N-CSR 1 dncsr.htm LMP EQUITY TRUST -- LMP CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND LMP Equity Trust -- LMP Capital and Income Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

Investment Company Act file number

   811-06444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

125 Broad Street, New York, NY   10004
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

300 First Stamford Place, 4th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 451-2010

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2007


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


ANNUAL REPORT

 

DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

LOGO

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund

 

 

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED Ÿ NO BANK GUARANTEE Ÿ MAY LOSE VALUE

 


Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund

Annual Report  •  December 31, 2007

What’s

Inside

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks total return (that is, a combination of income and long-term capital appreciation).

 

Letter from the Chairman

  I

Fund Overview

  1

Fund at a Glance

  6

Fund Expenses

  7

Fund Performance

  9

Historical Performance

  10

Schedule of Investments

  11

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  35

Statement of Operations

  36

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  37

Financial Highlights

  38

Notes to Financial Statements

  42

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  59

Board Approval of Management and Subadvisory Agreements

  60

Additional Information

  65

Important Tax Information

  70


Letter from the Chairman

LOGO

R. JAY GERKEN, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Dear Shareholder,

While the U.S. economy continued to expand during the 12-month reporting period ended December 31, 2007, it weakened late in the period. In the first quarter of 2007, U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth was a tepid 0.6%, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. This was the lowest growth rate since the fourth quarter of 2002. The economy then rebounded, as second quarter 2007 GDP growth was a solid 3.8%. GDP growth accelerated in the third quarter to 4.9%, its strongest showing in four years. A surge in inventory-building and robust exports supported the economy during the third quarter. However, continued weakness in the housing market and an ongoing credit crunch then took their toll on the economy during the last three months of 2007. During this period, the advance estimate for GDP growth was 0.6%.

Ongoing issues related to the housing and subprime mortgage markets and an abrupt tightening in the credit markets prompted the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)ii to take several actions during the reporting period. The Fed initially responded by lowering the discount rate—the rate the Fed uses for loans it makes directly to banks—from 6.25% to 5.75% in mid-August 2007. Then, at its meeting on September 18, the Fed reduced the discount rate to 5.25% and the federal funds rateiii from 5.25% to 4.75%. This marked the first reduction in the federal funds rate since June 2003. The Fed again lowered rates in October and December 2007, bringing the federal funds rate to 4.25% at the end of the year. Shortly after the reporting period ended, the Fed continued to ease monetary policy in an attempt to ward off a recession. In a surprise move, the Fed aggressively cut the federal funds rate on January 22, 2008 by 0.75% to 3.50%. The Fed again lowered the federal funds rate during its meeting on January 30, 2008, bringing it to 3.00%. In its

 

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statement accompanying its latest rate cut, the Fed stated: “Today’s policy action, combined with those taken earlier, should help to promote moderate growth over time and to mitigate the risks to economic activity. However, downside risks to growth remain. The Committee will continue to assess the effects of financial and other developments on economic prospects and will act in a timely manner as needed to address those risks.”

Despite periods of extreme volatility, the U.S. stock market produced overall positive results during the 12-month reporting period. After rising in four of the first five months of the period, the market reversed course beginning in June 2007. Earlier in the reporting period, U.S. stock prices rose on the back of solid corporate profits, an active merger and acquisition (M&A) environment and hopes that the Fed would lower the federal funds rate in 2007. U.S. equity prices then faltered in June and July 2007 due to troubles in the housing market and expectations that the Fed would not lower short-term interest rates in the foreseeable future. U.S. stock prices then rallied from August through October 2007, as the Fed lowered interest rates and it appeared the credit crunch was easing. However, stock prices then fell sharply in November and modestly in December due to mounting losses related to subprime mortgages and fears of slower economic growth in 2008. All told, the S&P 500 Indexiv returned 5.49% during the 12 months ended December 31, 2007.

During the 12-month reporting period, both short- and long-term Treasury yields experienced periods of significant volatility given mixed economic data and shifting expectations regarding the Fed’s future monetary policy. After falling during the first three months of 2007, yields then moved steadily higher during much of the second quarter. This was due, in part, to inflationary fears, a solid job market and expectations that the Fed would not be cutting short-term rates in the foreseeable future. During the remainder of the reporting period, the U.S. fixed-income markets were extremely volatile, which negatively impacted market liquidity conditions. Initially, the concern on the part of market participants was limited to the subprime segment of the mortgage-backed market. These concerns broadened,

 

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however, to include a wide range of financial institutions and markets. As a result, other fixed-income instruments also experienced increased price volatility. This turmoil triggered several “flights to quality,” causing Treasury yields to move sharply lower (and their prices higher), while riskier segments of the market saw their yields move higher (and their prices lower). Overall, during the 12 months ended December 31, 2007, two-year Treasury yields fell from 4.82% to 3.05%. Over the same period, 10-year Treasury yields fell from 4.71% to 4.04%. Looking at the 12-month period as a whole, the overall bond market, as measured by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Indexv, returned 6.97%.

Please read on for a more detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s fiscal year and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance.

Information About Your Fund

As you may be aware, several issues in the mutual fund industry have come under the scrutiny of federal and state regulators. Affiliates of the Fund’s manager have, in recent years, received requests for information from various government regulators regarding market timing, late trading, fees, and other mutual fund issues in connection with various investigations. The regulators appear to be examining, among other things, the Fund’s response to market timing and shareholder exchange activity, including compliance with prospectus disclosure related to these subjects. The Fund is not in a position to predict the outcome of these requests and investigations.

Important information with regard to recent regulatory developments that may affect the Fund is contained in the Notes to Financial Statements included in this report.

 

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As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets. We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

January 30, 2008

 

All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

 

i

 

Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

 

ii

 

The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

 

iii

 

The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day.

 

iv

 

The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500 stocks that is generally representative of the performance of larger companies in the U.S.

 

v

 

The Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

 

IV         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund


Fund Overview

 

Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?

A. For the financial markets, 2007 was a tumultuous year that, remarkably, managed to produce modest gains for much of the broad U.S. stock market, despite high levels of volatility and widely disparate performance among different market sectors. After a solid start to the year, U.S. stock indexes fell sharply in February following China’s worst one-day stock market performance in 10 years, which had widespread repercussions for global markets. However, by mid-March, the domestic equity market had resumed its ascent on the strength of positive economic and corporate earnings news and continued merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that helped lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average (“DJIA”)i to new record highs of 13,000 and 14,000 during the summer.

But while the stock market was performing well, headlines began to shift to concerns about rising subprime mortgage default rates, which rapidly grew into a full-fledged crisis for the collateralized debt market. As news of the crisis unfolded, a number of credit-rating downgrades and announcements of massive write-downs by prominent financial firms with subprime exposure contributed to growing investor fears and increasing levels of market volatility. The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)ii soon joined central banks around the world in an effort to normalize credit markets by injecting large amounts of liquidity into the markets and lowering key interest rates.

Despite high levels of volatility during the course of the year, the U.S. equity market managed to perform well in 2007. This was notable, especially in light of the bursting of the housing market bubble, record high oil prices, weakening consumer spending and intensifying concerns about inflation and recession. The DJIA registered a total return of 8.88% for the 12 months ended December 31, 2007, while the broader S&P 500 Indexiii gained 5.49% and the small-cap market, as represented by the Russell 2000 Indexiv, returned -1.57%. The Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors were the weakest performers within the S&P 500 Index in 2007, suffering double-digit losses, while the Energy, Materials, Utilities and Information Technology (“IT”) sectors all had strong double-digit gains over the same period.

Turning to the bond market, it also experienced periods of unnerving volatility during the year. Changing perceptions regarding the economy, inflation and future Fed monetary policy caused bond prices to fluctuate. Two- and 10-year Treasury yields began the reporting period at 4.82% and 4.71%, respectively. After tepid gross domestic product (“GDP”)v growth in the first quarter of 2007, the economy rebounded, inflationary pressures increased and both short- and long-term Treasury yields moved sharply higher. By mid-June, two- and 10-year Treasurys were yielding 5.10% and 5.26%, respectively, and market sentiment was that the Fed’s next move would be to raise interest rates.

However, after their June peaks, Treasury yields then moved lower, as concerns regarding the subprime mortgage market and a severe credit crunch triggered a massive “flight to quality.” During this time, investors were drawn to the relative safety of Treasurys, causing

 

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their yields to fall and their prices to rise. At the same time, increased investor risk aversion caused other segments of the bond market to falter. As conditions in the credit market worsened in August 2007, central banks around the world took action by injecting approximately $500 billion of liquidity into the financial system. Additionally, the Fed began lowering the discount ratevi and the federal funds ratevii in August and September, respectively. In October, the volatility in the bond market was less extreme before another flight to quality occurred in November, causing bond yields to fall even further. At the end of the fiscal year, two- and 10-year Treasury yields were 3.05% and 4.04%, respectively. Looking at the 12-month period as a whole, the overall bond market, as measured by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Indexviii, returned 6.97%.

Performance Review

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2007, Class A shares of Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund, excluding sales charges, returned 6.77%. These shares outperformed the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Category Average1 which increased 5.34% over the same time frame. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the S&P 500 Index and the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index, returned 5.49% and 6.97%, respectively, for the same period.

 

1

 

Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 12-month period ended December 31, 2007, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 458 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

 

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Performance Snapshot as of December 31, 2007 (excluding sales charges) (unaudited)
      6 Months      12 Months

Capital and Income Fund — Class A Shares

   -0.29%      6.77%
 

S&P 500 Index

   -1.37%      5.49%
 

Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index

   5.93%      6.97%
 

Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds
Category Average1

   0.52%      5.34%
 
The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors.
Excluding sales charges, Class B shares returned -0.60%, Class C shares returned -0.63% and Class I shares returned -0.15% over the six months ended December 31, 2007. Excluding sales charges, Class B shares returned 6.16%, Class C shares returned 5.98% and Class I shares returned 7.13% over the 12 months ended December 31, 2007. All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply when shares are purchased or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.
Performance figures reflect expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, without which the performance would have been lower.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)        
As of the Fund’s most current prospectus dated April 16, 2007, the gross total operating expenses for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares were 1.06%, 1.60%, 1.80% and 0.75%, respectively.
As a result of a contractual expense limitation, the ratio of expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes and extraordinary expenses, to average net assets will not exceed 1.79% for Class C shares and 0.74% for Class I shares until May 1, 2008.

Q. What were the most significant factors affecting Fund performance?

What were the leading contributors to performance?

A. In the equity portion of the Fund, relative to the S&P 500 Index, overall stock selection accounted for most of the outperformance for the reporting period. In addition, sector allocation contributed meaningfully to results. In particular, stock selection in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors made significant contributions to relative performance. The Fund’s overweights to the Energy and IT sectors were also beneficial to relative results. On an individual stock basis, the leading contributors to performance included positions in Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., Crosstex Energy Inc. and Transocean, Inc., all in the Energy sector. Elsewhere, Las Vegas Sands Corp. in the Consumer Discretionary sector and Altria Group Inc. in the Consumer Staples sector boosted returns.

 

1

 

Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the period ended December 31, 2007, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 472 funds for the six-month period and among the 458 funds for the 12-month period in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

 

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In the fixed-income portion of the Fund, during the fiscal year, we positioned the Fund in anticipation of a steepening yield curveix. This was beneficial to performance as the yield curve did steepen. During the period, the spread between the yield on long-term and short-term Treasurys increased as short-term rates declined more than their longer-term counterparts. A small exposure to U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”)x enhanced results as inflationary pressures increased.

What were the leading detractors from performance?

A. In the equity portion of the Fund, relative to the S&P 500 Index, significant detractors from performance included stock selection in the Energy sector and underweights to the Materials and Consumer Staples sectors. On an individual stock basis, the leading detractors from performance included holdings in Warner Music Group Corp. and Time Warner Inc., both in the Consumer Discretionary sector and Fidelity National Financial Inc. (Class A Shares), UBS AG and American Express Co., all in the Financials sector.

In the fixed-income portion of the Fund, given the fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown and several flights to quality, the Fund’s exposure to the mortgage-backed sector detracted from performance. In addition, the Fund’s exposure to select lower-quality securities hurt performance as riskier assets sold off during the second half of the year given increased investor risk aversion.

Q. Were there any significant changes to the Fund during the reporting period?

A. In the equity portion of the Fund, during the fiscal year, we significantly increased its weightings in the Energy and Telecommunication Services sectors, moving from underweighted to overweighted positions in both sectors. We also reduced its overweighted allocations to the Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors. We closed a number of positions during the year, including holdings in McDonald’s Corp. in the Consumer Discretionary sector, WellPoint Inc. in the Health Care sector, Microsoft Corp. in the IT sector, as well as ACE Ltd. and First American Corp., both in the Financials sector. We established new positions in a number of companies, including Invesco Ltd. in the Financials sector, Liberty Media Holding Corp. (Capital Group, Series A Shares) in the Consumer Discretionary sector, EMC Corp. in the IT sector, as well as SBA Communications Corp. (Class A) in the Telecommunication Services sector and Medtronic Inc. in the Health Care sector.

There were no significant changes made to the fixed-income portion of the Fund during the 12-month reporting period.

 

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Thank you for your investment in Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

Sincerely,

LOGO

Robert Gendelman

Portfolio Manager

Clearbridge Advisors, LLC

(Equity Portion)

 

Western Asset Management Company

(Fixed-Income Portion)

January 15, 2008

 

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.

Portfolio holdings and breakdowns are as of December 31, 2007 and are subject to change and may not be representative of the portfolio managers’ current or future investments. The Fund’s top ten holdings (as a percentage of net assets) as of this date were: Altria Group Inc. (2.7%), Crosstex Energy Inc. (2.7%), Bank of America Corp. (2.5%), Invesco Ltd. (2.4%), Liberty Media Holding Corp., Capital Group, Series A Shares (2.3%), EMC Corp. (2.2%), SBA Communications Corp., Class A (2.2%), Time Warner Inc. (2.2%), Crown Castle International Corp. (2.1%) and American International Group Inc. (2.1%). Please refer to pages 11 through 34 for a list and percentage breakdown of the Fund’s holdings.

The mention of sector breakdowns is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any securities. The information provided regarding such sectors is not a sufficient basis upon which to make an investment decision. Investors seeking financial advice regarding the appropriateness of investing in any securities or investment strategies discussed should consult their financial professional. The Fund’s top five sector holdings (as a percentage of net assets) as of December 31, 2007 were: Common Stocks (77.5%), Corporate Bonds & Notes (9.9%), Mortgage-Backed Securities (6.0%), Collateralized Senior Loans (1.6%) and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (0.9%). The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

RISKS: Stock and bond prices are subject to fluctuation. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund’s share price. High-yield securities are rated below investment grade and involve greater credit and liquidity risk than higher-rated securities. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options and futures, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. The Fund is subject to certain risks of overseas investing not associated with domestic investing, including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for more information on these and other risks.

All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

 

i

 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (“DJIA”) is a widely followed measurement of the stock market. The average is comprised of 30 stocks that represent leading companies in major industries. These stocks, widely held by both individual and institutional investors, are considered to be all blue-chip companies.

 

ii

 

The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

 

iii

 

The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500 stocks that is generally representative of the performance of larger companies in the U.S.

 

iv

 

The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.

 

v

 

Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

 

vi

 

The discount rate is the interest rate charged by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank on short-term loans (usually overnight or weekend) to banks.

 

vii

 

The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day.

 

viii

 

The Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

 

ix

 

The yield curve is the graphical depiction of the relationship between the yield on bonds of the same credit quality but different maturities.

 

x

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”) are inflation-indexed securities issued by the U.S. Treasury in 5-year, 10-year and 20-year maturities. The principal is adjusted to the Consumer Price Index, the commonly used measure of inflation. The coupon rate is constant, but generates a different amount of interest when multiplied by the inflation-adjusted principal.

 

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Fund at a Glance (unaudited)

 

LOGO

 

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Fund Expenses (unaudited)

 

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end and back-end sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2007 and held for the six months ended December 31, 2007.

Actual Expenses

The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

 

Based on Actual Total Return(1)
     Actual Total
Return Without
Sales Charges(2)
    Beginning
Account
Value
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period(3)

Class A

  -0.29 %   $ 1,000.00   $ 997.10   1.08 %   $ 5.44
 

Class B

  -0.60       1,000.00     994.00   1.64       8.24
 

Class C

  -0.63       1,000.00     993.70   1.79       9.00
 

Class I

  -0.15       1,000.00     998.50   0.74       3.73
 

 

(1)

 

For the six months ended December 31, 2007.

 

(2)

 

Assumes reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) with respect to Class B and Class C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

(3)

 

Expenses (net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

 

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Fund Expenses (unaudited) (continued)

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Based on Hypothetical Total Return(1)      
     Hypothetical
Annualized
Total Return
    Beginning
Account
Value
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
the Period(2)

Class A

  5.00 %   $ 1,000.00   $ 1019.76   1.08 %   $ 5.50
 

Class B

  5.00       1,000.00     1016.94   1.64       8.34
 

Class C

  5.00       1,000.00     1016.18   1.79       9.10
 

Class I

  5.00       1,000.00     1021.48   0.74       3.77
 

 

(1)

 

For the six months ended December 31, 2007.

 

(2)

 

Expenses (net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

 

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Fund Performance

 

Average Annual Total Returns(1) (unaudited)        
    Without Sales Charges(2)  
     Class A     Class B     Class C     Class I  

Twelve Months Ended 12/31/07

  6.77 %   6.16 %   5.98 %   7.13 %
   

Five Years Ended 12/31/07

  13.80     13.21     12.94     14.23  
   

Ten Years Ended 12/31/07

  6.64     6.08     N/A     7.02  
   

Inception* through 12/31/07

  9.95     10.53     5.57     9.37  
   
    With Sales Charges(3)  
     Class A     Class B     Class C     Class I  

Twelve Months Ended 12/31/07

  0.64 %   1.48 %   5.04 %   7.13 %
   

Five Years Ended 12/31/07

  12.47     13.09     12.94     14.23  
   

Ten Years Ended 12/31/07

  6.01     6.08     N/A     7.02  
   

Inception* through 12/31/07

  9.52     10.53     5.57     9.37  
   

 

Cumulative Total Returns(1) (unaudited)      
     Without Sales Charges(2)

Class A (12/31/97 through 12/31/07)

      90.12 %    
 

Class B (12/31/97 through 12/31/07)

      80.42      
 

Class C (Inception* through 12/31/07)

      67.73      
 

Class I (12/31/97 through 12/31/07)

      97.02      
 

 

(1)

 

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemptions of Fund shares. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

 

(2)

 

Assumes reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable CDSC with respect to Class B and Class C shares.

 

(3)

 

Assumes reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value. In addition, Class A shares reflect the deduction of the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%; Class B shares reflect the deduction of a 5.00% CDSC, which applies if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment and declines thereafter by 1.00% per year until no CDSC is incurred; Class C shares also reflect the deduction of a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment.

 

  *   Inception dates for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares are November 6, 1992, September 16, 1985, June 15, 1998 and February 7, 1996, respectively.

 

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Historical Performance (unaudited)

 

Value of $10,000 Invested in Class B Shares of Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund vs. S&P 500 Index and Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index (December 1997 — December 2007)

LOGO

 

  Hypothetical illustration of $10,000 invested in Class B shares on December 31, 1997, assuming reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value through December 31, 2007. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500 stocks that is generally representative of the performance of larger companies in the U.S. The Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity. The Indexes are unmanaged and are not subject to the same management and trading expenses as a mutual fund. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index. The performance of the Fund’s other classes may be greater or less than the Class B shares’ performance indicated on this chart, depending on whether higher or lower sales charges and fees were incurred by shareholders investing in the other classes.

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment, which will fluctuate so that an investor’s share, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007)

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND

 

Shares    Security    Value  
     
     
COMMON STOCKS — 77.5%   
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 9.1%  
Household Durables — 0.0%  
2,330,496   

Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. (a)(b)*

   $ 2  
   
Media — 8.3%  
1,237,870   

E.W. Scripps Co., Class A Shares

     55,716,529  
1,048,500   

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A Shares

     50,401,395  
654,910   

Liberty Media Holding Corp., Capital Group, Series A Shares*

     76,290,466  
4,331,900   

Time Warner Inc.

     71,519,669  
3,460,200   

Warner Music Group Corp.

     20,968,812  
   
  

Total Media

     274,896,871  
   
Specialty Retail — 0.8%  
936,600   

TJX Cos. Inc.

     26,908,518  
   
   TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY      301,805,391  
   
CONSUMER STAPLES — 2.7%  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%  
28,868   

FHC Delaware Inc. (a)(b)*

     0  
   
Food Products — 0.0%  
1,948   

Aurora Foods Inc. (a)(b)*

     0  
   
Tobacco — 2.7%  
1,191,000   

Altria Group Inc.

     90,015,780  
   
   TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES      90,015,780  
   
ENERGY — 13.1%  
Energy Equipment & Services — 5.2%  
355,700   

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

     50,509,400  
1,824,300   

Halliburton Co.

     69,159,213  
555,240   

SEACOR Holdings Inc.*

     51,492,958  
   
  

Total Energy Equipment & Services

     171,161,571  
   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.9%  
447,175   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     29,374,926  
283,340   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR

     41,990,988  
2,410,082   

Crosstex Energy Inc.

     89,751,454  
530,650   

Devon Energy Corp.

     47,180,091  
969,900   

Newfield Exploration Co.*

     51,113,730  
123,340   

SandRidge Energy Inc.*

     4,422,972  
   
  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     263,834,161  
   
   TOTAL ENERGY      434,995,732  
   
FINANCIALS — 18.2%  
Capital Markets — 7.7%   
2,510,730   

Invesco Ltd.

     78,786,707  
404,500   

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (c)

     26,470,480  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Shares    Security    Value
     
Capital Markets — 7.7% (continued)   
462,600   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (c)

   $ 24,832,368
2,070,199   

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

     54,404,830
305,000   

Pzena Investment Management Inc., Class A

     3,477,000
1,470,500   

UBS AG

     67,643,000
 
  

Total Capital Markets

     255,614,385
 
Commercial Banks — 2.0%
2,253,300   

Wells Fargo & Co. (c)

     68,027,127
 
Consumer Finance — 2.1%
1,320,550   

American Express Co.

     68,695,011
 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.5%
2,033,100   

Bank of America Corp. (c)

     83,885,706
 
Insurance — 3.9%
1,204,951   

American International Group Inc.

     70,248,643
4,112,701   

Fidelity National Financial Inc., Class A Shares

     60,086,562
 
  

Total Insurance

     130,335,205
 
   TOTAL FINANCIALS      606,557,434
 
HEALTH CARE — 7.3%   
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%   
1,384,400   

Medtronic Inc.

     69,593,788
 
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%   
987,100   

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

     52,217,590
975,140   

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     56,753,148
 
  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

     108,970,738
 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%   
972,000   

Johnson & Johnson

     64,832,400
 
   TOTAL HEALTH CARE      243,396,926
 
INDUSTRIALS — 10.5%   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%
775,300   

United Technologies Corp.

     59,341,462
 
Building Products — 1.9%
3,113,300   

Assa Abloy AB

     61,938,978
 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.9%
2,088,190   

Covanta Holding Corp.*

     57,759,335
1,202,100   

Monster Worldwide Inc.*

     38,948,040
 
  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

     96,707,375
 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8%
1,666,840   

General Electric Co.

     61,789,759
 
Machinery — 2.1%
1,489,500   

Dover Corp.

     68,651,055
 
   TOTAL INDUSTRIALS      348,428,629
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Shares    Security    Value
     
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 9.6%   
Communications Equipment — 3.4%
2,320,670   

Cisco Systems Inc.*

   $ 62,820,537
1,270,200   

QUALCOMM Inc.

     49,982,370
 
  

Total Communications Equipment

     112,802,907
 
Computers & Peripherals — 2.3%
2,028   

Axiohm Transaction Solutions Inc. (a)(b)*

     0
3,999,500   

EMC Corp.*

     74,110,735
 
  

Total Computers & Peripherals

     74,110,735
 
Internet Software & Services — 2.2%
166,210   

Equinix Inc.*

     16,798,845
1,505,900   

VeriSign Inc.*

     56,636,899
 
  

Total Internet Software & Services

     73,435,744
 
Software — 1.7%
2,528,200   

Oracle Corp.*

     57,086,756
 
   TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY      317,436,142
 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 4.3%   
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.3%
1,697,480   

Crown Castle International Corp.*

     70,615,168
2,134,700   

SBA Communications Corp., Class A*

     72,238,248
 
   TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES      142,853,416
 
UTILITIES — 2.7%   
Gas Utilities — 1.4%   
1,030,290   

National Fuel Gas Co.

     48,093,937
 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.3%   
975,600   

NRG Energy Inc.*

     42,282,504
 
   TOTAL UTILITIES      90,376,441
 
   TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost — $2,510,363,327)
     2,575,865,891
 
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.1%   
FINANCIALS — 0.1%   
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%   
  

TCR Holdings Corp.:

  
321   

Class B Shares (a)(b)*

     0
177   

Class C Shares (a)(b)*

     0
466   

Class D Shares (a)(b)*

     1
964   

Class E Shares (a)(b)*

     1
 
  

Total Diversified Financial Services

     2
 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%   
85,000   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 8.375%

     2,222,750
2,800   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 7.000% (d)

     129,763

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Shares    Security    Value  
     
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1% (continued)   
  60,000   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 8.250%

   $ 1,545,000  
     
  

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     3,897,513  
     
   TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost — $3,774,075)
     3,897,515  
     
Face
Amount
             
  ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.3%   
  Automobiles — 0.0%   
$      750,000   

ARG Funding Corp., 4.290% due 4/20/11 (e)

     746,047  
     
  Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%   
  2,750,744   

Airplanes Pass-Through Trust, Subordinated Notes, 10.875% due 3/15/12 (a)(b)(f)

     0  
     
  Home Equity — 0.3%   
  196,879   

ACE Securities Corp., 5.035% due 1/25/36 (d)

     84,635  
  24,705   

Argent Securities Inc., 4.925% due 5/25/36 (d)

     24,641  
  

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust:

  
  200,000   

5.215% due 9/25/34 (d)

     194,952  
  622,694   

5.145% due 2/25/36 (d)

     601,159  
  349,152   

Centex Home Equity Loan Trust, 3.235% due 2/25/32

     341,333  
  129,939   

Cityscape Home Equity Loan Trust, 6.525% due 7/25/28 (b)(d)

     64,970  
  316,277   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 6.033% due 6/25/34 (d)

     256,722  
  

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust:

  
  532,400   

5.318% due 12/15/33 (d)

     525,687  
  666,805   

5.348% due 3/15/34 (d)

     644,745  
  835,215   

5.248% due 11/15/35 (d)

     751,948  
  982,556   

5.258% due 2/15/36 (d)

     958,700  
  420,834   

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 6.415% due 2/25/31 (d)

     333,166  
  73,417   

Finance America Net Interest Margin Trust, 5.250% due 6/27/34 (b)(e)

     59  
  196,445   

First Horizon ABS Trust, 5.025% due 10/25/34 (d)

     161,028  
  180,065   

Fremont Home Loan Trust, 5.965% due 2/25/34 (d)

     153,751  
  192,839   

Green Tree Financial Corp., 7.070% due 1/15/29

     202,254  
  83,745   

GSAMP Trust, 4.965% due 1/25/36 (d)

     61,078  
  152,741   

Indymac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust, 5.035% due 4/25/36 (d)

     131,099  
  435,524   

Irwin Home Equity, 4.720% due 6/25/35

     433,202  
  44,194   

IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, 4.925% due 8/25/36 (d)

     43,904  
  2,951   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 5.000% due 9/25/35 (e)

     2,872  
  

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust:

  
  146,018   

5.705% due 2/25/33 (d)

     137,312  
  314,307   

6.515% due 7/25/33 (d)

     276,543  
  750,000   

5.915% due 5/25/34 (d)

     682,442  
  167,104   

RAAC, 5.135% due 5/25/36 (d)(e)

     138,754  
  377,217   

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 6.765% due 3/25/34 (d)

     346,981  
  165,211   

SACO I Trust, 5.035% due 3/25/36 (d)

     95,635  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Home Equity — 0.3% (continued)   
  

Sail Net Interest Margin Notes:

  
$ 141,210   

7.750% due 4/27/33 (b)(e)

   $ 14  
  35,690   

5.500% due 3/27/34 (e)

     2,389  
  218,785   

Saxon Asset Securities Trust, 8.640% due 12/25/32 (a)

     150,524  
  268,188   

WMC Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, 7.278% due 10/15/29 (d)

     243,761  
     
  

Total Home Equity

     8,046,260  
     
   TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $12,942,307)
     8,792,307  
     
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.9%   
  380,000   

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 5.665% due 11/25/45 (d)

     371,500  
  1,800,000   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., 5.372% due 9/10/45 (d)

     1,810,254  
  1,776,341   

Banc of America Funding Corp., 5.789% due 6/20/35 (d)

     1,772,651  
  158,639   

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 4.803% due 9/25/35 (d)

     157,522  
  886,953   

Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, 5.135% due 4/25/36 (d)(e)

     838,969  
  2,176,053   

Bear Stearns ARM Trust, 5.783% due 2/25/36 (d)

     2,134,324  
  1,147,383   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 4.900% due 12/25/35 (d)

     1,106,769  
  

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust:

  
  197,203   

5.118% due 11/20/35 (d)

     184,612  
  1,294,893   

5.135% due 1/25/36 (d)

     1,221,747  
  168,718   

5.065% due 5/25/36 (d)

     159,921  
  200,051   

5.075% due 7/25/46 (d)

     187,321  
  

Countrywide Home Loan, Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:

  
  114,410   

5.195% due 2/25/35 (d)

     108,450  
  165,637   

5.165% due 5/25/35 (d)

     156,400  
  1,800,000   

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 5.555% due 2/15/39 (d)

     1,830,423  
  166,840   

Deutsche ALT-A Securities Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust, 4.972% due 8/25/35 (d)

     164,552  
  

Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust:

  
  556,838   

5.385% due 9/19/44 (d)

     527,431  
  153,738   

5.175% due 3/19/45 (d)

     146,439  
  161,613   

5.708% due 3/19/46 (d)

     156,361  
  161,613   

5.708% due 3/19/47 (d)

     146,285  
  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):

  
  65,453   

6.000% due 3/15/34 (d)

     65,435  
  544,681   

PAC, 6.000% due 4/15/34 (d)

     541,828  
  197,296   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 5.024% due 10/25/35 (d)

     198,617  
  

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust:

  
  155,770   

5.365% due 11/19/34 (d)

     153,316  
  173,399   

5.315% due 1/19/35 (d)

     167,475  
  116,399   

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 6.309% due 3/25/35 (d)

     115,889  
  250,000   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 5.814% due 6/12/43 (d)

     258,909  
  1,507,517   

Lehman XS Trust, 5.085% due 4/25/46 (d)

     1,426,064  
  235,056   

Luminent Mortgage Trust, 5.105% due 4/25/36 (d)

     221,251  
  630,000   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, 5.659% due 5/12/39 (d)

     649,796  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.9% (continued)   
  

MLCC Mortgage Investors Inc.:

  
$ 361,545   

5.785% due 4/25/29 (d)

   $ 355,119  
  453,795   

5.745% due 5/25/29 (d)

     434,475  
  

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust:

  
  275,371   

4.920% due 3/25/34 (d)

     275,113  
  66,944   

7.116% due 6/25/34 (d)

     67,344  
  1,425,231   

5.373% due 5/25/35 (d)

     1,431,462  
  251,120   

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 5.075% due 5/25/46 (d)

     235,785  
  

Structured Asset Securities Corp.:

  
  1,312,834   

5.500% due 3/25/19

     1,323,505  
  530,335   

5.965% due 2/25/28 (d)

     512,912  
  244,640   

5.865% due 3/25/28 (d)

     220,246  
  

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust:

  
  2,703,071   

6.220% due 9/25/37 (d)

     2,681,466  
  2,922,552   

6.231% due 9/25/37 (c)(d)

     2,935,153  
  841,915   

5.115% due 7/25/45 (d)

     841,762  
  

Washington Mutual Inc.:

  
  112,213   

5.942% due 9/25/36 (d)

     113,451  
  765,998   

5.225% due 10/25/45 (d)

     700,568  
  238,738   

5.135% due 12/25/45 (d)

     226,211  
  130,322   

5.155% due 12/25/45 (d)

     123,232  
  

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates:

  
  735,808   

5.185% due 1/25/45 (d)

     697,244  
  858,443   

5.205% due 1/25/45 (d)

     815,239  
  143,041   

Washington Mutual Pass-Through Certificates, 5.145% due 11/25/45 (d)

     134,304  
  139,165   

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, 5.242% due 4/25/36 (d)

     138,891  
  136,586   

Zuni Mortgage Loan Trust, 4.995% due 8/25/36 (d)

     130,658  
     
   TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $31,748,682)
     31,374,651  
     
  COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 1.6%   
  Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%   
  

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, Term Loan:

  
  418,160   

7.803% due 7/31/09 (d)

     417,899  
  831,840   

8.933% due 7/31/14

     828,850  
     
  

Total Aerospace & Defense

     1,246,749  
     
  Airlines — 0.1%   
  1,000,000   

Delta Airlines Inc., Term Loan, 8.610% due 4/30/14

     955,714  
  1,441,653   

United Airlines Inc., Term Loan B, 6.688% due 1/12/14 (d)

     1,350,148  
     
  

Total Airlines

     2,305,862  
     
  Auto Components — 0.1%   
  2,000,000   

Allison Transmission, Term Loan B, 7.965% due 8/7/14 (d)

     1,872,142  
  1,000,000   

Visteon Corp., Term Loan, Tranch B, 8.380% due 6/20/13 (d)

     933,500  
     
  

Total Auto Components

     2,805,642  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

16         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Capital Markets — 0.0%   
$ 1,000,000   

Nuveen Investments Inc., Term Loan B, 7.724% due 11/1/14 (d)

   $ 991,161  
     
  Chemicals — 0.0%   
  997,486   

Georgia Gulf Corp., Term Loan B, 5.771% due 9/1/13

     961,119  
     
  Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%   
  1,000,000   

Nielson Finance, Term Loan B, 7.360% due 8/15/13

     950,278  
  997,494   

US Investigations Services Inc., Term Loan B, 8.238% due 2/21/15

     943,879  
     
  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

     1,894,157  
     
  Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%   
  1,000,000   

Thomson Learning Hold, Term Loan B, 7.950% due 7/5/14 (d)

     947,986  
     
  Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%   
  997,500   

Chrysler Financial, Term Loan B, 9.360% due 8/3/12

     961,681  
  1,000,000   

Iconix, Term Loan B, 7.450% due 5/1/14 (d)

     945,000  
  997,481   

Sally Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 7.519% due 11/15/13 (d)

     962,985  
     
  

Total Diversified Financial Services

     2,869,666  
     
  Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%   
  2,000,000   

Cablevision Systems Corp., Term Loan B, 6.897% due 3/30/13

     1,893,572  
  1,000,000   

Insight Midwest, Term Loan B, 7.000% due 4/10/14 (d)

     967,222  
     
  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2,860,794  
     
  Electric Utilities — 0.0%   
  1,250,000   

TXU Corp., Term Loan B, 8.396% due 10/10/14

     1,228,595  
     
  Electrical Equipment — 0.0%   
  1,000,000   

Sensata Technologies, Term Loan, 6.760% due 4/27/13

     952,857  
     
  Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%   
  

Community Health Systems Inc.:

  
  61,872   

Term Loan, 1.000% due 7/2/14

     59,645  
  938,128   

Term Loan B, 7.756% due 7/2/14

     904,365  
  997,487   

HCA Inc., Term Loan B, 7.448% due 11/1/13

     962,533  
  997,494   

Health Management Association, Term Loan B, 6.948% due 1/16/14

     933,349  
  1,000,000   

Manor Care Inc., Term Loan B, 7.900% due 11/15/14

     958,125  
     
  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

     3,818,017  
     
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%   
  1,000,000   

Aramark Corp., Term Loan, 1.000% due 1/31/14

     952,875  
  

Golden Nugget Inc., Term Loan:

  
  363,636   

1.000% due 6/8/14

     343,636  
  636,364   

6.742% due 6/14/14 (d)

     601,364  
  997,468   

MGM MIRAGE Inc., Term Loan B, 8.448% due 4/8/11 (d)

     926,739  
  1,000,000   

Six Flags, Term Loan B, 7.750% due 5/31/13

     920,694  
     
  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3,745,308  
     
  Household Products — 0.0%   
  927,909   

Yankee Candle, Term Loan B, 7.200% due 1/15/14 (d)

     869,915  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  IT Services — 0.1%  
$ 1,960,000   

First Data Corp., 7.960% due 10/15/14 (d)

   $ 1,866,339  
     
  Media — 0.3%   
  

Charter Communications, Term Loan B:

  
  1,000,000   

6.990% due 3/15/14 (d)

     936,298  
  1,000,000   

7.360% due 3/15/14

     936,298  
  1,000,000   

Citadel Broadcasting Corp., Term Loan A, 6.670% due 6/12/13 (d)

     896,250  
  1,000,000   

CMP Susquehanna Corp., 7.015% due 6/7/13 (d)

     937,813  
  1,000,000   

Idearc Inc., Term Loan B, 7.200% due 11/1/14

     954,034  
  1,246,875   

LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., Term Loan B, 7.200% due 4/4/14 (d)

     1,202,455  
  1,000,000   

Regal Cinemas, Term Loan B, 6.330% due 10/19/10

     952,102  
  

Univision Communications Inc., Term Loan B:

  
  33,557   

1.000% due 9/15/14

     30,663  
  966,443   

7.206% due 9/15/14

     883,087  
  1,000,000   

UPC, Term Loan N, 7.130% due 3/30/14 (d)

     949,063  
     
  

Total Media

     8,678,063  
     
  Multiline Retail — 0.1%   
  1,000,000   

Dollar General Corp., Term Loan B, 7.734% due 7/15/14 (d)

     920,781  
  1,500,000   

Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Term Loan B, 7.448% due 3/13/13

     1,446,063  
     
  

Total Multiline Retail

     2,366,844  
     
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%   
  

Ashmore Energy International:

  
  95,952   

Synthetic Revolving Credit Facility, 8.198% due 3/30/14

     91,874  
  904,048   

Term Loan, 8.198% due 3/30/14 (d)

     865,626  
  2,000,000   

Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Inc., Term Loan B, 8.125% due 2/7/14

     1,965,000  
     
  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2,922,500  
     
  Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%   
  1,500,000   

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Term Loan, 6.750% due 12/23/13

     1,431,696  
  1,000,000   

NewPage Corp., Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.688% due 11/5/14 (d)

     995,781  
     
  

Total Paper & Forest Products

     2,427,477  
     
  Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%   
  750,000   

Leiner Health Products Group Term Loan B, 9.650% due 5/26/11

     633,375  
  1,000,000   

Royalty Pharma, Term Loan B, 7.095% due 5/15/14

     997,292  
     
  

Total Pharmaceuticals

     1,630,667  
     
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%   
  997,481   

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Term Loan, Tranch B, 7.330% due 12/1/13 (d)

     926,723  
     
  Specialty Retail — 0.1%   
  1,000,000   

Amscan Holdings Inc. Term Loan B, 7.485% due 5/1/13

     930,000  
  997,481   

Michaels Stores Inc. Term Loan B, 7.619% due 10/31/13 (d)

     920,176  
  1,000,000   

PETCO Animal Supplies Inc., Term Loan B, 7.328% due 11/15/13

     961,042  
     
  

Total Specialty Retail

     2,811,218  
     
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%   
  1,000,000   

GM, Term Loan B, 7.585% due 12/15/13 (d)

     936,663  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

18         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.0%   
$ 500,000   

Alltel Wireless Corp., Term Loan B, 7.593% due 11/15/14 (d)

   $ 482,222  
  

Telesat Canada:

  
  6,562   

Delayed Draw Term Loan, Tranch B, 8.000% due 10/15/14

     6,416  
  72,178   

Term Loan, 6.260% due 10/15/14

     70,583  
  921,260   

Telesat Ganada, Term Loan B, 7.901% due 10/15/14

     900,892  
     
   Total Wireless Telecommunication Services      1,460,113  
     
   TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS
(Cost — $54,796,098)
     53,524,435  
     
  CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 9.9%   
  Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%   
  180,000   

DRS Technologies Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.625% due 2/1/16

     178,650  
  1,500,000   

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 4/1/15 (e)(g)

     1,488,750  
  5,465   

Kac Acquisition Co., Subordinated Notes, 0.000% due 4/26/26 (a)(b)(f)

     0  
     
  

Total Aerospace & Defense

     1,667,400  
     
  Airlines — 0.1%   
  

Continental Airlines Inc.:

  
  700,000   

Notes, 8.750% due 12/1/11

     663,250  
  

Pass-Through Certificates:

  
  54,633   

8.312% due 4/2/11

     53,743  
  230,000   

7.339% due 4/19/14

     212,175  
  1,210,000   

DAE Aviation Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 8/1/15 (e)

     1,282,600  
  

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates:

  
  230,000   

6.831% due 9/1/08

     267,191  
  245,469   

7.811% due 10/1/09

     289,654  
  162,820   

8.030% due 7/1/11

     189,685  
  105,000   

6.932% due 9/1/11

     124,950  
     
  

Total Airlines

     3,083,248  
     
  Auto Components — 0.2%   
  730,000   

Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 11/1/15 (e)(g)

     647,875  
  1,625,000   

Keystone Automotive Operations Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.750% due 11/1/13

     1,202,500  
  4,500,000   

Visteon Corp., Senior Notes, 8.250% due 8/1/10 (c)

     4,005,000  
     
  

Total Auto Components

     5,855,375  
     
  Automobiles — 0.2%   
  120,000   

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp., Notes, 4.050% due 6/4/08

     119,550  
  

Ford Motor Co.:

  
  95,000   

Debentures, 8.875% due 1/15/22

     76,000  
  2,645,000   

Notes, 7.450% due 7/16/31

     1,977,138  
  6,725,000   

General Motors Corp., Senior Debentures, 8.250% due 7/15/23 (c)

     5,380,000  
     
  

Total Automobiles

     7,552,688  
     
  Beverages — 0.1%   
  1,750,000   

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/15/14

     1,763,125  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         19


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Building Products — 0.3%   
$ 5,000,000   

American Standard Co. Inc., Senior Notes, 8.250% due 6/1/09 (c)

   $ 5,246,970  
  2,785,000   

Associated Materials Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 4/15/12 (c)

     2,854,625  
  1,160,000   

Nortek Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 9/1/14

     933,800  
  1,925,000   

NTK Holdings Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield
11.452% due 3/1/14

     1,135,750  
     
  

Total Building Products

     10,171,145  
     
  Capital Markets — 0.3%   
  50,000   

Bear Stearns Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes, 5.550% due 1/22/17

     44,888  
  40,000   

Credit Suisse USA Inc., Senior Notes, 5.500% due 8/16/11

     41,134  
  80,000   

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds,
5.793% due 6/1/12 (d)(h)

     71,293  
  80,000   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes, 4.500% due 6/15/10

     79,783  
  4,150,000   

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes, 7.125% due 5/19/16 (c)(e)

     3,810,327  
  130,000   

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Medium-Term Notes,
5.857% due 5/31/12 (d)(h)

     115,971  
  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.:

  
  50,000   

5.250% due 2/6/12

     49,519  
  3,320,000   

Medium-Term Notes, 6.750% due 12/28/17 (c)

     3,428,119  
  460,000   

Senior Notes, Medium-Term Notes, 6.200% due 9/26/14

     469,135  
  500,000   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Medium-Term Notes, 3.700% due 4/21/08

     496,424  
  

Morgan Stanley:

  
  30,000   

Medium-Term Notes, 5.659% due 10/18/16 (d)

     28,038  
  100,000   

Subordinated Notes, 4.750% due 4/1/14

     93,809  
     
  

Total Capital Markets

     8,728,440  
     
  Chemicals — 0.1%   
  150,000   

Arco Chemical Co., Debentures, 9.800% due 2/1/20

     146,250  
  2,580,000   

Georgia Gulf Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/14

     2,070,450  
  495,000   

Huntsman International LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes,
7.875% due 11/15/14

     527,175  
  110,000   

Montell Finance Co. BV, Debentures, 8.100% due 3/15/27 (e)

     84,150  
     
  

Total Chemicals

     2,828,025  
     
  Commercial Banks — 0.5%   
  50,000   

BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes, 5.630% due 3/15/12 (d)(h)

     44,411  
  400,000   

Depfa ACS Bank, 5.125% due 3/16/37 (e)

     396,854  
  

Glitnir Banki HF:

  
  

Notes:

  
  240,000   

6.330% due 7/28/11 (e)

     234,809  
  970,000   

6.375% due 9/25/12 (e)

     952,494  
  200,000   

Subordinated Bonds, 7.451% due 9/14/16 (d)(e)(h)

     184,321  
  520,000   

Subordinated Notes, 6.693% due 6/15/16 (d)(e)

     524,239  
  330,000   

HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds,
6.071% due 6/30/14 (d)(e)(h)

     309,182  
  

ICICI Bank Ltd., Subordinated Bonds:

  
  320,000   

6.375% due 4/30/22 (d)(e)

     286,840  
  100,000   

6.375% due 4/30/22 (d)(e)

     90,675  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Commercial Banks — 0.5% (continued)   
$ 120,000   

Landsbanki Islands HF, 6.100% due 8/25/11 (e)

   $ 118,362  
  4,500,000   

Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd., Bonds,
7.191% due 7/30/15 (c)(d)(e)(h)

     4,471,407  
  1,710,000   

Russian Agricultural Bank, Loan Participation Notes, 6.299% due 5/15/17 (e)

     1,624,500  
  60,000   

Santander Issuances SA Unipersonal, Subordinated Notes,
5.805% due 6/20/16 (d)(e)

     61,279  
  4,575,000   

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds,
6.418% due 7/20/16 (c)(d)(e)(h)

     3,890,182  
  90,000   

SunTrust Capital, Trust Preferred Securities, 6.100% due 12/15/36 (d)

     75,128  
  

TuranAlem Finance BV, Bonds:

  
  1,740,000   

8.250% due 1/22/37 (e)

     1,487,700  
  170,000   

8.250% due 1/22/37 (e)

     145,775  
  160,000   

Wachovia Corp., Subordinated Notes, 5.250% due 8/1/14

     156,652  
  100,000   

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities, 5.950% due 12/15/36

     93,637  
     
  

Total Commercial Banks

     15,148,447  
     
  Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%   
  1,465,000   

DynCorp International LLC/DIV Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.500% due 2/15/13

     1,532,756  
  840,000   

Rental Services Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 12/1/14

     756,000  
  2,050,000   

US Investigations Services Inc., Senior Notes, 10.500% due 11/1/15 (e)

     1,886,000  
  570,000   

Waste Management Inc., Senior Note, 6.375% due 11/15/12

     603,301  
     
  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

     4,778,057  
     
  Computers & Peripherals — 0.0%   
  350,000   

International Business Machines Corp., Medium-Term Notes, 3.800% due 2/1/08

     349,767  
     
  Consumer Finance — 0.8%   
  50,000   

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures, 6.800% due 9/1/66 (d)

     50,781  
  

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

  
  4,400,000   

Notes, 7.000% due 10/1/13 (c)

     3,679,834  
  

Senior Notes:

  
  5,169,000   

9.750% due 9/15/10 (c)

     4,935,103  
  3,537,000   

10.241% due 6/15/11 (c)(d)

     3,355,605  
  

General Motors Acceptance Corp.:

  
  5,300,000   

Bonds, 8.000% due 11/1/31 (c)

     4,456,616  
  

Notes:

  
  5,000,000   

5.625% due 5/15/09 (c)

     4,718,825  
  5,000,000   

6.750% due 12/1/14 (c)

     4,037,975  
  350,000   

John Deere Capital Corp., 3.900% due 1/15/08

     349,880  
  

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes:

  
  200,000   

5.284% due 1/26/09 (d)

     193,217  
  500,000   

4.880% due 1/31/14 (d)

     409,705  
     
  

Total Consumer Finance

     26,187,541  
     
  Containers & Packaging — 0.2%   
  690,000   

Graham Packaging Co. Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 10/15/14

     638,250  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         21


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Containers & Packaging — 0.2% (continued)   
$ 2,745,000   

Graphic Packaging International Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.500% due 8/15/13

   $ 2,724,412  
  1,725,000   

Plastipak Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 12/15/15 (e)

     1,733,625  
     
  

Total Containers & Packaging

     5,096,287  
     
  Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%   
  

Education Management LLC/Education Management Finance Corp.:

  
  195,000   

Senior Notes, 8.750% due 6/1/14

     196,706  
  785,000   

Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.250% due 6/1/16

     812,475  
  250,000   

Service Corp. International, Debentures, 7.875% due 2/1/13

     252,569  
     
  

Total Diversified Consumer Services

     1,261,750  
     
  Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%   
  600,000   

AAC Group Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield
9.092% due 10/1/12

     519,000  
  1,360,000   

Aiful Corp., Notes, 5.000% due 8/10/10 (e)

     1,335,516  
  798,331   

Air 2 US, 8.027% due 10/1/19 (e)

     802,323  
  575,000   

American Express Credit Corp., Notes, 3.000% due 5/16/08

     571,438  
  

Bank of America Corp.:

  
  330,000   

5.125% due 11/15/14

     325,295  
  400,000   

Subordinated Notes, 5.420% due 3/15/17

     387,209  
  3,635,000   

Basell AF SCA, Senior Secured Subordinated Second Priority Notes,
8.375% due 8/15/15 (c)(e)

     2,953,438  
  200,000   

Capital One Bank, Notes, 5.750% due 9/15/10

     200,169  
  350,000   

Citigroup Inc., 3.500% due 2/1/08

     349,557  
  915,000   

El Paso Performance-Linked Trust Certificates, Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/11 (e)

     943,575  
  70,000   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures,
6.375% due 11/15/67 (d)

     72,406  
  900,000   

Glen Meadow Pass-Through Certificates, 6.505% due 2/12/67 (d)(e)

     859,842  
  1,170,000   

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 7/15/10

     1,247,785  
  180,000   

International Lease Finance Corp., Medium-Term Notes, 4.375% due 11/1/09

     178,615  
  250,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes, 5.750% due 1/2/13

     255,038  
  

Leucadia National Corp, Senior Notes:

  
  520,000   

8.125% due 9/15/15

     522,600  
  120,000   

7.125% due 3/15/17

     111,600  
  200,000   

MUFG Capital Finance 1 Ltd., Preferred Securities, 6.346% due 7/25/16 (d)(h)

     189,732  
  650,000   

Pemex Finance Ltd., Notes, 9.030% due 2/15/11

     687,375  
  

Residential Capital LLC, Senior Notes:

  
  240,000   

7.625% due 11/21/08

     192,000  
  140,000   

7.814% due 4/17/09 (d)

     100,100  
  390,000   

7.615% due 5/22/09 (d)

     278,850  
  630,000   

7.500% due 2/22/11

     395,325  
  100,000   

SMFG Preferred Capital, Bonds, 6.078% due 1/25/17 (d)(e)(h)

     92,622  
  

TNK-BP Finance SA:

  
  1,430,000   

7.500% due 7/18/16 (e)

     1,388,888  
  250,000   

6.625% due 3/20/17 (e)

     228,750  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Diversified Financial Services — 0.6% (continued)   
$ 4,585,000   

Vanguard Health Holdings Co. II LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.000% due 10/1/14 (c)

   $ 4,435,987  
     
  

Total Diversified Financial Services

     19,625,035  
     
  Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%   
  385,000   

Citizens Communications Co., Senior Notes, 7.875% due 1/15/27

     368,638  
  1,225,000   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance, Senior Notes, 5.750% due 3/23/16

     1,228,136  
  10,000   

Embarq Corp., Notes, 7.995% due 6/1/36

     10,569  
  455,000   

GT Group Telecom Inc., Senior Discount Notes, 13.250% due 2/1/10 (a)(b)(f)

     0  
  

Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.:

  
  200,000   

Senior Notes, 9.750% due 5/1/13

     199,500  
  445,000   

Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.500% due 5/1/15

     461,687  
  3,610,000   

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 6/15/16 (c)

     3,745,375  
  470,000   

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes, 8.000% due 10/1/10

     504,370  
  

Level 3 Financing Inc, Senior Notes:

  
  500,000   

9.250% due 11/1/14

     455,000  
  300,000   

9.150% due 2/15/15 (d)

     254,250  
  640,000   

Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings, Senior Secured Bonds, 8.875% due 5/1/16 (e)

     659,200  
  

Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A.:

  
  301,000   

Notes, 4.000% due 11/15/08

     297,175  
  380,000   

Senior Notes, 5.250% due 10/1/15

     370,795  
  1,585,000   

Verizon Florida Inc., Senior Notes, 6.125% due 1/15/13

     1,637,884  
  

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes:

  
  2,150,000   

8.750% due 4/15/14

     2,144,625  
  910,000   

9.125% due 8/15/16

     905,450  
  800,000   

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 8/1/16

     844,000  
     
  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

     14,086,654  
     
  Electric Utilities — 0.1%   
  90,000   

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 5.625% due 11/30/12

     93,509  
  30,000   

Exelon Corp., Bonds, 5.625% due 6/15/35

     26,879  
  

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes:

  
  360,000   

6.450% due 11/15/11

     372,058  
  840,000   

7.375% due 11/15/31

     924,384  
  290,000   

Orion Power Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 12.000% due 5/1/10

     317,550  
  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.:

  
  500,000   

4.200% due 3/1/11

     492,370  
  50,000   

First Mortgage Bonds, 6.050% due 3/1/34

     50,080  
  420,000   

VeraSun Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 9.375% due 6/1/17 (e)

     368,550  
     
  

Total Electric Utilities

     2,645,380  
     
  Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.2%   
  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC:

  
  4,690,000   

Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/15 (c)

     4,308,937  
  

Senior Secured Notes:

  
  1,000,000   

7.993% due 10/15/13 (d)

     923,750  
  85,000   

7.875% due 10/15/14

     81,175  
     
  

Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments

     5,313,862  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%   
$ 1,755,000   

Complete Production Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/16

   $ 1,706,737  
  20,000   

GulfMark Offshore Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/14

     20,300  
  500,000   

Key Energy Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/1/14 (e)

     513,750  
  145,000   

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 3/1/32

     162,269  
     
  

Total Energy Equipment & Services

     2,403,056  
     
  Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%   
  

CVS Caremark Corp.:

  
  1,340,000   

6.943% due 1/10/30 (e)

     1,347,765  
  257,189   

Pass-Through Certificates, 5.298% due 1/11/27 (e)

     257,376  
  

CVS Lease Pass-Through Trust:

  
  697,814   

5.880% due 1/10/28 (e)

     705,713  
  772,485   

6.036% due 12/10/28 (e)

     743,878  
  400,000   

Kroger Co., Senior Notes, 6.750% due 4/15/12

     424,975  
  325,000   

Safeway Inc., Senior Notes, 6.500% due 11/15/08

     327,365  
  475,000   

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 4.550% due 5/1/13

     473,307  
     
  

Total Food & Staples Retailing

     4,280,379  
     
  Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%   
  70,000   

Cardinal Health Inc., 5.850% due 12/15/17

     70,233  
  1,140,000   

Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 7/15/15

     1,167,075  
  

HCA Inc.:

  
  2,090,000   

Notes, 6.375% due 1/15/15

     1,776,500  
  1,553,000   

Senior Notes, 6.500% due 2/15/16

     1,320,050  
  

Senior Secured Notes:

  
  1,080,000   

9.250% due 11/15/16

     1,136,700  
  1,295,000   

9.625% due 11/15/16 (g)

     1,372,700  
  3,075,000   

IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes,
8.750% due 6/15/14 (c)

     3,090,375  
  190,000   

Reable Therapeutics Finance LLC, Senior Notes, 10.875% due 11/15/14 (e)

     187,150  
  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes:

  
  2,300,000   

7.375% due 2/1/13

     2,024,000  
  5,000   

9.875% due 7/1/14

     4,788  
  250,000   

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes, 3.300% due 1/30/08

     249,777  
  520,000   

US Oncology Holdings Inc., 10.759% due 3/15/12 (d)(g)

     434,200  
  80,000   

WellPoint Inc., Senior Notes, 5.875% due 6/15/17

     80,689  
     
  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

     12,914,237  
     
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%   
  640,000   

Buffets Inc., Senior Notes, 12.500% due 11/1/14 (f)

     246,400  
  1,490,000   

Caesars Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.125% due 5/15/11

     1,393,150  
  450,000   

El Pollo Loco Inc., Senior Notes, 11.750% due 11/15/13

     427,500  
  225,000   

Herbst Gaming Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.125% due 6/1/12

     147,938  
  140,000   

Mandalay Resort Group, Senior Subordinated Debentures, 7.625% due 7/15/13

     137,200  
  

MGM MIRAGE Inc.:

  
  1,680,000   

Senior Notes, 7.625% due 1/15/17

     1,667,400  
  1,670,000   

Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 2/1/11

     1,715,925  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3% (continued)   
$ 300,000   

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes,
6.875% due 2/15/15

   $ 283,500  
  3,905,000   

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
8.250% due 3/15/12 (c)

     3,963,575  
  640,000   

Sbarro Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 2/1/15

     566,400  
  

Station Casinos Inc.:

  
  

Senior Notes:

  
  300,000   

6.000% due 4/1/12

     268,500  
  205,000   

7.750% due 8/15/16

     186,037  
  570,000   

Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.875% due 3/1/16

     418,950  
  250,000   

Turning Stone Casino Resort Enterprise, Senior Notes,
9.125% due 12/15/10 (e)

     253,750  
     
  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     11,676,225  
     
  Household Durables — 0.2%   
  200,000   

Holt Group Inc., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 1/15/06 (a)(b)(f)

     0  
  1,660,000   

K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 1/15/17

     1,220,100  
  880,000   

KB Home, Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.625% due 12/15/08

     866,800  
  1,495,000   

Norcraft Cos. LP/Norcraft Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.000% due 11/1/11

     1,524,900  
  3,000,000   

Norcraft Holdings LP/Norcraft Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.471% due 9/1/12

     2,715,000  
     
  

Total Household Durables

     6,326,800  
     
  Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.8%   
  2,144,000   

AES China Generating Co., Ltd., 8.250% due 6/26/10

     2,085,327  
  

AES Corp.:

  
  2,300,000   

8.000% due 10/15/17 (e)

     2,363,250  
  

Senior Notes:

  
  717,000   

8.875% due 2/15/11

     751,058  
  3,100,000   

7.750% due 3/1/14 (c)

     3,138,750  
  420,000   

7.750% due 10/15/15 (e)

     428,400  
  

Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes:

  
  1,130,000   

7.750% due 6/15/16

     1,169,550  
  600,000   

7.625% due 5/15/27

     567,000  
  

Energy Future Holdings, Senior Notes:

  
  1,260,000   

10.875% due 11/1/17 (e)

     1,272,600  
  7,100,000   

11.250% due 11/1/17 (c)(e)(g)

     7,206,500  
  384,647   

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates, 9.125% due 6/30/17

     425,997  
  

NRG Energy Inc., Senior Notes:

  
  1,300,000   

7.250% due 2/1/14

     1,270,750  
  4,525,000   

7.375% due 2/1/16 (c)

     4,423,187  
  10,000   

7.375% due 1/15/17

     9,775  
  1,325,000   

TXU Corp., Senior Notes, 5.550% due 11/15/14

     1,064,217  
     
  

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     26,176,361  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         25


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%   
$ 450,000   

General Electric Co., Notes, 5.000% due 2/1/13

   $ 456,232  
  699,000   

Koppers Inc., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 10/15/13

     739,192  
  

Tyco International Group SA:

  
  

Notes:

  
  100,000   

6.125% due 11/1/08

     100,880  
  40,000   

6.125% due 1/15/09

     40,508  
  1,170,000   

6.000% due 11/15/13

     1,204,050  
  1,780,000   

6.875% due 1/15/29

     1,807,756  
  300,000   

Senior Notes, 6.375% due 10/15/11

     310,728  
     
  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

     4,659,346  
     
  Insurance — 0.0%   
  220,000   

American International Group Inc., Medium-Term Notes,
5.850% due 1/16/18

     221,858  
  130,000   

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures, 6.400% due 12/15/36

     119,516  
  490,000   

Travelers Cos. Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures,
6.250% due 3/15/37 (d)

     460,299  
     
  

Total Insurance

     801,673  
     
  IT Services — 0.1%   
  430,000   

Ceridian Corp., Senior Notes, 12.250% due 11/15/15 (e)(g)

     402,050  
  90,000   

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes, 7.125% due 10/15/09

     92,948  
  1,585,000   

SunGard Data Systems Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
10.250% due 8/15/15

     1,628,587  
  150,000   

Vangent Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.625% due 2/15/15

     129,375  
     
  

Total IT Services

     2,252,960  
     
  Machinery — 0.0%   
  140,000   

Terex Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/17

     142,450  
     
  Media — 0.7%   
  

Affinion Group Inc.:

  
  1,030,000   

Senior Notes, 10.125% due 10/15/13

     1,046,737  
  90,000   

Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.500% due 10/15/15

     88,763  
  1,540,000   

CCH I Holdings LLC/CCH I Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes,
11.750% due 5/15/14

     981,750  
  3,014,000   

CCH I LLC/CCH Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 11.000% due 10/1/15

     2,471,480  
  

CCH II LLC/CCH II Capital Corp., Senior Notes:

  
  2,410,000   

10.250% due 9/15/10

     2,373,850  
  1,059,000   

10.250% due 10/1/13

     1,019,287  
  490,000   

Charter Communications Holdings LLC/Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, 11.750% due 5/15/11

     382,200  
  70,000   

Clear Channel Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 6.250% due 3/15/11

     63,395  
  225,000   

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc., Notes, 8.375% due 3/15/13

     252,693  
  

Comcast Corp., Notes:

  
  730,000   

6.500% due 1/15/15

     763,037  
  1,950,000   

6.500% due 1/15/17

     2,036,642  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Media — 0.7% (continued)   
$ 2,210,000   

Dex Media Inc., Discount Notes, step bond to yield 8.765% due 11/15/13

   $ 2,022,150  
  2,260,000   

Idearc Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/16

     2,084,850  
  70,000   

News America Inc., Notes, 6.650% due 11/15/37 (e)

     72,441  
  

R.H. Donnelley Corp.:

  
  1,440,000   

Senior Discount Notes, 6.875% due 1/15/13

     1,296,000  
  2,175,000   

Senior Notes, 8.875% due 1/15/16

     2,044,500  
  310,000   

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/33

     374,521  
  

Time Warner Inc.:

  
  190,000   

Senior Debentures, 7.700% due 5/1/32

     211,712  
  2,790,000   

Senior Notes, 6.875% due 5/1/12 (c)

     2,940,635  
  660,000   

TL Acquisitions Inc., Senior Notes, 10.500% due 1/15/15 (e)

     637,725  
     
  

Total Media

     23,164,368  
     
  Metals & Mining — 0.2%   
  2,010,000   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 4/1/17

     2,160,750  
  1,725,000   

Metals USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.125% due 12/1/15

     1,794,000  
  505,000   

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp., Senior Notes,
10.488% due 11/15/14 (d)(e)(g)

     431,775  
  255,000   

Novelis Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 2/15/15

     240,975  
  850,000   

Ryerson Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 11/1/15 (e)

     843,625  
  240,000   

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 11/1/12 (e)

     242,400  
  610,000   

Tube City IMS Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 2/1/15

     552,050  
  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes:

  
  50,000   

8.250% due 1/17/34

     58,142  
  2,050,000   

6.875% due 11/21/36

     2,084,052  
     
  

Total Metals & Mining

     8,407,769  
     
  Multi-Utilities — 0.0%   
  600,000   

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes, 5.700% due 9/17/12

     616,751  
     
  Multiline Retail — 0.1%   
  1,335,000   

Dollar General Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.875% due 7/15/17 (e)(g)

     1,057,988  
  2,285,000   

Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.375% due 10/15/15

     2,390,681  
     
  

Total Multiline Retail

     3,448,669  
     
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%   
  500,000   

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/1/31

     563,796  
  740,000   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes, 5.950% due 9/15/16

     754,762  
  1,325,000   

Belden & Blake Corp., Secured Notes, 8.750% due 7/15/12

     1,344,875  
  2,125,000   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 6.375% due 6/15/15

     2,066,562  
  525,000   

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/15/15

     534,188  
  1,130,000   

ConocoPhillips Holding Co., Senior Notes, 6.950% due 4/15/29

     1,294,352  
  

El Paso Corp.:

  
  

Medium-Term Notes:

  
  400,000   

7.375% due 12/15/12

     411,520  
  1,175,000   

7.800% due 8/1/31

     1,198,332  
  2,780,000   

7.750% due 1/15/32 (c)

     2,835,814  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         27


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3% (continued)   
$ 1,620,000   

Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.000% due 6/15/17

   $ 1,629,780  
  740,000   

Enterprise Products Operating LP, Junior Subordinated Notes,
8.375% due 8/1/66 (d)

     758,794  
  1,095,000   

EXCO Resources Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 1/15/11

     1,059,413  
  

Gazprom, Loan Participation Notes:

  
  2,420,000   

6.212% due 11/22/16 (e)

     2,327,798  
  100,000   

Senior Notes, 6.510% due 3/7/22 (e)

     95,320  
  80,000   

Hess Corp., Notes, 7.300% due 8/15/31

     90,129  
  1,045,000   

International Coal Group Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 7/15/14

     1,003,200  
  

Kerr-McGee Corp.:

  
  1,730,000   

6.950% due 7/1/24

     1,852,598  
  

Notes:

  
  2,600,000   

6.875% due 9/15/11 (c)

     2,769,429  
  145,000   

7.875% due 9/15/31

     173,400  
  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP:

  
  60,000   

6.750% due 3/15/11

     62,988  
  

Senior Notes:

  
  10,000   

6.300% due 2/1/09

     10,132  
  160,000   

7.125% due 3/15/12

     171,184  
  50,000   

5.000% due 12/15/13

     48,570  
  1,350,000   

6.000% due 2/1/17

     1,352,261  
  85,000   

Mariner Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 4/15/13

     82,238  
  

OPTI Canada Inc., Senior Secured Notes:

  
  400,000   

7.875% due 12/15/14 (e)

     393,000  
  1,230,000   

8.250% due 12/15/14 (e)

     1,223,850  
  77,000   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds, 6.625% due 6/15/35

     81,546  
  60,000   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes, 6.125% due 10/6/16

     61,500  
  400,000   

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Note, 7.000% due 5/1/17 (e)

     368,000  
  1,900,000   

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.125% due 4/1/16

     1,876,250  
  1,385,000   

SemGroup LP, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 11/15/15 (e)

     1,322,675  
  10,000   

SESI LLC, Senior Notes, 6.875% due 6/1/14

     9,700  
  3,030,000   

Stone Energy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.750% due 12/15/14 (c)

     2,825,475  
  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes:

  
  1,049,000   

7.250% due 5/1/12

     1,038,510  
  1,415,000   

7.000% due 2/1/14

     1,407,925  
  

Williams Cos. Inc.:

  
  98,000   

Debentures, 7.500% due 1/15/31

     105,840  
  1,770,000   

Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/32

     2,172,675  
  

Senior Notes:

  
  2,500,000   

7.625% due 7/15/19

     2,721,875  
  780,000   

7.750% due 6/15/31

     858,000  
  1,820,000   

XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 4/15/12

     1,991,358  
     
  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     42,949,614  
     
  Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%   
  

Abitibi-Consolidated Co. of Canada, Senior Notes:

  
  100,000   

7.750% due 6/15/11

     78,500  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Paper & Forest Products — 0.2% (continued)   
$ 430,000   

8.491% due 6/15/11 (d)

   $ 341,850  
  800,000   

8.375% due 4/1/15

     598,000  
  400,000   

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Debentures, 7.400% due 4/1/18

     265,000  
  2,845,000   

Appleton Papers Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 6/15/14 (c)

     2,830,775  
  2,105,000   

NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 11.161% due 5/1/12 (d)

     2,181,306  
  600,000   

Weyerhaeuser Co., Notes, 6.750% due 3/15/12

     630,658  
     
  

Total Paper & Forest Products

     6,926,089  
     
  Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%   
  2,243,000   

Leiner Health Products Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 6/1/12

     1,536,455  
     
  Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%   
  1,205,000   

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 10/1/15

     777,225  
  1,755,000   

Realogy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.375% due 4/15/15 (e)

     1,110,038  
     
  

Total Real Estate Management & Development

     1,887,263  
     
  Road & Rail — 0.2%   
  2,090,000   

Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana SA de CV, Senior Notes,
9.375% due 5/1/12

     2,199,725  
  3,445,000   

Hertz Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 1/1/16 (c)

     3,582,800  
  30,000   

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes, 7.625% due 12/1/13 (d)

     29,737  
  100,000   

Kansas City Southern Railway, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 6/15/09

     100,625  
  360,050   

Union Pacific Corp., Pass-Through Certificates, 5.404% due 7/2/25

     377,759  
     
  

Total Road & Rail

     6,290,646  
     
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%   
  1,230,000   

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 12/15/14

     1,103,925  
     
  Software — 0.0%   
  110,000   

Activant Solutions Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 5/1/16

     95,700  
     
  Specialty Retail — 0.0%   
  1,245,000   

Blockbuster Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 9/1/12

     1,070,700  
  25,000   

Eye Care Centers of America, Senior Subordinated Notes,
10.750% due 2/15/15

     26,625  
     
  

Total Specialty Retail

     1,097,325  
     
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%   
  811,000   

Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 1/15/15

     813,027  
  1,914,000   

Simmons Co., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield
9.995% due 12/15/14

     1,425,930  
     
  

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2,238,957  
     
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%   
  

Countrywide Financial Corp., Medium-Term Notes:

  
  30,000   

5.076% due 6/18/08 (d)

     26,541  
  20,000   

5.384% due 1/5/09 (d)

     15,849  
  1,300,000   

Countrywide Home Loans Inc., Notes, 5.625% due 7/15/09

     992,126  
  1,250,000   

Ocwen Capital Trust I, Capital Securities, 10.875% due 8/1/27

     1,093,750  
     
  

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     2,128,266  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         29


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Tobacco — 0.0%   
  

Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes:

  
$ 150,000   

8.500% due 5/15/12

   $ 147,000  
  200,000   

11.000% due 5/15/12

     210,000  
  410,000   

Altria Group Inc., Notes, 7.000% due 11/4/13

     459,073  
     
  

Total Tobacco

     816,073  
     
  Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%   
  1,730,000   

Ashtead Capital Inc., Notes, 9.000% due 8/15/16 (e)

     1,539,700  
  1,040,000   

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/16

     967,200  
  1,750,000   

Penhall International Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 8/1/14 (e)

     1,636,250  
     
  

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

     4,143,150  
     
  Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0%   
  

Saint Acquisition Corp.:

  
  1,060,000   

Secured Notes, 12.500% due 5/15/17 (e)

     552,525  
  320,000   

Senior Secured Notes, 12.619% due 5/15/15 (d)(e)

     166,800  
     
  

Total Transportation Infrastructure

     719,325  
     
  Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%   
  480,000   

ALLTEL Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 12/1/17 (e)(g)

     444,000  
  165,000   

MetroPCS Wireless Inc., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 11/1/14

     155,925  
  4,400,000   

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc., Notes, 8.125% due 5/1/12 (c)

     4,896,941  
  60,000   

Nextel Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 10/31/13

     59,156  
  

Sprint Capital Corp.:

  
  10,000   

Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/32

     11,302  
  

Senior Notes:

  
  3,385,000   

8.375% due 3/15/12 (c)

     3,669,286  
  1,000,000   

6.875% due 11/15/28

     950,912  
  3,060,000   

True Move Co., Ltd., 10.750% due 12/16/13 (c)(e)

     3,105,900  
     
  

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

     13,293,422  
     
   TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost — $342,463,045)
     328,639,480  
     
  MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 6.0%   
  FHLMC — 2.0%   
  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):

  
  38,938   

8.000% due 7/1/20

     41,082  
  11,178,954   

5.118% due 6/1/35 (c)(d)

     11,201,790  
  375,131   

6.670% due 8/1/36 (d)

     386,671  
  675,711   

6.899% due 8/1/36 (d)

     687,366  
  992,209   

6.485% due 9/1/36 (d)

     1,022,495  
  371,954   

6.650% due 10/1/36 (d)

     381,244  
  660,485   

5.960% due 5/1/37 (d)

     672,843  
  4,910,907   

6.116% due 9/1/37 (c)(d)

     4,978,335  
  3,600,000   

6.000% due 1/14/38 (i)

     3,653,438  
  

Gold:

  
  1,055,638   

7.000% due 6/1/17

     1,098,635  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  FHLMC — 2.0% (continued)   
$ 36,519,034   

6.000% due 7/1/21-12/1/37 (c)

   $ 37,262,683  
  141,498   

8.500% due 9/1/25

     152,252  
  1,246,607   

6.500% due 3/1/26-8/1/29

     1,292,191  
  4,380,534   

6.000% due 9/1/32-12/1/37

     4,452,335  
     
  

Total FHLMC

     67,283,360  
     
  FNMA — 3.2%   
  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA):

  
  770,031   

6.500% due 10/1/10-5/1/29

     798,080  
  760,769   

8.000% due 12/1/12-2/1/31

     779,803  
  3,985,183   

5.500% due 1/1/14-4/1/35

     3,992,127  
  2,698,151   

7.000% due 3/15/15-6/1/32

     2,847,722  
  1,861,904   

5.000% due 7/1/18-1/1/36

     1,853,705  
  308,663   

4.500% due 11/1/23

     298,632  
  61,868   

9.000% due 1/1/24

     66,885  
  817,978   

7.500% due 11/1/26-7/1/32

     872,046  
  49,331   

8.500% due 10/1/30

     53,140  
  4,298,828   

6.048% due 4/1/35 (c)(d)

     4,416,070  
  151,561   

5.135% due 9/1/35 (d)

     154,184  
  10,332,817   

5.633% due 4/1/36 (c)(d)

     10,455,519  
  15,682,397   

5.566% due 5/1/36 (c)(d)

     15,871,077  
  2,755,666   

6.000% due 10/1/36 (c)

     2,799,344  
  3,181,623   

6.000% due 10/1/36

     3,232,053  
  493,663   

5.632% due 8/1/37 (d)

     500,297  
  49,700,000   

5.000% due 1/14/38 (i)

     48,496,316  
  2,700,000   

5.500% due 1/14/38 (i)

     2,697,046  
  5,400,000   

6.000% due 1/14/38 (i)

     5,483,533  
     
  

Total FNMA

     105,667,579  
     
  GNMA — 0.8%   
  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA):

  
  26,174,256   

5.500% due 8/15/21 (c)

     26,551,023  
  1,398,981   

7.000% due 2/15/24-12/15/31

     1,484,280  
     
  

Total GNMA

     28,035,303  
     
   TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $199,729,543)
     200,986,242  
     
  SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.1%   
  Canada — 0.0%   
  300,000   

Province of Ontario, 3.282% due 3/28/08

     299,011  
     
  Mexico — 0.0%   
  

United Mexican States,

  
  

Medium-Term Notes, Series A:

  
  486,000   

5.625% due 1/15/17

     492,308  
  190,000   

6.750% due 9/27/34

     210,235  
     
  

Total Mexico

     702,543  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         31


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Russia — 0.1%   
$ 1,962,180   

Russian Federation, 7.500% due 3/31/30 (e)

   $ 2,241,791  
     
  Supranational — 0.0%   
  1,200,000   

Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Notes, 6.875% due 3/15/12

     1,281,596  
     
   TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost — $4,273,301)
     4,524,941  
     
  U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 0.4%   
  U.S. Government Agencies — 0.2%   
  475,000   

Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB), 3.750% due 4/9/10

     476,909  
  

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB):

  
  600,000   

Bonds, 4.625% due 10/10/12

     618,198  
  300,000   

Global Bonds, 5.500% due 7/15/36

     329,710  
  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):

  
  430,000   

5.250% due 2/24/11

     435,905  
  500,000   

4.625% due 5/28/13

     500,345  
  490,000   

Medium-Term Notes, 5.450% due 11/21/13

     494,195  
  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA):

  
  2,100,000   

5.750% due 2/15/08

     2,102,757  
  350,000   

5.000% due 8/24/11

     350,094  
  790,000   

Notes, 5.625% due 5/19/11

     809,328  
  190,000   

Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.980% due 4/1/36

     216,824  
     
  

Total U.S. Government Agencies

     6,334,265  
     
  U.S. Government Obligations — 0.2%   
  

U.S. Treasury Bonds:

  
  20,000   

4.750% due 2/15/37

     20,937  
  420,000   

5.000% due 5/15/37

     457,899  
  

U.S. Treasury Notes:

  
  3,000,000   

4.000% due 8/31/09 (c)

     3,045,003  
  170,000   

4.500% due 9/30/11

     177,411  
  1,020,000   

4.625% due 7/31/12

     1,071,319  
  1,030,000   

4.125% due 8/31/12

     1,060,820  
  21,000   

5.125% due 5/15/16

     22,736  
  

U.S. Treasury Strip Principal (STRIPS):

  
  525,000   

Zero coupon bond to yield 4.350% due 5/15/13

     433,654  
  500,000   

Zero coupon bond to yield 4.829% due 2/15/16

     359,018  
     
  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

     6,648,797  
     
   TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $12,719,930)
     12,983,062  
     
  U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 0.8%   
  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed:

  
  747,360   

2.000% due 1/15/26

     744,558  
  4,827,713   

2.375% due 1/15/27 (c)

     5,106,818  
  355,841   

3.875% due 4/15/29

     470,933  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

32         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 0.8% (continued)   
  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed:

  
$ 178,347   

3.875% due 1/15/09

   $ 183,670  
  2,194,592   

0.875% due 4/15/10

     2,187,907  
  3,284,018   

2.375% due 4/15/11 (c)

     3,424,105  
  508,811   

2.000% due 1/15/14

     525,705  
  150,373   

1.875% due 7/15/15

     153,322  
  2,199,976   

2.000% due 1/15/16

     2,258,414  
  1,675,906   

2.500% due 7/15/16

     1,787,721  
  9,841,905   

2.375% due 1/15/17 (c)

     10,388,593  
     
   TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES
(Cost — $25,397,283)
     27,231,746  
     
Warrants              
  WARRANTS — 0.0%   
  234,035   

ContiFinancial Corp., Liquidating Trust, Units of Interest (Represents interest in a trust in the liquidation of ContiFinancial Corp. and its affiliates) (a)(b)*

     0  
  505   

Cybernet Internet Services International Inc., Expires 7/1/09 (a)(b)(e)*

     0  
  455   

GT Group Telecom Inc., Class B Shares, Expires 2/1/10 (a)(b)(e)*

     0  
  485   

IWO Holdings Inc., Expires 1/15/11 (a)(b)(e)*

     0  
  505   

Merrill Corp., Class B Shares, Expires 5/1/09 (a)(b)(e)*

     0  
     
   TOTAL WARRANTS
(Cost — $194,409)
     0  
     
Contracts              
  PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.9%   
  1,184   

Eurodollar Futures, Call @ $94.00, expires 3/17/08

     5,224,400  
  268   

Eurodollar Futures, Put @ $94.00, expires 6/16/08

     1,675  
  1,482   

First American Corp., Put @ $35.00, expires 4/19/08

     592,800  
  8,015   

Johnson & Johnson, Call @ $60.00, expires 1/17/09

     7,614,250  
  4,030   

Johnson & Johnson, Call @ $65.00, expires 1/17/09

     2,458,300  
  2,789   

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., Call @ $25.00, expires 1/19/08

     418,350  
  4,446   

S&P 500 Index, Put @ $1,440.00, expires 1/19/08

     7,558,200  
  1,481   

S&P 500 Index, Put @ $1,460.00, expires 1/19/08

     3,539,590  
  1,482   

Target Corp., Call @ $55.00, expires 1/17/09

     1,052,220  
     
   TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost — $33,449,381)
     28,459,785  
     
   TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost — $3,231,851,381)
     3,276,280,055  
     
Face
Amount
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.9%   
  U.S. Government Agency — 0.1%   
$ 2,680,000   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes,
5.196% — 5.203% due 3/17/08 (j)(k)
(Cost — $2,651,655)

     2,657,193  
     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         33


Schedule of Investments (December 31, 2007) (continued)

 

Face
Amount
   Security    Value  
     
  Repurchase Agreements — 3.8%   
$ 84,849,000   

Interest in $84,894,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 12/31/07 with Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., 4.350% due 1/2/08; Proceeds at maturity — $84,869,505; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 0.000% to 7.000% due 2/15/08 to 10/17/36; Market value — $86,546,427)

   $ 84,849,000  
  42,155,000   

Morgan Stanley repurchase agreement dated 12/31/07, 4.250% due 1/2/08; Proceeds at maturity — $42,164,953; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 0.000% due 1/10/08 to 6/11/08; Market value — $43,215,860) (c)

     42,155,000  
     
  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost — $127,004,000)

     127,004,000  
     
   TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost — $129,655,655)
     129,661,193  
     
   TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.4% (Cost — $3,361,507,036)      3,405,941,248  
  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.4)%

     (79,996,039 )
     
   TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 3,325,945,209  
     

 

*   Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

 

Security is valued in good faith at fair value by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees (See Note 1).

 

(b)

 

Illiquid security.

 

(c)

 

All or a portion of this security is segregated for open futures contracts, extended settlements, written options, swap contracts, foreign currency contracts and TBA’s.

 

(d)

 

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at December 31, 2007.

 

(e)

 

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, unless otherwise noted.

 

(f)

 

Security is currently in default.

 

(g)

 

Payment-in-kind security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal.

 

(h)

 

Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

 

(i)

 

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis (See Note 1).

 

(j)

 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(k)

 

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

#   Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $3,380,014,940.

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ADR  

— American Depositary Receipt

ARM  

— Adjustable Rate Mortgage

PAC  

— Planned Amortization Class

STRIPS  

— Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principle Securities

Schedule of Options Written (December 31, 2007)

 

Contracts    Security    Expiration
Date
   Strike
Price
   Value
20,331   

Bank of America Corp., Call

   5/17/08    $ 45.00    $ 3,252,960
2   

Eurodollar Futures, Call

   3/17/08      95.50      1,587
3   

Eurodollar Futures, Call

   3/17/08      96.00      600
4,045   

Lehman Brothers Inc., Call

   4/19/08      65.00      2,564,530
4,626   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Call

   4/19/08      60.00      1,087,110
22,533   

Wells Fargo & Co., Call

   4/19/08      32.50      2,816,625
98   

U.S. Treasury Notes 10-Year Futures, Put

   2/22/08      107.00      4,594
46   

U.S. Treasury Notes 10-Year Futures, Put

   2/22/08      109.50      8,625
 
   TOTAL OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received — $14,745,050)
         $ 9,736,631
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

34         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Statement of Assets and Liabilities (December 31, 2007)

 

ASSETS:  

Investments, at value (Cost — $3,361,507,036)

  $ 3,405,941,248  

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $6,938)

    7,127  

Dividends and interest receivable

    10,901,321  

Receivable for securities sold

    9,895,080  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    2,991,766  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

    826,762  

Principal paydown receivable

    557,168  

Receivable for forward currency contracts

    243,320  

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

    58,181  

Premium received for swaps purchased

    7,687  

Prepaid expenses

    162,659  
   

Total Assets

    3,431,592,319  
   
LIABILITIES:  

Payable for securities purchased

    85,218,806  

Options written, at value (premium received $14,745,050)

    9,736,631  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

    5,280,005  

Investment management fee payable

    2,057,217  

Distribution fees payable

    1,257,334  

Due to custodian

    960,992  

Payable for open forward currency contracts

    228,494  

Trustees’ fees payable

    87,967  

Accrued expenses

    819,664  
   

Total Liabilities

    105,647,110  
   

Total Net Assets

  $ 3,325,945,209  
   
NET ASSETS:  

Par value (Note 6)

  $ 2,082  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

    3,207,835,736  

Overdistributed net investment income

    (63,771 )

Accumulated net realized gain on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap contracts, foreign currency transactions and short sales

    69,238,548  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap contracts and foreign currencies

    48,932,614  
   

Total Net Assets

  $ 3,325,945,209  
   

Shares Outstanding:

 

Class A

    143,495,121  

 

Class B

    32,318,305  

 

Class C

    31,895,404  

 

Class I

    486,503  

 

Net Asset Value:

 

Class A (and redemption price)

    $16.03  

 

Class B *

    $15.84  

 

Class C *

    $15.88  

 

Class I (offering price and redemption price)

    $16.32  

 

Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:

 

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%)

    $17.01  
   

 

*   Redemption price per share is NAV of Class B and C shares reduced by a 5.00% and 1.00% CDSC, respectively, if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment (See Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         35


Statement of Operations (For the year ended December 31, 2007)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:  

Interest

  $ 52,718,589  

Dividends

    37,398,985  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

    (685,655 )
   

Total Investment Income

    89,431,919  
   
EXPENSES:  

Investment management fee (Note 2)

    25,079,552  

Distribution fees (Notes 2 and 4)

    15,471,879  

Transfer agent fees (Note 4)

    3,046,714  

Shareholder reports (Note 4)

    202,466  

Registration fees

    124,585  

Trustees’ fees

    180,961  

Legal fees

    113,683  

Audit and tax

    69,693  

Insurance

    58,849  

Custody fees

    48,814  

Miscellaneous expenses

    32,842  
   

Total Expenses

    44,430,038  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note 2)

    (133,640 )
   

Net Expenses

    44,296,398  
   

Net Investment Income

    45,135,521  
   
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS, OPTIONS WRITTEN, SWAP CONTRACTS, FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND SHORT SALES (NOTES 1 AND 3):  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

 

Investment transactions

    412,678,813  

Futures contracts

    7,752,751  

Options written

    9,119,551  

Swap contracts

    79  

Foreign currency transactions

    (856,143 )

Short sales

    (2,580,868 )
   

Net Realized Gain

    426,114,183  
   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation From:

 

Investments

    (250,083,548 )

Futures contracts

    (587,037 )

Options written

    4,853,181  

Swap contracts

    58,181  

Foreign currencies

    57,813  
   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation

    (245,701,410 )
   

Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Options
Written, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions

    180,412,773  
   

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

  $ 225,548,294  
   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

36         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Statements of Changes in Net Assets (For the years ended December 31,)

 

     2007     2006  
OPERATIONS:    

Net investment income

  $ 45,135,521     $ 71,440,140  

Net realized gain

    426,114,183       378,168,869  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (245,701,410 )     (136,939,469 )

Increase from payment by affiliate

          15,000  
   

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

    225,548,294       312,684,540  
   
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM (NOTES 1 AND 5):    

Net investment income

    (45,896,633 )     (71,415,837 )

Net realized gains

    (371,038,904 )     (234,758,346 )
   

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

    (416,935,537 )     (306,174,183 )
   
FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6):    

Net proceeds from sale of shares

    348,092,840       528,015,372  

Reinvestment of distributions

    366,270,929       260,619,829  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (746,812,745 )     (635,122,421 )

Net assets of shares issued in connection with merger (Note 7)

    138,433,104       577,254,408  
   

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

    105,984,128       730,767,188  
   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (85,403,115 )     737,277,545  
NET ASSETS:    

Beginning of year

    3,411,348,324       2,674,070,779  
   

End of year*

  $ 3,325,945,209     $ 3,411,348,324  
   

* Includes (overdistributed) undistributed net investment income, respectively of:

    $(63,771 )     $2,946,956  
   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         37


Financial Highlights

 

For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31:

 

 

Class A Shares(1)   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 17.06     $ 17.12     $ 16.50     $ 15.55     $ 11.99  
   

Income From Operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.26       0.48       0.53       0.54       0.62  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.88       1.45       0.62       0.94       3.60  
   

Total Income From Operations

    1.14       1.93       1.15       1.48       4.22  
   

Less Distributions From:

         

Net investment income

    (0.26 )     (0.48 )     (0.53 )     (0.53 )     (0.63 )

Net realized gains

    (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                            (0.03 )
   

Total Distributions

    (2.17 )     (1.99 )     (0.53 )     (0.53 )     (0.66 )
   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 16.03     $ 17.06     $ 17.12     $ 16.50     $ 15.55  
   

Total Return(2)

    6.77 %     11.69 %(3)     7.11 %     9.75 %     36.17 %
   

Net Assets, End of Year (millions)

    $2,300       $2,295       $1,602       $1,356       $1,086  
   

Ratios to Average Net Assets:

         

Gross expenses

    1.07 %     1.09 %(4)     1.13 %     1.12 %     1.12 %

Net expenses

    1.07       1.08 (4)(5)     1.13       1.09 (5)     1.12  

Net investment income

    1.50       2.77       3.17       3.41       4.60  
   

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    189 %(6)     175 %(7)     49 %     66 %     77 %
   

 

(1)

 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

(2)

 

Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

(3)

 

The prior investment manager fully reimbursed the Fund for losses incurred resulting from an investment transaction error. Without this reimbursement, total return would not have changed.

 

(4)

 

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 1.08% and 1.07%, respectively (Note 12).

 

(5)

 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

(6)

 

Including mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been excluded, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 166% for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

(7)

 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 185% for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31:

 

 

Class B Shares(1)   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 16.91     $ 16.99     $ 16.38     $ 15.45     $ 11.90  
   

Income From Operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.16       0.39       0.43       0.45       0.55  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.87       1.43       0.63       0.93       3.58  
   

Total Income From Operations

    1.03       1.82       1.06       1.38       4.13  
   

Less Distributions From:

         

Net investment income

    (0.19 )     (0.39 )     (0.45 )     (0.45 )     (0.55 )

Net realized gains

    (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                            (0.03 )
   

Total Distributions

    (2.10 )     (1.90 )     (0.45 )     (0.45 )     (0.58 )
   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 15.84     $ 16.91     $ 16.99     $ 16.38     $ 15.45  
   

Total Return(2)

    6.16 %     11.03 %(3)     6.60 %     9.16 %     35.56 %
   

Net Assets, End of Year (millions)

    $512       $601       $599       $620       $612  
   

Ratios to Average Net Assets:

         

Gross expenses

    1.64 %     1.65 %(4)     1.66 %     1.63 %     1.63 %

Net expenses

    1.64       1.64 (4)(5)     1.66       1.61 (5)     1.63  

Net investment income

    0.93       2.23       2.63       2.88       4.11  
   

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    189 %(6)     175 %(7)     49 %     66 %     77 %
   

 

(1)

 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

(2)

 

Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

(3)

 

The prior investment manager fully reimbursed the Fund for losses incurred resulting from an investment transaction error. Without this reimbursement, total return would not have changed.

 

(4)

 

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 1.64% and 1.63%, respectively (Note 12).

 

(5)

 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

(6)

 

Including mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been excluded, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 166% for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

(7)

 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 185% for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         39


Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31:

 

 

Class C Shares(1)   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 16.96     $ 17.02     $ 16.42     $ 15.50     $ 11.94  
   

Income From Operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.13       0.35       0.39       0.41       0.50  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.87       1.45       0.62       0.93       3.60  
   

Total Income From Operations

    1.00       1.80       1.01       1.34       4.10  
   

Less Distributions From:

         

Net investment income

    (0.17 )     (0.35 )     (0.41 )     (0.42 )     (0.51 )

Net realized gains

    (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                            (0.03 )
   

Total Distributions

    (2.08 )     (1.86 )     (0.41 )     (0.42 )     (0.54 )
   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 15.88     $ 16.96     $ 17.02     $ 16.42     $ 15.50  
   

Total Return(2)

    5.98 %     10.91 %(3)     6.29 %     8.83 %     35.17 %
   

Net Assets, End of Year (millions)

    $506       $513       $445       $392       $289  
   

Ratios to Average Net Assets:

         

Gross expenses

    1.82 %     1.86 %(4)     1.93 %     1.90 %     1.89 %

Net expenses

    1.80 (5)(6)     1.83 (4)(5)     1.93       1.88 (5)     1.89  

Net investment income

    0.78       2.02       2.37       2.63       3.69  
   

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    189 %(7)     175 %(8)     49 %     66 %     77 %
   

 

(1)

 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

(2)

 

Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

(3)

 

The prior investment manager fully reimbursed the Fund for losses incurred resulting from an investment transaction error. Without this reimbursement, total return would not have changed.

 

(4)

 

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 1.84% and 1.82%, respectively (Note 12).

 

(5)

 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

(6)

 

Effective March 16, 2007, the manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse operating expenses (other than brokerage, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to limit total annual operating expenses to 1.79% for Class C shares until May 1, 2008.

 

(7)

 

Including mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been excluded, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 166% for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

(8)

 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 185% for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

40         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31:

 

 

Class I Shares(1)   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 17.33     $ 17.37     $ 16.72     $ 15.72     $ 12.12  
   

Income From Operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.33       0.56       0.59       0.60       0.68  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.89       1.45       0.64       0.98       3.63  
   

Total Income From Operations

    1.22       2.01       1.23       1.58       4.31  
   

Less Distributions From:

         

Net investment income

    (0.32 )     (0.54 )     (0.58 )     (0.58 )     (0.68 )

Net realized gains

    (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                            (0.03 )
   

Total Distributions

    (2.23 )     (2.05 )     (0.58 )     (0.58 )     (0.71 )
   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 16.32     $ 17.33     $ 17.37     $ 16.72     $ 15.72  
   

Total Return(2)

    7.13 %     12.01 %(3)     7.53 %     10.32 %     36.62 %
   

Net Assets, End of Year (millions)

    $8       $2       $3       $3       $81  
   

Ratios to Average Net Assets:

         

Gross expenses

    0.77 %     0.78 %(4)     0.79 %     0.77 %     0.77 %

Net expenses

    0.74 (5)(6)     0.77 (4)(5)     0.79       0.76 (5)     0.77  

Net investment income

    1.85       3.12       3.50       3.58       4.99  
   

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    189 %(7)     175 %(8)     49 %     66 %     77 %
   

 

(1)

 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

(2)

 

Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

(3)

 

The prior investment manager fully reimbursed the Fund for losses incurred resulting from an investment transaction error. Without this reimbursement, total return would not have changed.

 

(4)

 

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 0.77% and 0.76%, respectively (Note 12).

 

(5)

 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

(6)

 

Effective March 16, 2007, the manager has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse operating expenses (other than brokerage, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to limit total annual expenses to 0.74% for Class I shares until May 1, 2008.

 

(7)

 

Including mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been excluded, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 166% for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

(8)

 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 185% for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         41


Notes to Financial Statements

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland business trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. Prior to April 16, 2007, the Fund was a separate diversified investment fund of Legg Mason Partners Income Funds, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the 1940 Act.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ.

(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. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, 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 may value these securities at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

(b) Repurchase Agreements. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults, and the market value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

(c) Financial Futures Contracts. The Fund may enter into financial futures contracts to hedge against the economic impact of adverse changes in the market value of the portfolio securities because of the changes in stock market prices or interest rates, as a substitute for buying or selling securities, as a cash management technique, and to increase the Fund’s total return. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities as initial margin, equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Additional securities are also segregated up to the current market value of the financial futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as” variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations

 

42         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

in the value of the underlying financial instruments. For foreign denominated futures, variation margins are not settled daily. The Fund recognizes an unrealized gain or loss equal to the fluctuation in the value. When the financial futures contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recognized equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund’s basis in the contracts.

The risks associated with entering into financial futures contracts include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying financial instruments. In addition, investing in financial futures contracts involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the initial margin deposit and subsequent payments required for a futures transaction. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

(d) Written Options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the Fund realizes a gain from investments equal to the amount of the premium received. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is treated as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is added to the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

(e) Swap Contracts. Swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with another party of the respective amounts payable with respect to a notional principal amount related to one or more indices. The Fund may enter into these transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its assets, as a duration management technique, or to protect against any increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. The Fund may also use these transactions for speculative purposes, such as to obtain the price performance of a security without actually purchasing the security in circumstances where, for example, the subject security is illiquid, is unavailable for direct investment or available only on less attractive terms.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         43


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change in value, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net receipts or payments of interest are recorded as realized gains or losses, respectively.

Swaps have risks associated with them, including possible default by the counterparty to the transaction, illiquidity and, where swaps are used as hedges, the risk that the use of a swap could result in losses greater than if the swap had not been employed.

(f) Credit Default Swaps. The Fund may enter into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate issuers or sovereign issuers of an emerging country, on a specified obligation. The Fund may use a CDS to provide a measure of protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where a Fund has exposure to the sovereign issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will pay to the buyer of the protection an amount up to the notional value od the swap, and in certain instances take delivery of the security. As the seller, the Fund would be effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

Payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as such on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These upfront payments are recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations.

Entering into a CDS swaps involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.

(g) Mortgage Dollar Rolls. The Fund may enter into dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale and by the lower repurchase price at the specified future date. The Fund maintains a segregated account, the dollar value of which is at least equal to its obligations with respect to dollar rolls.

 

44         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the to-be-announced (“TBA”) market, where the Fund makes a forward commitment to purchase a security and, instead of accepting delivery, the position is offset by a sale of the security with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase at a future date.

The risk of entering into a mortgage dollar roll is that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a mortgage dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of proceeds of the dollar roll may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

(h) Securities Traded on a To-Be-Announced Basis. The Fund may trade securities on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commits to purchasing or selling securities which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information is not known, such as the face amount and maturity date and the underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund, normally 15 to 45 days after purchase. Beginning on the date the Fund enters into a TBA transaction, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations are segregated in an amount equal in value to the purchase price of the TBA security. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

(i) Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. The Fund may enter into a forward foreign currency contract to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or to facilitate settlement of a foreign currency denominated portfolio transaction. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price with delivery and settlement at a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is closed, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it was closed.

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

(j) Short Sales of Securities. A short sale is a transaction in which the Fund sells a security it does not own (but has borrowed) in anticipation of a decline in the market price of that security. To complete a short sale, the Fund may arrange through a broker to borrow the security to be delivered to the buyer. The proceeds received by the Fund for the short sale are retained by the broker until the Fund replaces the borrowed security. In borrowing the security to be delivered to the buyer, the Fund becomes obligated to replace the security borrowed at the market price at the time of replacement, whatever that price may be. A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of a short sale.

Dividends declared on short positions existing on the record date are recorded on the ex-dividend date as an expense.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2007 Annual Report         45


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

(k) Security Transactions and Investment Income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practical after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults on an expected interest payment, the Fund’s policy is to generally halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default.

(l) Foreign Currency Translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, at the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

(m) Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions from net investment income for the Fund, if any, are declared and paid on a monthly basis. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(n) Class Accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

(o) Federal and Other Taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders each year. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of December 31, 2007, no provision for income tax would be required in the fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

(p) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. During the current year, the following reclassifications have been made:

 

     Overdistributed Net
Investment Income
  Accumulated Net
Realized Gain
  Paid-in Capital
(a)   $     (76,087)     $76,087
(b)   (2,152,772)   $2,152,772  
 

 

(a) Reclassifications are primarily due to book/tax differences in the treatment of various items.

 

(b) Reclassifications are primarily due to foreign currency transactions treated as ordinary income for tax purposes, differences between book and tax amortization of premium on fixed income securities, income from mortgage backed securities treated as capital gains for tax purposes and book/tax differences in the treatment of credit default swaps.

 

2. Investment Management Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager. ClearBridge Advisors, LLC (“ClearBridge”), Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”) and Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, ClearBridge, Western Asset and Western Asset Limited are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

Under the investment management agreement, the Fund pays an investment management fee calculated daily and paid monthly in accordance with the following breakpoint schedule:

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Annual Rate  

First $1 billion

  0.750 %

Next $1 billion

  0.725  

Next $3 billion

  0.700  

Next $5 billion

  0.675  

Over $10 billion

  0.650  
   

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. LMPFA delegates to the subadvisers the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund, except for the management of cash and short-term instruments. For its services, LMPFA pays Western Asset and ClearBridge 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund. This fee is divided between the subadvisers, on a pro-rata basis, based on the assets allocated to each subadviser, from time to time. Western Asset Limited does not receive any compensation from the Fund and is compensated by Western Asset for its services to the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund was reimbursed for expenses in the amount of $133,640.

Effective December 1, 2007, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”), a wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason, serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor. Prior to December 1, 2007, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGM”), PFS Investments Inc. (“PFS”) and LMIS served as distributors of the Fund.

There is a maximum initial sales charge of 5.75% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 5.00% on Class B shares, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC declines thereafter by 1.00% per year until no CDSC is incurred. Class C shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of Class A shares, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, LMIS and its affiliates received sales charges of approximately $118,000 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2007, CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates were approximately:

 

     Class A   Class B   Class C

CDSCs

  $ 4,000   $ 579,000   $ 19,000
 

The Fund had adopted an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) which allowed non-interested trustees (“Trustees”) to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the trustees’ fees earned until a later date specified by the Trustees. The deferred fees earn a return based on notional investments selected by the Trustees. The balance of the deferred fees payable may change depending upon the investment performance. Any gains or losses incurred in the deferred balances are reported in the Statement of Operations under Trustees’ fees. Under the Plan, deferred fees are considered a general obligation of the Fund and any payments made pursuant to the Plan will be made from the Fund’s general assets. The Plan was terminated, effective January 1, 2007. As of December 31, 2007, the Fund had accrued $53,827 as deferred compensation payable.

Certain officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.

 

3. Investments

During the year ended December 31, 2007, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments and mortgage dollar rolls) and U.S Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

     Investments   U.S. Government &
Agency Obligations

Purchases

  $ 5,404,223,114   $ 118,893,448
 

Sales

    5,800,555,702     131,491,332
 

 

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At December 31, 2007, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 211,721,486  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (185,795,178 )
   

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 25,926,308  
   

At December 31, 2007, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
 

Basis

Value

  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Contracts to Buy:

         

Eurodollar

  37   3/08   $ 8,829,398   $ 8,858,263   $ 28,865  

Eurodollar

  27   6/08     6,417,010     6,497,213     80,203  

Federal Republic of Germany, 10 Year Bonds

  211   3/08     35,657,118     34,893,599     (763,519 )

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

  248   3/08     52,132,084     52,142,000     9,916  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

  582   3/08     63,984,465     64,183,687     199,222  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

  209   3/08     23,539,670     23,698,641     158,971  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

  143   3/08     16,845,207     16,641,625     (203,582 )
   

Net Unrealized Loss on Open Futures Contracts

      $ (489,924 )
   

During the year ended December 31, 2007, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Premiums  

Options written, outstanding December 31, 2006

  503     $ 233,426  

Options written

  72,674       36,695,028  

Options closed

  (20,838 )     (21,886,957 )

Options exercised

  (23 )     (36,685 )

Options expired

  (632 )     (259,762 )
   

Options written, outstanding December 31, 2007

  51,684     $ 14,745,050  
   

At December 31, 2007, the Fund had open forward foreign currency contracts as described below. The unrealized gain (loss) on the open contracts reflected in the accompanying financial statements were as follows:

 

Foreign Currency  

Local

Currency

 

Market

Value

 

Settlement

Date

  Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Contracts to Buy:

       

Japanese Yen

  $ 835,590,000   $ 7,515,165   2/12/08   $ 96,931  
   

Contracts to Sell:

       

British Pound

    2,784,000     5,535,198   2/12/08     146,389  

Eurodollar

    5,960,000     8,719,408   2/12/08     (228,494 )
   

Net Unrealized Gain on Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

      $ 14,826  
   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

At December 31, 2007, the Fund held the following interest rate swap contracts:

 

 

Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Effective Date:    11/19/07
Notional Amount:    $3,700,000
Payments Made by Fund:    Floating Rate, 3 Month Libor
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.000%
Termination Date:    12/15/09
Unrealized Appreciation    $15,989
 
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Effective Date:    11/16/07
Notional Amount:    $3,419,000
Payments Made by Fund:    Floating Rate, 3 Month Libor
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.400%
Termination Date:    5/31/12
Unrealized Appreciation    $38,544
 

At December 31, 2007, the Fund held the following credit default swap contracts:

 

 

Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Effective Date:    11/2/07
Reference Entity:    MBIA Insurance Corp.
Notional Amount:    $190,000
Payments Made by Fund:   

Payment only if credit event occurs

Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 3.100%
Termination Date:    12/20/12
Unrealized Appreciation    $2,191
 
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Effective Date:    11/2/07
Reference Entity:   

AMBAC Assurance Corp.

Notional Amount:    $160,000
Payments Received by Fund:   

Payment only if credit event occurs

Payments Made by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 3.600%
Termination Date:    12/20/12
Unrealized Appreciation    $1,978
 
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Effective Date:    11/2/07
Reference Entity:   

AMBAC Assurance Corp.

Notional Amount:    $100,000
Payments Received by Fund:   

Payment only if credit event occurs

Payments Made by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 3.600%
Termination Date:    12/20/12
Unrealized Appreciation    $1,237
 
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Effective Date:    11/2/07
Reference Entity:    MBIA Insurance Corp.
Notional Amount:    $130,000
Payments Made by Fund:   

Payment only if credit event occurs

Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 3.050%
Termination Date:    12/20/12
Unrealized Depreciation    $(1,758)
 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

At December 31, 2007 the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $60,251,195. The average monthly balance of mortgage dollar rolls outstanding for the fund for the year ended December 31, 2007 was approximately $57,283,104.

 

4. Class Specific Expenses

The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays a service fee with respect to its Class A, B and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each respective class. The Fund also pays a distribution fee with respect to its Class B and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.50% and 0.75% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

     Distribution
Fees
  Transfer
Agent Fees
  Shareholder
Reports
Expenses

Class A

  $ 5,935,237   $ 1,843,724   $ 124,688

Class B

    4,204,901     790,751     49,600

Class C

    5,331,741     410,538     27,728

Class I

        1,701     450
 

Total

  $ 15,471,879   $ 3,046,714   $ 202,466
 

 

5. Distributions to Shareholders by Class

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2007
  Year Ended
December 31, 2006

Net Investment Income

   

Class A

  $ 34,776,617   $ 49,102,110

Class B

    5,856,395     12,813,559

Class C

    5,134,713     9,254,830

Class I

    128,908     83,186

Class O

        155,704

Salomon Brothers Class A

        3,182

Salomon Brothers Class B

        1,373

Salomon Brothers Class C

        1,893
 

Total

  $ 45,896,633   $ 71,415,837
 

Net Realized Gains

   

Class A

  $ 254,660,161   $ 149,755,011

Class B

    58,335,712     46,318,097

Class C

    57,181,823     38,488,734

Class I

    861,208     196,504
 

Total

  $ 371,038,904   $ 234,758,346
 

 

 

Shares of Smith Barney Class O, Salomon Brothers Class A, Salomon Brothers Class B and Salomon Brothers Class C were converted to Class A shares on April 21, 2006.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

At December 31, 2007, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.00001 per share. The Fund has the ability to issue multiple classes of shares. Each share of a class represents an identical interest and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain direct expenses, specifically related to the distribution of its shares. Prior to April 16, 2007, the Fund had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2007
    Year Ended
December 31, 2006
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class A

       

Shares sold

  13,828,546     $ 241,837,258     20,713,366     $ 363,360,079  

Shares issued on reinvestment

  15,601,157       256,399,806     10,220,320       172,981,811  

Shares repurchased

  (23,999,573 )     (420,703,490 )   (18,389,365 )     (321,947,334 )

Shares issued with merger

  3,574,604       60,381,532     28,370,660       474,473,748  
   

Net Increase

  9,004,734     $ 137,915,106     40,914,981     $ 688,868,304  
   

Class B

       

Shares sold

  3,123,031     $ 54,189,193     5,211,501     $ 90,619,795  

Shares issued on reinvestment

  3,468,238       56,391,385     3,000,002       50,250,601  

Shares repurchased

  (10,581,964 )     (183,475,732 )   (10,923,704 )     (189,868,456 )

Shares issued with merger

  778,390       13,022,411     2,997,123       49,656,335  
   

Net Increase (Decrease)

  (3,212,305 )   $ (59,872,743 )   284,922     $ 658,275  
   

Class C

       

Shares sold

  2,948,408     $ 51,232,670     4,213,815     $ 73,417,886  

Shares issued on reinvestment

  3,228,611       52,593,061     2,221,796       37,259,516  

Shares repurchased

  (7,796,760 )     (135,716,053 )   (5,526,297 )     (96,296,910 )

Shares issued with merger

  3,233,677       54,228,164     3,198,460       53,124,185  
   

Net Increase

  1,613,936     $ 22,337,842     4,107,774     $ 67,504,677  
   

Class I

       

Shares sold

  46,462     $ 833,719     21,815     $ 383,914  

Shares issued on reinvestment

  53,115       886,677            

Shares repurchased

  (381,937 )     (6,917,470 )   (43,815 )     (769,546 )

Shares issued with merger

  629,197       10,800,997            
   

Net Increase (Decrease)

  346,837     $ 5,603,923     (22,000 )   $ (385,632 )
   

Class O

       

Shares sold

            811     $ 8,554  

Shares issued on reinvestment

            7,108       124,453  

Shares repurchased

            (1,411,387 )     (24,938,395 )
   

Net Increase (Decrease)

            (1,403,468 )   $ (24,805,388 )
   

Salomon Brothers Class A

       

Shares sold

            3,549     $ 62,224  

Shares issued on reinvestment

            133       2,347  

Shares repurchased

            (33,170 )     (588,529 )
   

Net Increase (Decrease)

            (29,488 )   $ (523,958 )
   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2007
  Year Ended
December 31, 2006
 
     Shares   Amount   Shares     Amount  

Salomon Brothers Class B

       

Shares sold

      1,323     $ 22,745  

Shares issued on reinvestment

      45       794  

Shares repurchased

      (16,979 )     (298,923 )
   

Net Increase (Decrease)

      (15,611 )   $ (275,384 )
   

Salomon Brothers Class C

       

Shares sold

      8,092     $ 140,315  

Shares issued on reinvestment

      18       307  

Shares repurchased

      (23,496 )     (414,328 )
   

Net Increase (Decrease)

      (15,386 )   $ (273,706 )
   

 

  Shares of Smith Barney Class O, Salomon Brothers Class A, Salomon Brothers Class B and Salomon Brothers Class C were converted to Class A shares on April 21, 2006.

 

7. Transfer of Net Assets

On March 16, 2007, the Fund acquired the assets and certain liabilities of the Legg Mason Partners Balanced Fund and the Legg Mason Balanced Trust (the “Acquired Funds”), pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by Acquired Funds shareholders. Total shares issued by the Fund and the total net assets of the Legg Mason Partners Balanced Fund and the Legg Mason Balanced Trust on the date of the transfer were as follows:

 

Acquired Fund   Shares
Issued by
the Fund
  Total Net
Assets of the
Acquired Funds

Legg Mason Partners Balanced Fund

  5,245,584   $ 88,380,952

Legg Mason Balanced Trust

  2,970,284     50,052,152
 

As part of the reorganization, for each share they held, shareholders of Legg Mason Partners Balanced Fund Class A, Class B, Class C and Class O received 0.790040, 0.795103, 0.796557 and 0.787048 shares of the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares, respectively. Also, as part of the reorganization, for each share they held, shareholders of Legg Mason Balanced Trust Class FI, Primary Class and Institutional Class received 0.651559, 0.657772 and 0.637744 shares of the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class I shares, respectively.

The total net assets of the Fund on the date of the transfer were $3,317,813,311.

The total net assets of the Legg Mason Partners Balanced Fund and the Legg Mason Balanced Trust before acquisition included unrealized appreciation of $11,812,566 and $7,297,173, respectively, accumulated net realized gain/(loss) of $12,886 and $(411), respectively and accumulated net investment loss of $20,756 and $0, respectively. Total net assets of the Fund immediately after the transfer were $3,456,246,415. The transaction was structured to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

8. Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders

Subsequent to the fiscal year end, the Fund has made the following distributions:

 

Record Date

  Payable Date   Class A   Class B   Class C   Class I

01/30/2007

 

01/31/2007

  $ 0.044000   $ 0.044000   $ 0.044000   $ 0.044000
 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, were as follows:

 

     2007   2006

Distributions Paid From:

   

Ordinary income

  $ 285,143,631   $ 71,415,837

Net long-term capital gains

    131,791,906     234,758,346
 

Total Distributions Paid

  $ 416,935,537   $ 306,174,183
 

As of December 31, 2007, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

 

Undistributed ordinary income — net

  $ 66,269,865

Undistributed long-term capital gains — net

    18,973,804
 

Total undistributed earnings

  $ 85,243,669
 

Other book/tax temporary differences(a)

    2,439,013

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)(b)

    30,424,709
 

Total accumulated earnings/(losses) — net

  $ 118,107,391
 

 

*   During the taxable year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund utilized $38,687,490 of its capital loss carryover available from prior years.

 

(a)

 

Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddles, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/(losses) on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, differences between book/tax accrual of interest income on securities in default, amortization of organization costs and differences in the book/tax treatment of various items.

 

(b)

 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the difference between book and tax amortization methods for premiums on fixed income securities.

 

9. Regulatory Matters

On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order in connection with the settlement of an administrative proceeding against Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason and the then-investment adviser or manager to the Fund, and CGM, a former distributor of the Fund, relating to the appointment of an affiliated transfer agent for the Smith Barney family of mutual funds, including the Fund (the “Affected Funds”).

The SEC order found that SBFM and CGM willfully violated Section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “Advisers Act”). Specifically, the order found that SBFM and CGM knowingly or recklessly failed to disclose to the boards of the Affected Funds in 1999 when proposing a new transfer agent arrangement with an affiliated transfer agent that: First Data Investors Serv-

 

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ices Group (“First Data”), the Affected Funds’ then-existing transfer agent, had offered to continue as transfer agent and do the same work for substantially less money than before; and that Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that, at the time, included the Affected Funds’ investment manager and other investment advisory companies, had entered into a side letter with First Data under which CAM agreed to recommend the appointment of First Data as sub-transfer agent to the affiliated transfer agent in exchange, among other things, for a guarantee by First Data of specified amounts of asset management and investment banking fees to CAM and CGM. The order also found that SBFM and CGM willfully violated Section 206(2) of the Advisers Act by virtue of the omissions discussed above and other misrepresentations and omissions in the materials provided to the Affected Funds’ boards, including the failure to make clear that the affiliated transfer agent would earn a high profit for performing limited functions while First Data continued to perform almost all of the transfer agent functions, and the suggestion that the proposed arrangement was in the Affected Funds’ best interests and that no viable alternatives existed.

SBFM and CGM do not admit or deny any wrongdoing or liability. The settlement does not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding. The SEC censured SBFM and CGM and ordered them to cease and desist from violations of Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Advisers Act. The order required Citigroup to pay $208.1 million, including $109 million in disgorgement of profits, $19.1 million in interest, and a civil money penalty of $80 million. Approximately $24.4 million has already been paid to the Affected Funds, primarily through fee waivers. The remaining $183.7 million, including the penalty, has been paid to the U.S. Treasury and will be distributed pursuant to a plan submitted for the approval of the SEC. At this time, there is no certainty as to how the above-described proceeds of the settlement will be distributed, to whom such distributions will be made, the methodology by which such distributions will be allocated, and when such distributions will be made. The order also required that transfer agency fees received from the Affected Funds since December 1, 2004, less certain expenses, be placed in escrow and provided that a portion of such fees might be subsequently distributed in accordance with the terms of the order. On April 3, 2006, an aggregate amount of approximately $9 million held in escrow was distributed to the Affected Funds.

The order required SBFM to recommend a new transfer agent contract to the Affected Funds’ boards within 180 days of the entry of the order; if a Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent or sub-transfer agent, SBFM and CGM would have been required, at their expense, to engage an independent monitor to oversee a competitive bidding process. On November 21, 2005, and within the specified timeframe, the Affected Funds’ boards selected a new transfer agent for the Affected Funds. No Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent. Under the order, SBFM also must comply with an amended version of a vendor policy that Citigroup instituted in August 2004. Although there can be no assurance, the manager does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the Affected Funds.

On December 1, 2005, Citigroup completed the sale of substantially all of its global asset management business, including SBFM, to Legg Mason.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

10. Legal Matters

Beginning in June 2004, class action lawsuits alleging violations of the federal securities laws were filed against CGM, a former distributor of the Fund, and other affiliated funds (collectively, the “Funds”) and a number of its then affiliates, including SBFM and Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. (“SBAM”), which were then investment adviser or manager to certain of the Funds (the “Managers”), substantially all of the mutual funds then managed by the Managers (the “Defendant Funds”), and Board members of the Defendant Funds (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaints alleged, among other things, that CGM created various undisclosed incentives for its brokers to sell Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers funds. In addition, according to the complaints, the Managers caused the Defendant Funds to pay excessive brokerage commissions to CGM for steering clients towards proprietary funds. The complaints also alleged that the Defendants breached their fiduciary duty to the Defendant Funds by improperly charging Rule 12b-1 fees and by drawing on fund assets to make undisclosed payments of soft dollars and excessive brokerage commissions. The complaints also alleged that the Defendant Funds failed to adequately disclose certain of the allegedly wrongful conduct. The complaints sought injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, rescission of the Defendant Funds’ contracts with the Managers, recovery of all fees paid to the Managers pursuant to such contracts and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.

On December 15, 2004, a consolidated amended complaint (the “Complaint”) was filed alleging substantially similar causes of action. On May 27, 2005, all of the Defendants filed motions to dismiss the Complaint. On July 26, 2006, the court issued a decision and order (1) finding that plaintiffs lacked standing to sue on behalf of the shareholders of the Funds in which none of the plaintiffs had invested and dismissing those Funds from the case (although stating that they could be brought back into the case if standing as to them could be established), and (2) other than one stayed claim, dismissing all of the causes of action against the remaining Defendants, with prejudice, except for the cause of action under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, which the court granted plaintiffs leave to repeal as a derivative claim.

On October 16, 2006, plaintiffs filed their Second Consolidated Amended Complaint (“Second Amended Complaint”) which alleges derivative claims on behalf of nine funds identified in the Second Amended Complaint, under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, against CAM, SBAM and SBFM as investment advisers to the identified funds, as well as CGM as a distributor for the identified funds (collectively, the “Second Amended Complaint Defendants”). The Fund was not identified in the Second Amended Complaint. The Second Amended Complaint alleges no claims against any of the funds or any of their Board Members. Under Section 36(b), the Second Amended Complaint alleges similar facts and seeks similar relief against the Second Amended Complaint Defendants as the Complaint.

On December 3, 2007, the court granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss, with prejudice. On January 2, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Additional lawsuits arising out of these circumstances and presenting similar allegations and requests for relief may be filed in the future.

*  *  *

Beginning in August 2005, five class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws and state law were filed against CGM and SBFM, (collectively, the “Defendants”) based on the May 31, 2005 settlement order issued against the Defendants by the SEC as described in Note 9. The complaints seek injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, removal of SBFM as the investment manager for the Smith Barney family of funds, rescission of the funds’ management and other contracts with SBFM, recovery of all fees paid to SBFM pursuant to such contracts, and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.

On October 5, 2005, a motion to consolidate the five actions and any subsequently filed, related action was filed. That motion contemplates that a consolidated amended complaint alleging substantially similar causes of action will be filed in the future.

On September 26, 2007, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order dismissing the consolidated complaint. The plaintiffs have filed a notice of appeal.

 

11. Other Matters

As previously disclosed, on September 16, 2005 the staff of the SEC informed SBFM and SBAM, that the staff was considering recommending administrative proceedings against SBFM and SBAM for alleged violations of Section 19(a) and 34(b) of the Investment Company Act (and related Rule 19a-1). On September 27, 2007, SBFM and SBAM, without admitting or denying any findings therein, consented to the entry of an order by the SEC relating to the disclosure by certain other funds that are closed-end funds of the sources of distributions paid by the funds between 2001 and 2004. Each of SBFM and SBAM agreed to pay a fine of $450,000, for which it was indemnified by Citigroup, Inc., its former parent. It is not expected that this matter will adversely impact the Fund or its current investment adviser.

 

12. Special Shareholder Meeting and Reorganization

Shareholders of the Fund approved a number of initiatives designed to streamline and restructure the fund complex. These matters were implemented in early 2007. As noted in the proxy materials, Legg Mason paid for a portion of the costs related to these initiatives. The portions of the costs borne by the Fund were recognized in the period during which the expense was incurred. Such expenses relate to obtaining shareholder votes for proposals presented in the proxy, the election of board members, retirement of board members, as well as printing, mailing, and soliciting proxies.

The portions of these costs borne by the Fund and reflected in the Statement of Operations are deemed extraordinary and, therefore, not subject to expense limitation agreements, if applicable.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

13. Recent Accounting Pronouncement

On September 20, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes an authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The application of FAS 157 is required for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FAS 157.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund, a series of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust (formerly a series of Legg Mason Partners Income Funds) as of December 31, 2007, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2007, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund as of December 31, 2007, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

LOGO

New York, New York

February 25, 2008

 

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Board Approval of Management and Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited)

 

At a meeting of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, the Board considered the re-approval for an annual period of the Fund’s management agreement, pursuant to which Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (the “Manager”) provides the Fund with investment advisory and administrative services, and the Fund’s sub-advisory agreements, pursuant to which ClearBridge Advisors, LLC, Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset Management Company, Ltd. (collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) provide day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio. (The management agreement and sub-advisory agreements are collectively referred to as the “Agreements.”) The Manager and the Sub-Advisers are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. The Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”)) of the Fund were assisted in their review by Fund counsel and independent legal counsel and met with independent legal counsel in executive sessions separate from representatives of the Manager and the Sub-Advisers. The Independent Trustees requested and received information from the Manager and the Sub-Advisers they deemed reasonably necessary for their review of the Agreements and the performance of the Manager and the Sub-Advisers. Included was information about the Manager, the Sub-Advisers and the Fund’s distributor (including any distributors affiliated with the Fund during the past two years), as well as the management, sub-advisory and distribution arrangements for the Fund and other funds overseen by the Board. This information was initially reviewed by a special committee of the Independent Trustees and then by the full Board.

In voting to approve the Agreements, the Independent Trustees considered whether the approval of the Agreements would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders, an evaluation based on several factors including those discussed below.

Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services provided to the Fund under the Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements

The Board received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Manager and the Sub-Advisers under the Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements, respectively, during the past two years. The Trustees also considered the Manager’s supervisory activities over the Sub-Advisers. In addition, the Independent Trustees received and considered other information regarding the administrative and other services rendered to the Fund and its shareholders by the Manager. The Board noted information received at regular meetings throughout the year related to the services rendered by the Manager in its management of the Fund’s affairs, including the management of cash and short-term instruments, and the Manager’s role in coordinating the activities of the Sub-Advisers and the Fund’s other service providers. The Board’s evaluation of the services provided by the Manager and the Sub-Advisers took into account the Board’s knowledge and familiarity gained as Board members of funds in the Legg Mason Partners fund complex, including the scope and quality of the investment management and other capabilities of the Manager and the Sub-Advisers and the quality of the Manager’s administrative and other services. The Board observed that the scope of

 

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Board Approval of Management and Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)

 

services provided by the Manager had expanded over time as a result of regulatory and other developments, including maintaining and monitoring its own and the Fund’s expanded compliance programs. The Board also considered the Manager’s response to recent regulatory compliance issues affecting the Manager and the Legg Mason Partners fund complex. The Board reviewed information received from the Manager and the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer regarding the Fund’s compliance policies and procedures established pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

The Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the Fund’s senior personnel and the portfolio management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. The Board considered the degree to which the Manager implemented organizational changes to improve investment results and the services provided to the Legg Mason Partners fund complex. The Board also considered, based on its knowledge of the Manager and the Manager’s affiliates, the financial resources available to the Manager’s parent organization, Legg Mason, Inc.

The Board also considered the division of responsibilities between the Manager and the Sub-Advisers and the oversight provided by the Manager. The Board also considered the Manager’s and the Sub-Advisers’ brokerage policies and practices, the standards applied in seeking best execution, the Manager’s policies and practices regarding soft dollars, and the existence of quality controls applicable to brokerage allocation procedures. In addition, management also reported to the Board on, among other things, its business plans, recent organizational changes, portfolio manager compensation plan and policy regarding portfolio managers’ ownership of fund shares.

The Board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided (and expected to be provided) under the respective Agreement by the Manager and the Sub-Advisers.

Fund Performance

The Board received and reviewed performance information for the Fund and for all retail and institutional mixed-asset target allocation moderate funds (the “Performance Universe”) selected by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board was provided with a description of the methodology Lipper used to determine the similarity of the Fund with the funds included in the Performance Universe. The Board members noted that they also had received and discussed with management information at periodic intervals comparing the Fund’s performance to that of its benchmark index. The information comparing the Fund’s performance to that of the Performance Universe was for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2007. The Fund performed better than the median for all time periods. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance for all time periods was in the first quintile for funds in the Performance Universe. The Board also reviewed performance information provided by the Manager for periods ended September 2007, which showed the Fund’s performance continued to be competitive compared to the Lipper category average during the third quarter. The Board

 

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Board Approval of Management and Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)

 

members then discussed with representatives of management, the portfolio management strategy of the Fund’s portfolio managers and the reasons for the Fund’s outperformance versus the Performance Universe. The Trustees also noted that the Manager was committed to providing the resources necessary to assist the portfolio managers. Based on its review, the Board generally was satisfied with the Fund’s performance.

Management Fees and Expense Ratios

The Board reviewed and considered, the contractual management fee (the “Contractual Management Fee”) payable by the Fund to the Manager in light of the nature, extent and quality of the management and sub-advisory services provided by the Manager and the Sub-Advisers, respectively. The Board noted that the Manager, and not the Fund, pays the sub-advisory fees to the Sub-Advisers and, accordingly, that the retention of the Sub-Advisers does not increase the fees and expenses incurred by the Fund. In addition, because of the Manager’s fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement arrangement in effect for the Fund, which partially reduced the management fee paid to the Manager, the Board also reviewed and considered the actual management fee rate (after taking into account waivers and reimbursements) (“Actual Management Fee”).

The Board also reviewed information regarding the fees the Manager and the Sub-Advisers charged any of their U.S. clients investing primarily in an asset class similar to that of the Fund including, where applicable, separate accounts. The Manager reviewed with the Board the significant differences in the scope of services provided to the Fund and to such other clients, noting that the Fund is provided with regulatory compliance and administrative services, office facilities and Fund officers (including the Fund’s chief financial, chief legal and chief compliance officers), and that the Manager coordinates and oversees the provision of services to the Fund by other fund service providers, including the Sub-Advisers. The Board considered the fee comparisons in light of the scope of services required to manage these different types of accounts.

The Board received an analysis of complex-wide management fees provided by the Manager, which, among other things, set out a framework of fees based on asset classes. Management also discussed with the Board the Fund’s distribution arrangements, including how amounts received by the Fund’s distributors are expended, and the fees received and expenses incurred in connection with such arrangements by affiliates of the Manager.

Additionally, the Board received and considered information comparing the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee and Actual Management Fee and the Fund’s overall expense ratio with those of a group of nine retail front-end load mixed-asset target allocation moderate funds and one global flexible portfolio fund selected by Lipper as comparable to the Fund (the “Expense Group”), and a broader group of funds selected by Lipper consisting of all retail front-end load mixed-asset target allocation moderate funds and global flexible portfolio funds (“Expense Universe”). This information showed that the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee and Actual Management Fee were higher than the median of management fees paid by the other funds in the Expense Group and Expense Universe, and that the Fund’s actual total expense ratio was slightly higher than the median of the

 

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Board Approval of Management and Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)

 

total expense ratios of the funds in the Expense Group and slightly lower than the median of the total expense ratios of the funds in the Expense Universe.

Manager Profitability

The Board received and considered a profitability analysis of the Manager and its affiliates in providing services to the Fund. The Board also received profitability information with respect to the Legg Mason Partners fund complex as a whole. In addition, the Board received information with respect to the Manager’s allocation methodologies used in preparing this profitability data as well as a report from an outside consultant that had reviewed the Manager’s methodology. The Board also noted the profitability percentage ranges determined by appropriate court cases to be reasonable given the services rendered to investment companies. The Board determined that the Manager’s profitability was not excessive in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund.

Economies of Scale

The Board received and considered information regarding whether there have been economies of scale with respect to the management of the Fund as the Fund’s assets grow, whether the Fund has appropriately benefited from any economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered whether economies of scale in the provision of services to the Fund were being passed along to the shareholders.

The Board noted that the Manager instituted breakpoints in the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee, reflecting the potential for reducing the Contractual Management Fee as the Fund’s assets grow. The Board noted that the Fund’s assets exceeded the specified asset level at which one or more breakpoints to its Contractual Management Fee are triggered. Accordingly, the Fund and its shareholders realized economies of scale because the total expense ratio of the Fund was lower than it would have been if no breakpoints were in place. The Board also considered whether the breakpoint fee structure was a reasonable means of sharing any economies of scale, taking into consideration other efficiencies that might accrue as the Fund’s assets increase. The Board also noted that as the Fund’s assets have increased over time, the Fund and its shareholders have realized economies of scale as certain expenses, such as fixed fund fees, became a smaller percentage of overall assets. The Board noted that it appeared that the benefits of any economies of scale also have been appropriately shared with shareholders through increased investment in fund management and administration resources.

Taking all of the above into consideration, the Board determined that the management fee was reasonable in light of the comparative performance and expense information and the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreements.

Other Benefits to the Manager

The Board considered other benefits received by the Manager and its affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, as a result of the Manager’s relationship with the Fund, including the opportunity to offer additional products and services to Fund shareholders.

 

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Board Approval of Management and Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)

 

In light of the costs of providing investment management and other services to the Fund and the Manager’s ongoing commitment to the Fund, the profits and other ancillary benefits that the Manager and its affiliates received were considered reasonable.

Based on their discussions and considerations, including those described above, the Trustees approved the Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreements to continue for another year.

No single factor reviewed by the Board was identified by the Board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreements.

 

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Additional Information (unaudited)

 

Information about Trustees and Officers

The business and affairs of the Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund (the “Fund”) are managed under the direction of the Board of Trustees. Information pertaining to the Trustees and Officers is set forth below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling Legg Mason Partners Shareholder Services at 1-800-451-2010.

 

Name, Address and Birth Year   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(1)
  Term of
Office(1) and
Length
of Time
Served(2)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Board
Memberships
Held by
Trustee
Non-Interested Trustees:          

Paul R. Ades
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
(“Legg Mason”)
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1940

  Trustee   Since
1983
 

Law Firm of Paul

R. Ades, PLLC

(from April 2000 to present)

  47   None

Andrew L. Breech
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1952

  Trustee   Since
1991
  President, Dealer Operating Control Service, Inc. (automotive retail management) (since 1985)   47   None

Dwight B. Crane
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1937

  Trustee   Since
1981
  Independent Consultant (since 1969); Professor, Harvard Business School (from 1969 to 2007)   49   None

Robert M. Frayn, Jr.
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1934

  Trustee   Since
1981
  Retired; Formerly, President and Director, Book Publishing Co. (from 1970 to 2002)   47   None

Frank G. Hubbard
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1937

  Trustee   Since
1993
  President of Avatar International, Inc. (Business Development) (since 1998)   47   None

Howard J. Johnson
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1938

  Trustee   From 1981 to 1998
and 2000 to Present
  Chief Executive Officer, Genesis Imaging LLC (technology company) (since 2003)   47   None

 

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Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

Name, Address and Birth Year   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(1)
  Term of
Office(1) and
Length
of Time
Served(2)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Board
Memberships
Held by
Trustee
Non-Interested Trustees:          

David E. Maryatt
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1936

  Trustee   Since
1983
  Private Investor; President and Director, ALS Co. (real estate management and development firm) (since 1993)   47   None

Jerome H. Miller
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1938

  Trustee   Since
1995
  Retired   47   None

Ken Miller
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1942

  Trustee   Since
1983
  President of Young Stuff Apparel Group, Inc. (since 1963)   47   None

John J. Murphy
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1944

  Trustee   Since
2002
  President; Murphy Capital Management (investment advice) (since 1983)   47   Director, Nicholas Applegate funds; Trustee; Consulting Group Capital Markets Funds; Formerly, Director, Atlantic Stewardship Bank (from 2004 to 2005); Director, Barclays International Funds Group Ltd. and affiliated companies (to 2003)

Thomas F. Schlafly
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1948

  Trustee   Since
1983
  Of Counsel, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (law firm) (since 1984); President, The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. (brewery) (since 1989)   47   Director, Citizens National Bank of Greater St. Louis, MO (since 2006)

Jerry A. Viscione
c/o R. Jay Gerken, CFA
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1944

  Trustee   Since
1993
  Retired; Formerly, Executive Vice President, Marquette University (from 1997 to 2002)   47   None

 

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Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

Name, Address and Birth Year   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(1)
  Term of
Office(1) and
Length
of Time
Served(2)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Board
Memberships
Held by
Trustee
Interested Trustee:          

R. Jay Gerken, CFA(3)
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Birth Year: 1951

  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   Since
2002
  Managing Director of Legg Mason; Chairman of the Board and Trustee/Director of 149 funds associated with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) and its affiliates; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of LMPFA (since 2006); Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason and its affiliates; Formerly Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelers Investment Adviser, Inc. (“TIA”) (from 2002 to 2005)   137   Trustee, Consulting Group Capital Markets Funds (from 2002 to 2006)
Officers:          
Kaprel Ozsolak
Legg Mason
55 Water Street
New York, NY 10041
Birth Year: 1965
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   Since
2004
  Director of Legg Mason; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason; Formerly, Controller of certain mutual funds associated with certain predecessor firms of Legg Mason (from 2002 to 2004)   N/A   N/A

 

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Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

Name, Address and Birth Year   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(1)
  Term of
Office(1) and
Length
of Time
Served(2)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Board
Memberships
Held by
Trustee
Officers:          
Ted P. Becker
Legg Mason
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Birth Year: 1951
  Chief Compliance Officer   Since
2006
  Director of Global Compliance at Legg Mason (since 2006); Chief Compliance Officer of LMPFA (since 2006); Managing Director of Compliance at Legg Mason (since 2005); Chief Compliance Officer with certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason, LMPFA and certain affiliates (since 2006); Formerly, Managing Director of Compliance at Legg Mason or its predecessor (from 2002 to 2005)   N/A   N/A
John Chiota
Legg Mason
300 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
Birth Year: 1968
  Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer   Since
2006
  Vice President of Legg Mason or its predecessor (since 2004); Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer with certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason or its affiliates (since 2006); Prior to August 2004, Chief AML Compliance Officer with TD Waterhouse   N/A   N/A
Robert I. Frenkel
Legg Mason
300 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
Birth Year: 1954
  Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   Since
2003
  Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Mutual Funds for Legg Mason and its predecessors (since 1994); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of mutual funds associated with Legg Mason (since 2003); Formerly, Secretary of CFM (from 2001 to 2004)   N/A   N/A

 

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Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

Name, Address and Birth Year   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(1)
  Term of
Office(1) and
Length
of Time
Served(2)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Board
Memberships
Held by
Trustee
Officers:          

Thomas C. Mandia

Legg Mason

300 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

Birth Year: 1962

  Assistant
Secretary
  Since
2000
  Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason (since 2005); Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel for CAM (since 1992); Assistant Secretary of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason   N/A   N/A
Albert Laskaj
Legg Mason
55 Water Street
New York, NY 10041
Birth Year: 1977
  Controller   Since
2007
  Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason (since 2007); Formerly, Assistant Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason (from 2005 to 2007); Formerly, Accounting Manager of certain mutual funds associated with certain predecessor firms of Legg Mason (from 2003 to 2005); Prior to 2003, Senior Analyst of certain mutual funds associated with certain predecessor firms of Legg Mason   N/A   N/A

Steven Frank

Legg Mason

55 Water Street

New York, NY 10041

Birth Year: 1967

  Controller   Since
2005
  Vice President of Legg Mason (since 2002); Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason or its predecessors (since 2005); Formerly, Assistant Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason predecessors (from 2001 to 2005)   N/A   N/A

 

(1)

 

Each Trustee and Officer serves until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal.

 

(2)

 

Indicates the earliest year in which the Trustee or Officer became a Board Member or Officer, as applicable, for a Fund in the Legg Mason Partners Fund complex.

 

(3)

 

Mr. Gerken is an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act, as amended, because Mr. Gerken is an officer of LMPFA and certain of its affiliates.

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

The following information is provided with respect to the distributions paid during the taxable year ended December 31, 2007:

 

 

Record Date:

  1/30/2007     2/27/2007     3/29/2007     4/27/2007   5/30/2007   6/28/2007  

Payable Date:

  1/31/2007     2/28/2007     3/30/2007     4/30/2007   5/31/2007   6/29/2007  
   

Ordinary Income:

           

Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals

  8.10 %   3.76 %   3.76 %       5.88 %
   

Dividends Qualifying for the Dividends Received Deduction for Corporations

  9.08 %   9.08 %   9.08 %       9.08 %
   

Long-Term Capital Gain Dividend

              $0.100000   $0.082552    
   

 

 

Record Date:

  7/30/2007     8/30/2007     9/27/2007     10/30/2007     11/29/2007     12/26/2007  

Payable Date:

  7/31/2007     8/31/2007     9/28/2007     10/31/2007     11/30/2007     12/27/2007  
   

Ordinary Income:

           

Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals

  10.46 %   10.46 %   10.46 %   10.46 %   10.46 %   10.46 %
   

Dividends Qualifying for the Dividends Received Deduction for Corporations

  9.08 %   9.08 %   9.08 %   9.08 %   9.08 %   9.08 %
   

Long-Term Capital Gain Dividend

                      $0.495121  
   

Please retain this information for your records.

 

70         Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund


Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund

 

TRUSTEES

Paul R. Ades

Andrew L. Breech

Dwight B. Crane

Robert M. Frayn, Jr.

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman

Frank G. Hubbard

Howard J. Johnson

David E. Maryatt

Jerome H. Miller

Ken Miller

John J. Murphy

Thomas F. Schlafly

Jerry A. Viscione

 

  

INVESTMENT MANAGER

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

 

SUBADVISERS

ClearBridge Advisors, LLC

Western Asset Management Company

Western Asset Management Company Limited

 

DISTRIBUTOR

Legg Mason Investor
Services, LLC

 

CUSTODIAN

State Street Bank and

Trust Company

 

TRANSFER AGENT

PFPC Inc.

4400 Computer Drive Westborough, Massachusetts 01581

 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

KPMG LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10154


 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund. It is not for distribution to prospective investors unless accompanied by a current prospectus.

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a free prospectus. Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors

©2008 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Member FINRA, SIPC

 

FD0420 2/08   SR08-510

LOGO

Legg Mason Partners

Capital and Income Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of the Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust, a Maryland business trust.

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND

Legg Mason Partners Funds

55 Water Street

32nd Floor

New York, New York 10041

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call Legg Mason Partners Shareholder Services at 1-800-451-2010.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-451-2010, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that Jerry A. Viscione possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” and has designated Mr. Viscione as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Mr. Viscione is an “independent” Director pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007 (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $257,800 in 2006 and $320,200 in 2007.

b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant’s financial statements were $0 in 2006 and $54,633 in 2007. These services consisted of procedures performed in connection with the Re-domiciliation of the various reviews of Prospectus supplements, and consent issuances related to the N-1A filings for the Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust.

In addition, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust (“service affiliates”), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the service affiliates. Accordingly, there were no such fees that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee for the Reporting Periods (prior to July 6, 2003 services provided by the Auditor were not required to be pre-approved).

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by KPMG and PwC for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $48,744 in 2006, which was performed by PwC & KPMG and were $33,900 in 2007 performed by KPMG. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance


regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.

There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to service affiliates during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

d) All Other Fees. The fees incurred in the in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item for the Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust were $35,150 in 2007, these services consisted of the procedures performed in connection with the mergers on December 1, 2006, March 2, 2007 and March 16, 2007.

All Other Fees. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with LMPFA that provided ongoing services to Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period.

(e) Audit Committee’s pre–approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by LMPFA or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee July implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.

The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes July impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services July not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.


Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) For the Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust, the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% and 0% for 2006 and 2007; Tax Fees were 100% and 0% for 2006 and 2007; and Other Fees were 100% and 0% for 2006 and 2007.

(f) N/A

(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust, LMPFA and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with LMPFA that provides ongoing services to Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust during the reporting period were $0 in 2007.

(h) Yes. Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Accountant’s independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust or to Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

a) The entire board of directors is acting as the registrant’s audit committee as specified in Section 3(a)(58)(B) of the Exchange Act . The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members:

Paul R. Ades

Andrew L. Breech

Dwight B. Crane

Robert M. Frayn, Jr.

Frank G. Hubbard

Howard J. Johnson

David E. Maryatt

Jerome H. Miller


Ken Miller

John J. Murphy

Thomas F. Schlafly

Jerry A. Viscione

b) Not applicable

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH


(a) (2) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CERT

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.906CERT


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, there unto duly authorized.

 

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust
By:  

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

  (R. Jay Gerken)
 

Chief Executive Officer of

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

Date: March 6, 2008

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/ R. Jay Gerken

  (R. Jay Gerken)
 

Chief Executive Officer of

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

Date: March 6, 2008

 

By:  

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

  (Kaprel Ozsolak)
 

Chief Financial Officer of

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

Date: March 6, 2008