Form N-Q LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUI For: Jan 31
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-06444
Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 1-877-721-1926
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2019
ITEM 1. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST
CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
FORM N-Q
JANUARY 31, 2019
CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) | January 31, 2019 |
SECURITY |
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 95.7% | ||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 3.2% | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.4% |
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KT Corp. |
89,408 | $ | 2,295,208 | (a) | ||||
Telecom Italia SpA |
6,006,060 | 3,334,740 | *(a) | |||||
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Total Diversified Telecommunication Services |
5,629,948 | |||||||
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Interactive Media & Services - 0.5% |
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Baidu Inc., ADR |
11,400 | 1,967,982 | * | |||||
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Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.3% |
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Vodafone Group PLC |
2,744,410 | 4,998,961 | (a) | |||||
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TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
12,596,891 | |||||||
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.3% | ||||||||
Automobiles - 4.3% |
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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
99,670 | 8,380,401 | (a) | |||||
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
282,438 | 8,429,324 | (a) | |||||
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Total Automobiles |
16,809,725 | |||||||
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Household Durables - 1.1% |
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Sony Corp. |
85,145 | 4,282,559 | (a) | |||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.9% |
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ANTA Sports Products Ltd. |
1,334,859 | 6,988,648 | (a) | |||||
Capri Holdings Ltd. |
91,050 | 3,867,804 | * | |||||
PRADA SpA |
1,290,740 | 4,265,569 | (a) | |||||
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Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods |
15,122,021 | |||||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
36,214,305 | |||||||
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CONSUMER STAPLES - 5.1% | ||||||||
Beverages - 1.3% |
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Diageo PLC |
136,040 | 5,187,389 | (a) | |||||
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Food Products - 2.3% |
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Danone SA |
46,573 | 3,387,278 | (a) | |||||
Thai Union Group PCL, Class F Shares |
9,286,380 | 5,570,193 | (a) | |||||
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Total Food Products |
8,957,471 | |||||||
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Tobacco - 1.5% |
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Imperial Brands PLC |
177,120 | 5,868,892 | (a) | |||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES |
20,013,752 | |||||||
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ENERGY - 7.6% | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.2% |
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Saipem SpA |
1,003,680 | 4,773,269 | *(a) | |||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.4% |
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BP PLC |
1,240,267 | 8,452,480 | (a) | |||||
Encana Corp. |
662,180 | 4,545,731 |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | January 31, 2019 |
SECURITY |
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued) |
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A Shares |
197,150 | $ | 6,104,045 | (a) | ||||
Total SA |
109,643 | 6,016,415 | (a) | |||||
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Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
25,118,671 | |||||||
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TOTAL ENERGY |
29,891,940 | |||||||
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FINANCIALS - 26.7% | ||||||||
Banks - 17.7% |
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Banco Santander SA |
1,970,416 | 9,331,927 | (a) | |||||
Bangkok Bank PCL, Registered Shares |
623,070 | 4,415,972 | (a) | |||||
Barclays PLC |
2,166,704 | 4,500,595 | (a) | |||||
BAWAG Group AG |
66,450 | 2,812,604 | (a)(b) | |||||
BNP Paribas SA |
205,164 | 9,641,764 | (a) | |||||
China Construction Bank Corp., Class H Shares |
9,080,842 | 8,201,434 | (a) | |||||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC |
2,437,940 | 7,711,743 | (a) | |||||
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. |
86,418 | 3,345,511 | (a) | |||||
Standard Chartered PLC |
858,363 | 6,921,513 | (a) | |||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. |
92,529 | 3,440,354 | (a) | |||||
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS |
1,360,780 | 2,390,465 | (a) | |||||
UniCredit SpA |
576,213 | 6,659,827 | (a) | |||||
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Total Banks |
69,373,709 | |||||||
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Capital Markets - 5.0% |
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Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares |
531,326 | 6,439,687 | (a) | |||||
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. |
709,802 | 3,543,629 | (a) | |||||
Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. |
65,791 | 3,807,443 | *(a) | |||||
UBS Group AG, Registered Shares |
436,986 | 5,663,915 | (a) | |||||
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Total Capital Markets |
19,454,674 | |||||||
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Diversified Financial Services - 1.7% |
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Far East Horizon Ltd. |
4,241,570 | 4,410,987 | (a) | |||||
Standard Life Aberdeen PLC |
644,565 | 2,130,020 | (a) | |||||
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Total Diversified Financial Services |
6,541,007 | |||||||
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Insurance - 2.3% |
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Aviva PLC |
573,928 | 3,120,674 | (a) | |||||
AXA SA |
254,390 | 5,903,193 | (a) | |||||
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Total Insurance |
9,023,867 | |||||||
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TOTAL FINANCIALS |
104,393,257 | |||||||
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HEALTH CARE - 11.0% | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 11.0% |
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Allergan PLC |
45,470 | 6,546,771 | ||||||
Bayer AG, Registered Shares |
121,200 | 9,182,362 | (a) | |||||
Mylan NV |
107,060 | 3,206,447 | * | |||||
Novartis AG, Registered Shares |
104,810 | 9,147,167 | (a) |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | January 31, 2019 |
SECURITY |
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals - (continued) |
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Roche Holding AG |
33,800 | $ | 8,978,056 | (a) | ||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR |
301,570 | 5,986,164 | * | |||||
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TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
43,046,967 | |||||||
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INDUSTRIALS - 12.6% | ||||||||
Airlines - 0.5% |
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. |
1,359,920 | 2,087,520 | (a) | |||||
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Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1% |
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G4S PLC |
1,737,062 | 4,459,080 | (a) | |||||
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Construction & Engineering - 1.4% |
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Bouygues SA |
84,765 | 3,003,239 | (a) | |||||
China Machinery Engineering Corp., Class H Shares |
5,041,590 | 2,481,445 | (a) | |||||
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Total Construction & Engineering |
5,484,684 | |||||||
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Electrical Equipment - 2.2% |
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Schneider Electric SE |
59,750 | 4,256,855 | (a) | |||||
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC |
91,950 | 4,367,625 | * | |||||
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Total Electrical Equipment |
8,624,480 | |||||||
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Machinery - 3.6% |
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CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd. |
4,910,760 | 4,322,756 | (a) | |||||
CNH Industrial NV |
189,010 | 1,873,089 | ||||||
KION Group AG |
51,650 | 2,981,129 | (a) | |||||
Tadano Ltd. |
203,071 | 2,304,412 | (a) | |||||
Takeuchi Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
141,295 | 2,558,725 | (a) | |||||
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Total Machinery |
14,040,111 | |||||||
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Marine - 1.6% |
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A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Class B Shares |
4,765 | 6,342,514 | (a) | |||||
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Professional Services - 1.2% |
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Adecco Group AG, Registered Shares |
92,692 | 4,642,094 | (a) | |||||
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Road & Rail - 1.0% |
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Europcar Mobility Group |
432,210 | 3,807,999 | (a)(b) | |||||
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TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
49,488,482 | |||||||
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 6.0% | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 2.3% |
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Hitachi Ltd. |
282,242 | 8,858,678 | (a) | |||||
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IT Services - 3.0% |
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Cielo SA |
715,088 | 2,341,015 | ||||||
Infosys Ltd., ADR |
563,330 | 6,083,964 | ||||||
TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H Shares |
1,187,787 | 3,217,617 | (a) | |||||
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Total IT Services |
11,642,596 | |||||||
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See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | January 31, 2019 |
SECURITY |
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.7% |
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Ambarella Inc. |
75,930 | $ | 2,885,340 | * | ||||||||
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TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
23,386,614 | |||||||||||
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MATERIALS - 14.2% | ||||||||||||
Chemicals - 5.2% |
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Akzo Nobel NV |
42,411 | 3,665,758 | (a) | |||||||||
BASF SE |
65,510 | 4,786,145 | (a) | |||||||||
Incitec Pivot Ltd. |
2,160,790 | 5,208,704 | (a) | |||||||||
Nutrien Ltd. |
130,660 | 6,768,923 | ||||||||||
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Total Chemicals |
20,429,530 | |||||||||||
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Construction Materials - 1.6% |
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Cemex SAB de CV, Participation Certificates, ADR |
463,764 | 2,522,876 | * | |||||||||
Wienerberger AG |
160,782 | 3,609,083 | (a) | |||||||||
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Total Construction Materials |
6,131,959 | |||||||||||
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Containers & Packaging - 1.1% |
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Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co., Ltd. |
6,742,860 | 4,292,759 | (a) | |||||||||
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Metals & Mining - 5.0% |
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Newcrest Mining Ltd. |
234,340 | 4,174,410 | (a) | |||||||||
Novagold Resources Inc. |
679,320 | 2,647,071 | * | |||||||||
POSCO |
14,664 | 3,570,461 | (a) | |||||||||
Rio Tinto Ltd. |
69,610 | 4,414,003 | (a) | |||||||||
thyssenkrupp AG |
283,609 | 5,021,643 | (a) | |||||||||
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Total Metals & Mining |
19,827,588 | |||||||||||
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Paper & Forest Products - 1.3% |
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Duratex SA |
1,478,034 | 4,960,281 | ||||||||||
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TOTAL MATERIALS |
55,642,117 | |||||||||||
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost - $391,714,226) |
374,674,325 | |||||||||||
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.0% | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund, Institutional Class |
2.234 | % | 15,611,074 | 15,611,074 | ||||||||
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.7% |
390,285,399 | |||||||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.3% |
1,082,353 | |||||||||||
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TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0% |
$ | 391,367,752 | ||||||||||
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* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (Note 1). |
(b) | Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees. |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | January 31, 2019 |
Abbreviation used in this schedule:
ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Funds investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Funds most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
1. Organization and significant accounting policies
ClearBridge International Value Fund (the Fund) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust (the Trust). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company.
The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
(a) Investment valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Funds Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the Valuation Committee). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Funds pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.
The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include,
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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuers financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.
For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
| Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
| Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Funds assets carried at fair value:
ASSETS |
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DESCRIPTION |
QUOTED PRICES (LEVEL 1) |
OTHER SIGNIFICANT OBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 2) |
SIGNIFICANT UNOBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 3) |
TOTAL | ||||||||||||
Long-Term Investments: |
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Common Stocks: |
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Communication Services |
$ | 1,967,982 | $ | 10,628,909 | | $ | 12,596,891 | |||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
3,867,804 | 32,346,501 | | 36,214,305 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
4,545,731 | 25,346,209 | | 29,891,940 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
15,739,382 | 27,307,585 | | 43,046,967 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
6,240,714 | 43,247,768 | | 49,488,482 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
11,310,319 | 12,076,295 | | 23,386,614 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
16,899,151 | 38,742,966 | | 55,642,117 | ||||||||||||
Other Common Stocks |
| 124,407,009 | | 124,407,009 | ||||||||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments |
60,571,083 | 314,103,242 | | 374,674,325 | ||||||||||||
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Short-Term Investments |
15,611,074 | | | 15,611,074 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments |
$ | 76,182,157 | $ | 314,103,242 | | $ | 390,285,399 | |||||||||
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| See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |
For the period ended January 31, 2019, as a result of the fair value pricing procedures for international equities utilized by the Fund, certain securities have transferred in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements during the period. The Funds policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2019, securities valued at $308,533,049 were classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy because fair value procedures were applied when the change in value of a domestic equity security index suggested that the closing prices on foreign exchanges may no longer have represented the value of those securities at the time of closing of the NYSE.
At January 31, 2019, securities valued at $5,570,193 were classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy due to the unavailability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment.
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ITEM 2. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) | The registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
(b) | There were no changes in the registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 3. | EXHIBITS. |
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 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.
Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust
By | /s/ JANE TRUST | |
Jane Trust | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: |
March 14, 2019 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By | /s/ JANE TRUST | |
Jane Trust | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: |
March 14, 2019 | |
By | /s/ RICHARD F. SENNETT | |
Richard F. Sennett | ||
Principal Financial Officer | ||
Date: |
March 14, 2019 |
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Jane Trust, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust ClearBridge International Value Fund; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: March 14, 2019 |
/S/ JANE TRUST | |
Jane Trust | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Richard F. Sennett, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust ClearBridge International Value Fund; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: March 14, 2019 |
/S/ RICHARD F. SENNETT | |
Richard F. Sennett | ||
Principal Financial Officer |
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