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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 811-08034
FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES TRUST
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 312-2000
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Date of fiscal year end: 4/30
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Date of reporting period: 6/30/08
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ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORDS.
===================== FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND =====================
AMB PROPERTY CORP.
Ticker: AMB Security ID: 00163T109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 6, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director T. Robert Burke For For Management
2 Elect Director David A. Cole For For Management
3 Elect Director Lydia H. Kennard For For Management
4 Elect Director J. Michael Losh For Against Management
5 Elect Director Hamid R. Moghadam For For Management
6 Elect Director Frederick W. Reid For For Management
7 Elect Director Jeffrey L. Skelton For For Management
8 Elect Director Thomas W. Tusher For For Management
9 Elect Director Carl B. Webb For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
Ticker: AVB Security ID: 053484101
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Bryce Blair For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Bruce A. Choate For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John J. Healy, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gilbert M. Meyer For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director Timothy J. Naughton For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lance R. Primis For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Peter S. Rummell For For Management
1.8 Elect Director H. Jay Sarles For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BOSTON PROPERTIES INC.
Ticker: BXP Security ID: 101121101
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lawrence S. Bacow For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Zoe Baird For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan J. Patricof For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Martin Turchin For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
Ticker: CPT Security ID: 133131102
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard J. Campo For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William R. Cooper For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Scott S. Ingraham For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Lewis A. Levey For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William B. McGuire, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director William F. Paulsen For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director D. Keith Oden For For Management
1.8 Elect Director F. Gardner Parker For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Steven A. Webster For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS, INC.
Ticker: CDR Security ID: 150602209
Meeting Date: SEP 12, 2007 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: AUG 1, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For Against Management
2 Increase Authorized Preferred Stock For For Management
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CENTEX CORP.
Ticker: CTX Security ID: 152312104
Meeting Date: JUL 12, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 21, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Clint W. Murchison, III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Frederic M. Poses For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David W. Quinn For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
Ticker: OFC Security ID: 22002T108
Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert L. Denton For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Randall M. Griffin For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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COUSINS PROPERTIES INC.
Ticker: CUZ Security ID: 222795106
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas D. Bell, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James D. Edwards For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Lillian C. Giornelli For For Management
1.5 Elect Director S. Taylor Glover For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director W.B. Harrison, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Boone A. Knox For For Management
1.9 Elect Director William Porter Payne For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP.
Ticker: DDR Security ID: 251591103
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dean S. Adler For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Terrance R. Ahern For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert H. Gidel For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Victor B. MacFarlane For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director Craig Macnab For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Scott D. Roulston For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Barry A. Sholem For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director William B. Summers, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director Scott A. Wolstein For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
4 Adjust Par Value of Common Stock For For Management
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.
Ticker: DEI Security ID: 25960P109
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 3, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dan A. Emmett For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jordan L. Kaplan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Kenneth M. Panzer For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Leslie E. Bider For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Victor J. Coleman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director G. Selassie Mehreteab For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas E. O'Hern For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Andrea Rich For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director William Wilson, III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For Against Management
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EAGLE HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
Ticker: EHP Security ID: 26959T102
Meeting Date: AUG 8, 2007 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUN 15, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC
Ticker: ELS Security ID: 29472R108
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Philip C. Calian For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Donald S. Chisholm For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas E. Dobrowski For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas P. Heneghan For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Howard Walker For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director Gary L. Waterman For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Samuel Zell For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
Ticker: EQR Security ID: 29476L107
Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee John W. Alexander For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Charles L. Atwood For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Stephen O. Evans For For Management
1.4 Elect Trustee Boone A. Knox For For Management
1.5 Elect Trustee John E. Neal For For Management
1.6 Elect Trustee David J. Neithercut For For Management
1.7 Elect Trustee Desiree G. Rogers For For Management
1.8 Elect Trustee Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management
1.9 Elect Trustee Gerald A. Spector For For Management
1.10 Elect Trustee B. Joseph White For For Management
1.11 Elect Trustee Samuel Zell For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Ticker: ESS Security ID: 297178105
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director David W. Brady For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert E. Larson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Schall For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Willard H. Smith, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
Ticker: FRT Security ID: 313747206
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Trustee Warren M. Thompson For For Management
2 Elect Trustee Donald C. Wood For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Declassify the Board of Trustees Against For Shareholder
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GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
Ticker: GGP Security ID: 370021107
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Matthew Bucksbaum For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Bernard Freibaum For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Beth Stewart For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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HCP INC.
Ticker: HCP Security ID: 40414L109
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert R. Fanning, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James F. Flaherty III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Christine N. Garvey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director David B. Henry For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Lauralee E. Martin For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Michael D. McKee For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director Harold M. Messmer, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Peter L. Rhein For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director Kenneth B. Roath For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Richard M. Rosenberg For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
Ticker: HIW Security ID: 431284108
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 3, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas W. Adler For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Kay N. Callison For For Management
1.3 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
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HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST
Ticker: HPT Security ID: 44106M102
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 18, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John L. Harrington For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Barry M. Portnoy For Withhold Management
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HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
Ticker: HST Security ID: 44107P104
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Roberts M. Baylis For Against Management
2 Elect Director Terence C. Golden For For Management
3 Elect Director Ann M. Korologos For For Management
4 Elect Director Richard E. Marriott For For Management
5 Elect Director Judith A. McHale For For Management
6 Elect Director John B. Morse Jr For For Management
7 Elect Director W. Edward Walter For For Management
8 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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KILROY REALTY CORP.
Ticker: KRC Security ID: 49427F108
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John B. Kilroy, Sr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Edward F. Brenna, Ph.D. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Scott S. Ingraham For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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KIMCO REALTY CORP.
Ticker: KIM Security ID: 49446R109
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Martin S. Kimmel For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Milton Cooper For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard G. Dooley For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Flynn For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Joe Grills For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director David B. Henry For For Management
1.7 Elect Director F. Patrick Hughes For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Frank Lourenso For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard Saltzman For Withhold Management
1.10 Elect Director Philip Coviello For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST
Ticker: LRY Security ID: 531172104
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Frederick F. Buchholz For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Thomas C. DeLoach, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Daniel P. Garton For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Stephen B. Siegel For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MACERICH CO., THE
Ticker: MAC Security ID: 554382101
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Dana K. Anderson For Against Management
2 Elect Director Diana M. Laing For For Management
3 Elect Director Stanley A. Moore For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
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NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC.
Ticker: NHP Security ID: 638620104
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 29, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director R. Bruce Andrews For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles D. Miller For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NORTHSTAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP.
Ticker: Security ID: 66704F106
Meeting Date: JUL 19, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 11, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard J. McCready For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Martin L. Edelman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director W. Edward Scheetz For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Dang Phan For For Management
2 Approve Disposition of Assets and For For Management
Liquidate Company
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NORTHSTAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP.
Ticker: Security ID: 66704F106
Meeting Date: SEP 5, 2007 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUL 27, 2007
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 TO CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON A PROPOSAL TO For For Management
APPROVE THE MERGER OF A COMPANY
WHOLLY-OWNED BY W. EDWARD SCHEETZ AND
DAVID T. HAMAMOTO WITH AND INTO NORTHSTAR
CAPITAL
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PROLOGIS
Ticker: PLD Security ID: 743410102
Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 13, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Stephen L. Feinberg For For Management
1.2 Elect Director George L. Fotiades For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Christine N. Garvey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Lawrence V. Jackson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Donald P. Jacobs For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey H. Schwartz For For Management
1.7 Elect Director D. Michael Steuert For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. Andre Teixeira For For Management
1.9 Elect Director William D. Zollars For Withhold Management
1.10 Elect Director Andrea M. Zulberti For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PUBLIC STORAGE
Ticker: PSA Security ID: 74460D109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee B. Wayne Hughes For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Ronald L. Havner, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Harvey Lenkin For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Trustee Dann V. Angeloff For For Management
1.5 Elect Trustee William C. Baker For For Management
1.6 Elect Trustee John T. Evans For For Management
1.7 Elect Trustee Uri P. Harkham For For Management
1.8 Elect Trustee B. Wayne Hughes, Jr For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Trustee Gary E. Pruitt For For Management
1.10 Elect Trustee Daniel C. Staton For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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REGENCY CENTERS CORP.
Ticker: REG Security ID: 758849103
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Martin E. Stein, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Raymond L. Bank For For Management
1.3 Elect Director C. Ronald Blankenship For For Management
1.4 Elect Director A.R. Carpenter For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J. Dix Druce, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mary Lou Fiala For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Bruce M. Johnson For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Douglas S. Luke For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John C. Schweitzer For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas G. Wattles For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Terry N. Worrell For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.
Ticker: SPG Security ID: 828806109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Birch Bayh For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Karen N. Horn For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz For For Management
1.6 Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Pieter S. van den Berg For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Pay For Superior Performance Against Against Shareholder
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SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
Ticker: SLG Security ID: 78440X101
Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 4, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Marc Holliday For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John S. Levy For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
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TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.
Ticker: TCO Security ID: 876664103
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 7, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ronald W. Tysoe For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert S. Taubman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Lisa A. Payne For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director William U. Parfet For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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UDR, INC.
Ticker: UDR Security ID: 902653104
Meeting Date: MAY 30, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 4, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Katherine A. Cattanach For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Eric J. Foss For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert P. Freeman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jon A. Grove For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James D. Klingbeil For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert C. Larson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas R. Oliver For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Lynne B. Sagalyn For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Mark J. Sandler For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas W. Toomey For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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VENTAS, INC.
Ticker: VTR Security ID: 92276F100
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 24, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Debra A. Cafaro For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Douglas Crocker II For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ronald G. Geary For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jay M. Gellert For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert D. Reed For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James D. Shelton For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas C. Theobald For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Eliminate the Board's Ability to grant For For Management
Waivers
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VORNADO REALTY TRUST
Ticker: VNO Security ID: 929042109
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Anthony W. Deering For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Michael Lynne For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Robert H. Smith For For Management
1.4 Elect Trustee Ronald G. Targan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder
of Trustees
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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 REAL ESTATE SECURITIES TRUST
By (Signature and Title)*/s/GALEN G. VETTER
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Galen G. Vetter,
Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration
Date AUGUST 27, 2008
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* PRINT THE NAME AND TITLE OF EACH SIGNING OFFICER UNDER HIS OR HER SIGNATURE.