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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-23-006352
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230601
FILED AS OF DATE: 20230601
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230601
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Becker Ted P
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001369131
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08394
FILM NUMBER: 23983092
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 399 PARK AVENUE
STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000919893
IRS NUMBER: 650473580
STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 300 S.E. 2ND STREET
CITY: FORT LAUDERDALE
STATE: FL
ZIP: 33301-1923
BUSINESS PHONE: 9545277500
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 300 S.E. 2ND STREET
CITY: FORT LAUDERDALE
STATE: FL
ZIP: 33301-1923
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0000919893
TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND INC
TDF
0001369131
Becker Ted P
C/O FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
300 S.E. 2ND STREET
FORT LAUDERDALE
FL
33301
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Chief Compliance Officer
poa.txt
George P. Hoyt, Attorney-In-Fact
2023-06-01
EX-24
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poa.txt
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 13 AND 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Alison E. Baur, Patrick DeLoia, George P. Hoyt, Thomas C.
Mandia, Kimberly H. Novotny, Virginia E. Rosas and Navid J. Tofigh 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, Schedules 13D and
13G, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto and any related
documentation) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchanges relating to Franklin Resources, Inc. ("FRI")
and/or any registered closed-end company to which an affiliate of FRI is an
investment adviser (each, a "Reporting Entity"), as considered necessary or
advisable under Regulation S-T and Sections 13(d) and 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"); and
2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the securities of any Reporting Entity
from any person, 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 any 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. none of FRI, any 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, and indemnifies each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact against any loss of any nature whatsoever arising in
connection therewith.
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 2nd day of May, 2023.
/s/Ted P. Becker
Signature
Ted P. Becker
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