0001225208-16-043004.txt : 20161212
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-16-043004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161209
FILED AS OF DATE: 20161212
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161212
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000833040
IRS NUMBER: 943077602
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0831
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
CITY: SAN MATEO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94403-1906
BUSINESS PHONE: 650-312-2000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
CITY: SAN MATEO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94403-1906
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Thompson Larry D.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001267205
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-05569
FILM NUMBER: 162047276
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: PEPSICO, INC.
STREET 2: 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD
CITY: PURCHASE
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10577
FORMER NAME:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THOMPSON LARRY D
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031016
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poa.txt
Lori A. Weber, Attorney-In-Fact
2016-12-12
EX-24
2
poa.txt
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Alison E. Baur, Kimberly H. Novotny, Robert C. Rosselot, Karen
L. Skidmore, Navid J. Tofigh and Lori A. Weber each acting individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:
1. prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of any
registered closed-end company for which an affiliate of Franklin Resources, Inc.
is an investment adviser thereto (each a "Reporting Entity"), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and
the Reporting Entity, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");
2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Reporting Entity's securities from
any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release
of information; and
3. perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
1. this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
2. any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
3. neither the Reporting Entity nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and
4. this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 5th day of December, 2013.
/s/Larry D. Thompson
Signature
Larry D. Thompson
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