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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST
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		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
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		STREET 1:		ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94403-1906
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-312-2000

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          <relyOnRuleType>Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1)</relyOnRuleType>
          <relyOnRuleType>Rule 23c-1 (17 CFR 270.23c-1)</relyOnRuleType>
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<DESCRIPTION>IC-32722
<TEXT>
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Release no. 32722/July 3, 2017
________________________________________________
In the Matter of :
:
Franklin Fund Allocator Series :
Franklin Advisers, Inc. :
Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. :
:
One Franklin Parkway :
San Mateo, CA 94403 :
:
(812-14611) :
________________________________________________:
ORDER UNDER SECTION 12(d)(1)(J) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF
 1940 GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTIONS 12(d)(1)(A), (B), AND
 (C) OF THE ACT, UNDER SECTIONS 6(c) AND 17(b) OF THE ACT
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 17(a) OF THE ACT, AND UNDER
 SECTION 6(C) OF THE ACT FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM RULE 12d1-2(a)
UNDER THE ACT
Franklin Fund Allocator Series, Franklin Advisers, Inc., and
 Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. filed an application
on February 9, 2016, and an amendment to the application on
May 23, 2017, requesting an order under section 12(d)(1)(J)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") granting
 an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A), (B), and (C) of the
 Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act granting an
exemption from section 17(a) of the Act, and under section
6(c) of the Act for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under
the Act. The order would permit (a) certain registered open-end
management investment companies that operate as "funds of funds"
 to acquire shares of certain registered open-end management
 investment companies, registered closed-end management investment
 companies, "business development companies," as defined by section
 2(a)(48) of the Act, and registered unit investment trusts that
 are within and outside the same group of investment companies as
 the acquiring investment companies and (b) certain registered
 open-end management investment companies relying on rule 12d1-2
 under the Act to invest in certain financial instruments.
On June 5, 2017, a notice of the filing of the application was
issued (Investment Company Act Release No. 32669). The notice
 gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing
 and stated that an order granting the application would be
issued unless a hearing was ordered. No request for a hearing
 has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing.
2
The matter has been considered and it is found, on the basis
of the information set forth in the application, as amended,
that granting the requested exemption is appropriate in and
consistent with the public interest and consistent with the
protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by
 the policy and provisions of the Act.
It is also found that the terms of the proposed transactions
 are reasonable and fair and do not involve overreaching, and
 the proposed transactions are consistent with the policies of
 each registered investment company concerned and with the
 general purposes of the Act.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED, that the relief requested under section 12(d)(1)(J)
 of the Act from sections 12(d)(1)(A), (B), and (C) of the Act,
 under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act from section 17(a) of
the Act, and under section 6(c) of the Act for an exemption from
 rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act by Franklin Fund Allocator Series,
et al. (File No. 812-14611) is granted, effective immediately,
subject to the conditions contained in the application, as amended.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
 under delegated authority.
Eduardo Aleman
Assistant Secretary
</TEXT>
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<TYPE>EXEMPT ORDER INFO
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>IC-33117_50kna2nh.txt
<DESCRIPTION>IC-33117
<TEXT>
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Release No. 33117 / June 5, 2018
__________________________________________________________________
In the Matter of :
:
FRANKLIN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FUNDS :
FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND :
FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE TRUST :
FRANKLIN CUSTODIAN FUNDS :
FRANKLIN ETF TRUST :
FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX-FREE INCOME FUND :
FRANKLIN FLOATING RATE MASTER TRUST :
FRANKLIN FUND ALLOCATOR SERIES :
FRANKLIN GLOBAL TRUST :
FRANKLIN GOLD AND PRECIOUS METALS FUND :
FRANKLIN HIGH INCOME TRUST :
FRANKLIN INVESTORS SECURITIES TRUST :
FRANKLIN MANAGED TRUST :
FRANKLIN U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND :
FRANKLIN MUNICIPAL SECURITIES TRUST :
FRANKLIN MUTUAL SERIES FUNDS :
FRANKLIN NEW YORK TAX-FREE INCOME FUND :
FRANKLIN NEW YORK TAX-FREE TRUST :
FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES TRUST :
FRANKLIN STRATEGIC MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO :
FRANKLIN STRATEGIC SERIES :
FRANKLIN TAX-FREE TRUST :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ETF TRUST :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON GLOBAL TRUST :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL TRUST :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON MONEY FUND TRUST :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST :
FRANKLIN VALUE INVESTORS TRUST :
INSTITUTIONAL FIDUCIARY TRUST :
TEMPLETON CHINA WORLD FUND :
TEMPLETON DEVELOPING MARKETS TRUST :
TEMPLETON FUNDS :
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST :
TEMPLETON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST :
TEMPLETON GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES FUND :
TEMPLETON GROWTH FUND, INC. :
TEMPLETON INCOME TRUST :
TEMPLETON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS :
THE MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIOS :
FRANKLIN LIMITED DURATION INCOME TRUST :
2
FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST :
TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND, INC. :
TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS FUND :
TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INCOME FUND :
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INCOME FUND :
FRANKLIN ADVISERS, INC. :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED :
K2/D&S MANAGEMENT CO., L.L.C. :
FASA LLC :
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INSTITUTIONAL, LLC :
FRANKLIN ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC :
FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS, LLC :
TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, LLC :
TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. :
TEMPLETON GLOBAL ADVISORS LIMITED :
:
One Franklin Parkway :
San Mateo, CA 94403 :
:
(812-14819) :
__________________________________________________________________:
ORDER UNDER SECTION 6(c) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTIONS 18(f) AND 21(b) OF THE ACT;
UNDER
SECTION 12(d)(1)(J) OF THE ACT GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTION
12(d)(1) OF THE ACT; UNDER SECTIONS 6(c) AND 17(b) OF THE ACT
GRANTING AN
EXEMPTION FROM SECTIONS 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), AND 17(a)(3) OF THE
 ACT; AND
UNDER SECTION 17(d) OF THE ACT AND RULE 17d-1 UNDER THE ACT TO
 PERMIT
CERTAIN JOINT ARRANGEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS
Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds, Franklin California Tax-Free
 Income Fund, Franklin
California Tax-Free Trust, Franklin Custodian Funds, Franklin ETF
Trust, Franklin Federal Tax-
Free Income Fund, Franklin Floating Rate Master Trust, Franklin Fund
 Allocator Series, Franklin
Global Trust, Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund, Franklin High
 Income Trust, Franklin
Investors Securities Trust, Franklin Managed Trust, Franklin U.S.
 Government Money Fund,
Franklin Municipal Securities Trust, Franklin Mutual Series Funds,
 Franklin New York Tax-Free
Income Fund, Franklin New York Tax-Free Trust, Franklin Real Estate
 Securities Trust, Franklin
Strategic Mortgage Portfolio, Franklin Strategic Series, Franklin
 Tax-Free Trust, Franklin
Templeton ETF Trust, Franklin Templeton Global Trust, Franklin
Templeton International Trust,
Franklin Templeton Money Fund Trust, Franklin Templeton Variable
 Insurance Products Trust,
Franklin Value Investors Trust, Institutional Fiduciary Trust,
 Templeton China World Fund,
Templeton Developing Markets Trust, Templeton Funds, Templeton
 Global Investment Trust,
Templeton Global Opportunities Trust, Templeton Global Smaller
 Companies Fund, Templeton
Growth Fund, Inc., Templeton Income Trust, Templeton Institutional
Funds, The Money Market
Portfolios, Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust, Franklin
 Universal Trust, Templeton Dragon
Fund, Inc., Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, Templeton Emerging
 Markets Income Fund, and
Templeton Global Income Fund, Franklin Advisers, Inc., Franklin
 Templeton Investment
Management Limited, K2/D&S Management Co., L.L.C., FASA LLC,
Franklin Templeton
Institutional, LLC, Franklin Advisory Services, LLC, Franklin
Mutual Advisers, LLC, Templeton
3
Investment Counsel, LLC, Templeton Asset Management Ltd., and
 Templeton Global Advisors
Limited filed an application on September 14, 2017, and an
amendment on March 9, 2018.
Applicants requested an order under section 6(c) of the Investment
 Company Act of 1940 (the
"Act") for an exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act,
 under section 12(d)(1)(J) of
the Act for an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act, under
 sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the
Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3)
 of the Act, and under section
17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain
joint arrangements and
transactions. The order supersedes a prior order1 and permits
certain registered management
investment companies to participate in a joint lending and
borrowing facility.
On May 10, 2018, a notice of the filing of the application was
 issued (Investment Company Act
Release No. 33095). The notice gave interested persons an
 opportunity to request a hearing and
stated that an order disposing of the application would be issued
unless a hearing was ordered.
No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has
not ordered a hearing.
The matter has been considered and it is found, on the basis of
the information set forth in the
application, as amended, that granting the requested exemption
 is consistent with and appropriate
in the public interest, and consistent with the protection of
investors and the purposes fairly
intended by the policy and provisions of the Act.
It is also found that the terms of the proposed transactions,
including the consideration to be paid
or received, are reasonable and fair and do not involve
overreaching on the part of any person
concerned, and that the proposed transactions are consistent
with the policy of each registered
investment company concerned and the general purposes of the
 Act.
It is further found that the participation of each registered
 investment company in the proposed
credit facility is consistent with the provisions, policies,
and purposes of the Act, and not on a
basis different from or less advantageous than that of other
participants.
Accordingly, in the matter of Franklin Alternative Strategies
Funds, et al., (File No. 812-14819),
IT IS ORDERED, under section 6(c) of the Act, that the requested
 exemptions from sections
18(f) and 21(b) of the Act are granted, effective immediately,
 subject to the conditions in the
application, as amended.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act,
that the requested exemption
from section 12(d)(1) of the Act is granted, effective immediately,
 subject to the conditions in
the application, as amended.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act,
 that the requested
exemptions from sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3) of the
 Act are granted, effective
immediately, subject to the conditions in the application, as
amended.
1 Franklin Gold Fund, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos.
 24016 (Sept. 16, 1999) (notice) and
24080 (Oct. 13, 1999) (order).
4
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, under section 17(d) of the Act and rule
17d-1 under the Act, that
the proposed transactions are approved, effective immediately,
 subject to the conditions in the
application, as amended.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman
Assistant Secretary
</TEXT>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EXEMPT ORDER INFO
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>IC-15534_e3zpbimy.txt
<DESCRIPTION>IC-15534
<TEXT>
SEC Releases, In the Matter of Age High Income Fund, Inc., et al.,
777 Mariners Island Boulevard, San Mateo, CA 94404, Securities and
 Exchange Commission, (Jan. 13, 1987)
SEC Releases
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37 SEC-DOCKET 569-02
Release No. IC-15534
File No. 812-6505
January 13, 1987
ORDER PERMITTING JOINT TRADING ACCOUNTS
AGE High Income Fund, Inc; Birr, Wilson Money Fund; Franklin
 California Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc.; Franklin New York Tax-Free
Income Fund, Inc; Franklin California Tax-Free Trust; Franklin
Tax-Free Trust; Franklin Corporate Cash Management Fund; Franklin
 Custodian Funds, Inc; Franklin Equity Fund; Franklin Federal Money
 Fund; Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund; Franklin Gold Fund;
Franklin Money Fund; Franklin Option Fund; Franklin Tax-Exempt Money
 Fund; Franklin New York Tax-Exempt Money Fund; Franklin
Pennsylvania Investors Fund; and Institutional Fiduciary Trust
("Funds") and Franklin Advisers, Inc., filed an application on
 October 17, 1986, and an amendment thereto on November 24,
1986, requesting an order of the Commission under Section 17(d)
 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") and Rule 17d-1
 thereunder to permit the Funds, as well as future investment
 companies for which subsidiaries or affiliates of Franklin
 Resources, Inc. serve as investment managers, to deposit
their cash balances remaining uninvested at the end of each
trading day into a single joint account whose daily balance
would be used to enter into one or more repurchase agreements
 in a total amount equal to the aggregate daily balance in
 the account ("Joint Accounts").
On December 17, 1986, a notice was issued (Investment Company
Act Release No. 15485) of the filing of the application. The
 notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a
hearing and stated that an order disposing of the application
would be issued as of course unless a hearing should be ordered.
 No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has
 not ordered a hearing.
The matter having been considered, it is found that the
participation of the Funds in the Joint Accounts is consistent
 with the provisions, policies and purposes of the Act and that
 their participation in the Joint Accounts is not on a basis less
 advantageous than that of any other participant. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 17(d) of the Act and Rule 17d-1
 thereunder that the application to permit the Funds to participate
 in the Joint Accounts as described in the application, be, and
hereby is granted, effective forthwith.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary

</TEXT>
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<TYPE>MATERIAL AMENDMENTS
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>FUT_G_1_b_i_1019.txt
<DESCRIPTION>MATERIAL AMENDMENTS
<TEXT>
NAME OF REGISTRANT
FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST
File No. 811-05569

EXHIBIT ITEM:  Copies of any material amendments to the
registrant's charter or by-laws

Amendment Dated December 13, 2018
to the By-Laws of
Franklin Universal Trust
Dated April 26, 1988

WHEREAS, Article X, Section 2 of the By-Laws provides
that the By-Laws may be amended by the Board of Trustees; and

WHEREAS, by resolution dated December 13, 2018, the
Board authorized the By-Laws to be amended as set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, the By-Laws are hereby amended as follows:
The first sentence of the second paragraph of Article II,
Section 5 is replaced in its entirety with the following:

When any meeting of shareholders is adjourned to another time or
place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting at
which the adjournment is taken, unless a new record date of
the adjourned meeting is fixed or unless the adjournment is for
more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date set for the
original meeting, in which case the Board of
Trustees shall set a new record date.

Adopted and approved as of December 13, 2018
pursuant to authority delegated by the Board.


/s/ Navid Tofigh
Navid J. Tofigh
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>MATERIAL AMENDMENTS
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>FUT_G_1_b_i2_1019.txt
<DESCRIPTION>MATERIAL AMENDMENTS
<TEXT>
NAME OF REGISTRANT
FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST
File No. 811-05569

EXHIBIT ITEM:  Copies of any material amendments
to the registrant's charter or by-laws

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
BY-LAWS
OF
FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST
(approving the creation of co-Secretaries)
The undersigned Co-Secretary of Franklin Universal Trust,
a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), does hereby certify:
1.	That the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board")
approved a resolution to amend the By-Laws as set forth below by
unanimous vote at a meeting of the Board duly held on January 17, 2019,
pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Trustees under
Article X, Section 2 of the By-Laws of the Trust:
(a)	The By-Laws of the Trust are hereby amended by replacing
Article V, Section 1 with the following language:
 Section 1.	OFFICERS.  The officers of the Trust shall be a
Chief Executive Officer - Investment Management, a Chief Executive Officer -
Finance and Administration, a President, one or more Secretaries, a Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, and a Treasurer.
The Trust may also have, at the discretion of the Board, one or
more vice presidents, one or more assistant vice presidents,
one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers,
and such other officers, who shall have such authority and perform
such duties as are provided in the Declaration of Trust, these By-Laws or
as the Board, or to the extent permitted by the Board, as the president,
may from time to time determine.  Any number of offices may be held by
the same person, except the offices of president and vice president.
(b)	The By-Laws of the Trust are hereby amended by replacing
Article V, Section 9 with the following language:
 Section 9.	SECRETARY.  The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept
at the offices of the Trust or such other place as the Board may direct
a book of minutes of all meetings and actions (including consents)
of the Board, committees of the Board and Shareholders.  The secretary
shall keep a record of the time and place of such meetings, whether
regular or special, and if special, how authorized, the notice given,
the names of those present at Board meetings or committee meetings, the
number of Shares present or represented by proxy at Shareholders'
meetings, and the proceedings.
	The secretary shall cause to be kept at the offices of the
Trust or at the office of the Trust's transfer or other duly authorized
agent, a share register or a duplicate share register showing the names of
all Shareholders and their addresses, the number, Series and Classes
(if applicable) of Shares held by each, the number and date of certificates,
if any, issued for such Shares and the number and date of
cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
	The secretary shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings
of the Shareholders and of the Board required by the Declaration of
Trust, these By-Laws or by applicable law to be given and shall
have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Board or the president of the Trust, or as provided
in the Declaration of Trust or these By-Laws.
	In the event that the Board appoints two or more secretaries of the
Trust, such secretaries shall have the powers, duties and obligations set
forth in this Section 9, in the Declaration of Trust and as the Board
prescribes from time to time. Each such secretary shall use the title
"Co-Secretary," provided, however, that failure to so use such title
shall not affect the validity thereof.  In the event that the Board
appoints two or more secretaries of the Trust and two or more of
such secretaries take conflicting actions, each action shall continue
 to be valid until such conflict is resolved by the Board or
by president of the Trust.
2.	That pursuant to Article X, Section 2 of the By-Laws, which governs
amendments of the By-Laws, the above By-Law amendments are effective
as of January 17, 2019.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Secretary of the Trust certifies
as to the above as of the 17th day of January 2019.
/s/ Steven Gray
Steven J. Gray
Co-Secretary

</TEXT>
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<TEXT>
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Franklin Universal Trust

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Franklin Universal Trust (the "Fund") as of and for the year ended
August 31, 2019, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB),
we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting,
including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for
designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls. A company's internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
A company's internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a
company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to
the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow management
or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in
internal control over financial reporting that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we
noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined
above as of August 31, 2019.


This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
Board of Trustees of Franklin Universal Trust and the Securities
and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not
be used by anyone other than these specified parties.



/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Francisco, California
October 21, 2019
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