EX-99.77C VOTES 3 tdf77c-1208.txt SHAREHOLDER VOTES NAME OF REGISTRANT: TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND, INC. FILE NO. 811-08394 EXHIBIT ITEM NO. 77(C) MATTER SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") was held at the Fund's offices, 500 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 30, 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to elect four (4) Directors of the Fund and to consider the approval or rejection of a shareholder proposal to request that the Board of Directors consider approving, and submitting for shareholder approval at a future shareholder meeting, a proposal to convert the Fund from a closed-end fund to an open-end fund. At the meeting, the following persons were elected by the shareholders to serve as Directors of the Fund: Harris J. Ashton, Ann Torre Bates, Frank J. Crothers and Constantine D. Tseretopoulos.* No other business was transacted at the meetings. The results of the voting at the Annual Meeting are as follows: Proposal 1: The election of four Directors:
% OF % OF % OF % OF OUTSTANDING VOTED OUTSTANDING VOTED TERM EXPIRING 2011: FOR SHARES SHARES WITHHELD SHARES SHARES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harris J. Ashton............. 32,250,538 85.15% 96.67% 1,109,860 2.93% 3.33% Frank J. Crothers............ 32,264,767 85.19% 96.72% 1,095,531 2.89% 3.28% Constantine D. Tseretopoulos. 32,274,885 85.22% 96.75% 1,085,513 2.87% 3.25%
% OF % OF % OF % OF OUTSTANDING VOTED OUTSTANDING VOTED TERM EXPIRING 2009: FOR SHARES SHARES WITHHELD SHARES SHARES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann Torre Bates.............. 32,284,244 85.24% 96.77% 1,076,154 2.84% 3.23%
Proposal 2: The rejection of a shareholder proposal to request that the Board of Directors consider approving, and submitting for shareholder approval at a future shareholder meeting, a proposal to convert the Fund from a closed-end fund to an open-end fund. % OF % OF SHARES OUTSTANDING PRESENT AND Shares Voted SHARES VOTING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For 6,856,747 18.10% 42.03% Against 9,458,807 24.97% 57.97% Abstain 315,071 0.83% N/A Broker Non-Votes 21,242,699 56.09% N/A * EDITH E. HOLIDAY, CHARLES B. JOHNSON, GREGORY E. JOHNSON, DAVID W. NIEMIEC, FRANK A. OLSON, LARRY D. THOMPSON AND ROBERT E. WADE ARE DIRECTORS OF THE FUND WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AND WHOSE TERMS OF OFFICE CONTINUED AFTER THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS.