N-Q 1 dnq.htm LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST-ALL CAP FUND Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust-All Cap Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-06444

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

300 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-451-2010

Date of fiscal year end: April 30

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2008

 

 

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST

LEGG MASON PARTNERS ALL CAP FUND

FORM N-Q

JANUARY 31, 2008


LEGG MASON PARTNERS ALL CAP FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)    January 31, 2008

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

   VALUE
COMMON STOCKS - 99.7%   
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 15.7%   
Household Durables - 2.8%   
405,000   

Ryland Group Inc.

   $ 13,652,550
497,400   

Toll Brothers Inc. *

     11,579,472
         
  

Total Household Durables

     25,232,022
         
Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.0%   
226,920   

Amazon.com Inc. *

     17,631,684
336,809   

IAC/InterActiveCorp *

     8,736,826
         
  

Total Internet & Catalog Retail

     26,368,510
         
Media - 4.6%   
241,140   

E.W. Scripps Co., Class A Shares

     9,819,221
1,309,540   

Time Warner Inc.

     20,612,159
882,300   

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Class A Shares *

     10,940,520
         
  

Total Media

     41,371,900
         
Multiline Retail - 4.7%   
332,900   

Kohl’s Corp. *

     15,193,556
241,400   

Sears Holdings Corp. *

     26,672,286
         
  

Total Multiline Retail

     41,865,842
         
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6%   
227,500   

Liz Claiborne Inc.

     4,979,975
         
  

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

     139,818,249
         
FINANCIALS - 23.4%   
Capital Markets - 3.0%   
218,236   

Blackstone Group LP

     4,004,631
1,236,331   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. *

     23,193,569
         
  

Total Capital Markets

     27,198,200
         
Consumer Finance - 0.8%   
122,450   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     6,711,485
         
Diversified Financial Services - 9.6%   
723,329   

Bank of America Corp.

     32,079,641
1,130,591   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     53,759,602
         
  

Total Diversified Financial Services

     85,839,243
         
Insurance - 8.9%   
822,108   

Ambac Financial Group Inc.

     9,635,106
625,035   

American International Group Inc.

     34,476,930
367,000   

MBIA Inc.

     5,688,500
2,779,945   

Security Capital Assurance Ltd.

     8,840,225
293,480   

Travelers Cos. Inc.

     14,116,388
153,600   

XL Capital Ltd., Class A Shares

     6,912,000
         
  

Total Insurance

     79,669,149
         
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.1%   
1,394,400   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

     9,705,024
         
  

TOTAL FINANCIALS

     209,123,101
         
HEALTH CARE - 18.1%   
Biotechnology - 5.4%   
775,611   

Alkermes Inc. *

     10,331,139
146,575   

Amgen Inc. *

     6,828,929
1,437,800   

CV Therapeutics Inc. *

     12,048,764
1,421,665   

Mannkind Corp. *

     11,231,153
801,150   

Medarex Inc. *

     8,003,489
         
  

Total Biotechnology

     48,443,474
         
Health Care Providers & Services - 12.7%   
549,500   

Aetna Inc.

     29,266,370

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    January 31, 2008

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

   VALUE
Health Care Providers & Services - 12.7% (continued)
229,300   

Cardinal Health Inc.

   $ 13,292,521
707,889   

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     35,989,076
438,000   

WellPoint Inc. *

     34,251,600
         
  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

     112,799,567
         
  

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

     161,243,041
         
INDUSTRIALS - 11.2%   
Airlines - 2.3%   
536,144   

UAL Corp.

     20,346,665
         
Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.3%   
388,390   

Republic Services Inc.

     11,651,700
         
Electrical Equipment - 2.0%   
1,119,110   

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., ADR *

     18,118,391
         
Industrial Conglomerates - 1.7%   
430,310   

General Electric Co.

     15,237,277
         
Road & Rail - 3.9%   
291,429   

Arkansas Best Corp.

     8,973,099
1,072,020   

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. *

     15,994,538
522,750   

YRC Worldwide Inc. *

     9,571,553
         
  

Total Road & Rail

     34,539,190
         
  

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

     99,893,223
         
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.9%   
Computers & Peripherals - 3.9%   
731,700   

EMC Corp. *

     11,612,079
218,700   

International Business Machines Corp.

     23,475,258
         
  

Total Computers & Peripherals

     35,087,337
         
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.6%   
1,040,000   

Jabil Circuit Inc.

     13,780,000
         
Internet Software & Services - 2.9%   
1,343,200   

Yahoo! Inc. *

     25,762,576
         
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.0%   
3,249,485   

Micron Technology Inc. *

     22,843,880
1,030,170   

Texas Instruments Inc.

     31,863,158
239,900   

Trina Solar Ltd., ADR *

     8,137,408
         
  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     62,844,446
         
Software - 3.5%   
1,000,800   

Red Hat Inc. *

     18,694,944
699,800   

Symantec Corp. *

     12,547,414
         
  

Total Software

     31,242,358
         
  

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

     168,716,717
         
MATERIALS - 3.9%   
Chemicals - 1.9%   
801,275   

Nalco Holding Co.

     16,778,698
         
Metals & Mining - 2.0%   
275,525   

ArcelorMittal

     18,292,105
         
  

TOTAL MATERIALS

     35,070,803
         
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 3.2%   
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.2%   
3,156,900   

Level 3 Communications Inc. *

     10,859,736
         
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.0%   
1,692,168   

Sprint Nextel Corp.

     17,818,529
         
  

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

     28,678,265
         

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    January 31, 2008

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

   VALUE  
UTILITIES - 5.3%  
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 5.3%  
2,463,600   

AES Corp. *

   $ 47,005,488  
           
   TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
(Cost - $1,119,709,513)
     889,548,887  
           
FACE
AMOUNT
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 0.8%   
Repurchase Agreement - 0.8%   
$ 7,617,000   

Interest in $906,871,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 1/31/08 with Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., 2.850% due 2/1/08; Proceeds at maturity- $7,617,603; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 3.250% to 6.210% due 5/15/08 to 8/6/38; Market value - $7,769,351) (Cost - $7,617,000)

     7,617,000  
           
   TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.5%
(Cost - $1,127,326,513#)
     897,165,887  
  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.5)%

     (4,900,312 )
           
   TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%    $ 892,265,575  
           

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

# Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:
ADR    — American Depositary Receipt

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Legg Mason Partners All Cap Fund (the “Fund”) is a non-diversified separate 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.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment Valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. 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) 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.

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.

 

(d) Security Transactions. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

2. Investments

At January 31, 2008, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 46,436,474  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (276,597,100 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (230,160,626 )
        


 

ITEM 2. 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 quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust
By   /S/    R. JAY GERKEN        
  R. Jay Gerken
  Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 28, 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

Date: March 28, 2008

 

By   /S/    KAPREL OZSOLAK        
  Kaprel Ozsolak
  Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 28, 2008