POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and trustees of FRANKLIN GLOBAL TRUST (the
"Registrant") hereby appoint MARK H. PLAFKER, HARMON E. BURNS, DEBORAH R.
GATZEK, KAREN L. SKIDMORE, Murray L. Simpson, Barbara J. Green, David P. Goss
AND STEVEN J. GRAY (with full power to each of them to act alone) his/her
attorney-in-fact and agent, in all capacities, to execute, deliver and file
in the names of the undersigned, any and all instruments that said attorneys
and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply
with or register any security issued by the Registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder, and/or
the Delaware Business Trust Act, including but not limited to, any
registration statement, including any and all pre- and post-effective
amendments thereto, any other document to be filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any other regulatory authority, and any amendments to
the Registrant's Certificate of Trust or Agreement and Declaration of Trust.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to
do every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully,
to all intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present,
thereby ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall be deemed
to be a single document.
The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of the 26th day of September, 2000.
/S/ RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR, /S/ FRANK H. ABBOTT, III
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr., Frank H. Abbott, III,
Principal Executive Officer and Trustee Trustee
/S/ HARRIS J. ASHTON, /S/ HARMON E. BURNS
Harris J. Ashton, Harmon E. Burns,
Trustee Trustee
/S/ S. JOSEPH FORTUNATO /S/ EDITH E. HOLIDAY
S. Joseph Fortunato, Edith E. Holiday,
Trustee Trustee
/S/ CHARLES B. JOHNSON /S/ FRANK W.T. LAHAYE
Charles B. Johnson, Frank W.T. LaHaye,
Trustee Trustee
/S/ GORDON S. MACKLIN /S/ MARTIN L. FLANAGAN
Gordon S. Macklin, Martin L. Flanagan,
Trustee Principal Financial Officer
/S/ KIMBERLEY H. MONASTERIO
Kimberley H. Monasterio,
Principal Accounting Officer
