ratcliffe          For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director W. G. Smith, Jr.         For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director L. D. Thompson           For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested   For       For          Management

      Election of Directors                                                     

4     Eliminate Cumulative Voting             For       For          Management

5     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management

6     Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for        Against   Against      Shareholder

      Products and Operations                                                  

7     Report on Coal Combustion Waste Hazard  Against   Against      Shareholder

      and Risk Mitigation Efforts                                               

 

 

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SPECTRA ENERGY CORP                                                            

 

Ticker:       SE             Security ID:  847560109                           


Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 26, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William T. Esrey         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Gregory L. Ebel          For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Pamela L. Carter         For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Peter B. Hamilton        For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Dennis R. Hendrix        For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Michael E.J. Phelps      For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder

      Election of Directors                                                    

 

 

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WESTAR ENERGY, INC.                                                            

 

Ticker:       WR             Security ID:  95709T100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 22, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director B. Anthony Isaac         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Michael F. Morrissey     For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION                                                   

 

Ticker:       WEC            Security ID:  976657106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 25, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John F. Bergstrom        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Barbara L. Bowles        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Patricia W. Chadwick     For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Robert A. Cornog         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Curt S. Culver           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Thomas J. Fischer        For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Gale E. Klappa           For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Ulice Payne, Jr.         For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Frederick P. Stratton,   For       For          Management

      Jr.                                                                      

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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XCEL ENERGY INC.                                                               

 

Ticker:       XEL            Security ID:  98389B100                            

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 23, 2010                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect DirectorFredric W. Corrigan       For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Richard K. Davis         For       For          Management


1.3   Elect Director Benjamin G.S. Fowke, III For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Richard C. Kelly         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Albert F. Moreno         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Christopher J.           For       For          Management

      Policinski                                                                

1.7   Elect Director A. Patricia Sampson      For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director David A. Westerlund      For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Kim Williams             For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Timothy V. Wolf          For       For          Management

2     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

5     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against   For          Shareholder

      Officers' Compensation                                                    

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Franklin Universal Trust                                        

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ LAURA F. FERGERSON                             

Laura F. Fergerson,

Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration

 

Date  August 27, 2010  

 

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.