------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0582 Expires: April 30, 2009 Estimated average burden hours per response..14.4 ------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 312-2000 --------------------------- Date of fiscal year end: 4/30 ------------------ Date of reporting period: 6/30/09 ------------------ ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORDS. ===================== FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND ===================== ACADIA REALTY TRUST Ticker: AKR Security ID: 004239109 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kenneth F. Bernstein For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Douglas Crocker II For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Suzanne Hopgood For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Lorrence T. Kellar For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Wendy Luscombe For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William T. Spitz For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Lee S. Wielansky For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. Ticker: ARE Security ID: 015271109 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Joel S. Marcus For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard B. Jennings For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John L. Atkins, III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard H. Klein For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director James H. Richardson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Martin A. Simonetti For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Alan G. Walton For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMB PROPERTY CORP. Ticker: AMB Security ID: 00163T109 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Hamid R. Moghadam For For Management 1.2 Elect Director T. Robert Burke For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David A. Cole For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Lydia H. Kennard For For Management 1.5 Elect Director J. Michael Losh For Against Management 1.6 Elect Director Frederick W. Reid For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Jeffrey L. Skelton For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Thomas W. Tusher For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Carl B. Webb For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. Ticker: AVB Security ID: 053484101 Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2009 # 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 For 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 1.9 Elect Director W. Edward Walter For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON PROPERTIES INC. Ticker: BXP Security ID: 101121101 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frederick J. Iseman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Edward H. Linde For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David A. Twardock For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder 4 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder Election of Directors 5 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder 6 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST Ticker: CPT Security ID: 133131102 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 16, 2009 # 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 For Management 1.10 Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. Ticker: OFC Security ID: 22002T108 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 16, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jay H. Shidler For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Clay W. Hamlin, III For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas F. Brady For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert L. Denton For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Douglas M. Firstenberg For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Randall M. Griffin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Steven D. Kesler For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenneth S. Sweet, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Kenneth D. Wethe For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP. Ticker: DDR Security ID: 251591103 Meeting Date: APR 9, 2009 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: MAR 6, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Issuance of Shares for a For For Management Private Placement 2 Amend Stock Ownership Limitations For For Management 3 Amend Securities Transfer Restrictions For For Management 4 Fix Number of Directors For For Management 5 Adjourn Meeting For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP. Ticker: DDR Security ID: 251591103 Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 29, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Dean S. Adler For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Terrance R. Ahern For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert H. Gidel For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Daniel B. Hurwitz For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Volker Kraft For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Victor B. MacFarlane For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Craig Macnab For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Scott D. Roulston For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Barry A. Sholem For For Management 1.10 Elect Director William B. Summers, Jr. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Scott A. Wolstein For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC. Ticker: DEI Security ID: 25960P109 Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 13, 2009 # 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 Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Victor J. Coleman For Withhold Management 1.6 Elect Director Ghebre S. Mehreteab For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas E. O'Hern For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Dr. Andrea Rich For Withhold Management 1.9 Elect Director William Wilson III For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC. Ticker: EGP Security ID: 277276101 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 14, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director D. Pike Aloian For For Management 1.2 Elect Director H.c. Bailey, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Hayden C. Eaves, III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Fredric H. Gould For For Management 1.5 Elect Director David H. Hoster II For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Mary E. McCormick For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David M. Osnos For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Leland R. Speed For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC Ticker: ELS Security ID: 29472R108 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Philip C. Calian For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David J. Contis 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 For Management 1.7 Elect Director Gary L. Waterman For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Samuel Zell For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EQUITY RESIDENTIAL Ticker: EQR Security ID: 29476L107 Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2009 # 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 Boone A. Knox For For Management 1.4 Elect Trustee John E. Neal For For Management 1.5 Elect Trustee David J. Neithercut For For Management 1.6 Elect Trustee Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management 1.7 Elect Trustee Gerald A. Spector For For Management 1.8 Elect Trustee B. Joseph White For For Management 1.9 Elect Trustee Samuel Zell For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder Election of Directors - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. Ticker: ESS Security ID: 297178105 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director George M. Marcus For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Gary P. Martin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Schall For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST Ticker: FRT Security ID: 313747206 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Trustee Gail P. Steinel For For Management 2 Elect Trustee Joseph S. Vassalluzzo For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Declassify the Board of Trustees For For Management 5 Amend Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison For Against Management Pill) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. Ticker: FCE.A Security ID: 345550107 Meeting Date: JUN 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 14, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael P. Esposito, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joan K. Shafran For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Louis Stokes For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Stan Ross For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HCP INC. Ticker: HCP Security ID: 40414L109 Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2009 # 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 For Management 1.7 Elect Director Harold M. Messmer, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Peter L. Rhein For For 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 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH CARE REIT, INC. Ticker: HCN Security ID: 42217K106 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Pier C. Borra For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George L. Chapman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Sharon M. Oster For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey R. Otten For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. Ticker: HIW Security ID: 431284108 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 2, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gene H. Anderson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David J. Hartzell , For For Management Ph.D. 1.3 Elect Director L. Glenn Orr, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST Ticker: HPT Security ID: 44106M102 Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Bruce M. Gans For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Adam D. Portnoy For For Management 2 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. Ticker: HST Security ID: 44107P104 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Roberts M. Baylis For Against Management 1.2 Elect Director Terence C. Golden For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ann M. Korologos For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard E. Marriott For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Judith A. McHale For For Management 1.6 Elect Director John B. Morse, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director W. Edward Walter For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KIMCO REALTY CORP. Ticker: KIM Security ID: 49446R109 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Milton Cooper For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard G. Dooley For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Joe Grills For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director David B. Henry For For Management 1.5 Elect Director F. Patrick Hughes For Withhold Management 1.6 Elect Director Frank Lourenso For Withhold Management 1.7 Elect Director Richard Saltzman For Withhold Management 1.8 Elect Director Philip Coviello For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST Ticker: LRY Security ID: 531172104 Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 20, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William P. Hankowsky For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David L. Lingerfelt For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jose A. Mejia For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MACERICH CO., THE Ticker: MAC Security ID: 554382101 Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Arthur M. Coppola For For Management 2 Elect Director James S. Cownie For For Management 3 Elect Director Mason G. Ross For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 6 Increase Authorized Common Stock For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MACK-CALI REALTY CORP. Ticker: CLI Security ID: 554489104 Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 7, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mitchell E. Hersh For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John R. Cali For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Irvin D. Reid For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Martin S. Berger For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC. Ticker: NHP Security ID: 638620104 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William K. Doyle For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard I. Gilchrist For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert D. Paulson For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey L. Rush For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Keith P. Russell For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROLOGIS Ticker: PLD Security ID: 743410102 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stephen L. Feinberg For Withhold 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 Withhold Management 1.6 Elect Director Walter C. Rakowich 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 Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC. Ticker: PSB Security ID: 69360J107 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ronald L. Havner, Jr For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph D. Russell, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director R. Wesley Burns For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jennifer H. Dunbar For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Arthur M. Friedman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director James H. Kropp For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Harvey Lenkin For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael V. McGee For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Alan K. Pribble For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC STORAGE Ticker: PSA Security ID: 74460D109 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Trustee B. Wayne Hughes For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Trustee Ronald L. Havner, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Trustee Dann V. Angeloff For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Trustee William C. Baker For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Trustee John T. Evans For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Tamara Hughes Gustavson For For Management 1.7 Elect Trustee Uri P. Harkham For For Management 1.8 Elect Trustee B. Wayne Hughes, Jr For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Harvey Lenkin For For Management 1.10 Elect Trustee Gary E. Pruitt For For Management 1.11 Elect Trustee Daniel C. Staton For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REALTY INCOME CORP. Ticker: O Security ID: 756109104 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kathleen R. Allen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Donald R. Cameron For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Priya Cherian Huskins For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas A. Lewis For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Michael D. McKee For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gregory T. McLaughlin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Ronald L. Merriman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGENCY CENTERS CORP. Ticker: REG Security ID: 758849103 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2009 # 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 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 Brian M. Smith For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Thomas G. Wattles For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. Ticker: SPG Security ID: 828806109 Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Increase in Size of Board For For Management 2 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Amend Charter to Delete Obsolete or For For Management Unnecessary Provisions 5.1 Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein For For Management 5.2 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management 5.3 Elect Director Karen N. Horn For Withhold Management 5.4 Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz For For Management 5.5 Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr. For For Management 5.6 Elect Director Pieter S. van den Berg For For Management 5.7 Elect Director Allan Hubbard For For Management 5.8 Elect Director Daniel C. Smith For For Management 6 Adjourn Meeting For For Management 7 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SL GREEN REALTY CORP. Ticker: SLG Security ID: 78440X101 Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 30, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stephen L. Green For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director John H. Alschuler, Jr. For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN COMMUNITIES, INC. Ticker: SUI Security ID: 866674104 Meeting Date: JUL 18, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 24, 2008 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gary A. Shiffman For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Ronald L. Piasecki For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. Ticker: SKT Security ID: 875465106 Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 11, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stanley K. Tanger For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Steven B. Tanger For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jack Africk For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William G. Benton For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Bridget Ryan Berman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas E. Robinson For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Allan L. Schuman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC. Ticker: TCO Security ID: 876664103 Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Graham T. Allison For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Peter Karmanos, Jr. For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director William S. Taubman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UDR, INC. Ticker: UDR Security ID: 902653104 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2009 # 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 Withhold 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 Withhold Management 1.10 Elect Director Thomas W. Toomey For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For Against Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VENTAS, INC. Ticker: VTR Security ID: 92276F100 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 16, 2009 # 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VORNADO REALTY TRUST Ticker: VNO Security ID: 929042109 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 13, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Steven Roth For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael D. Fascitelli For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Russell B. Wight, Jr. For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder Election of Directors 4 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder 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/LAURA F. FERGERSON ------------------------------------------------------ Laura F. Fergerson, Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration Date AUGUST 27, 2009 ---------------- * PRINT THE NAME AND TITLE OF EACH SIGNING OFFICER UNDER HIS OR HER SIGNATURE.