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Franklin Universal Trust filings document closed-end fund governance and shareholder voting matters. The fund’s proxy materials include annual meeting notices, definitive proxy statements, proxy card procedures, and proposals such as trustee elections. These filings describe how shareholders vote on fund governance items and provide formal records for the fund’s board oversight and beneficial-interest share structure.
Franklin Universal Trust is holding its 2026 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on March 9, 2026, to vote on electing three Class II Trustees: Harris J. Ashton, Edith E. Holiday and Rupert H. Johnson, Jr., for terms running to the 2029 meeting. The Board unanimously recommends voting FOR all three nominees, and shareholders of record as of December 29, 2025, are entitled to vote.
Investors can vote by mail, telephone or Internet, or in person with proper proof of ownership. The proxy statement describes the Board’s structure, trustee backgrounds, investment requirements for trustees, and detailed compensation, including Audit Committee service. It also discloses that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP audits the Fund, with audit fees of $96,837 and tax fees of $11,000 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025. As of December 29, 2025, the Fund had 25,131,894 shares outstanding, listed on the NYSE under the symbol FT.