N-CSRS 1 dncsrs.htm LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL & INCOME FUND-LMP EQUITY FUND Legg Mason Partners Capital & Income Fund-LMP Equity 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)

 

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, 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: June 30, 2008


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


LOGO

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT / JUNE 30, 2008

Legg Mason Partners

Capital and Income Fund

 

Managed by   CLEARBRIDGE ADVISORS
 
  WESTERN ASSET

 

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

 


Fund objective

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

 

What’s inside

 

Letter from the chairman

  I

Fund at a glance

  1

Fund expenses

  2

Schedule of investments

  4

Statement of assets and liabilities

  32

Statement of operations

  34

Statements of changes in net assets

  35

Financial highlights

  36

Notes to financial statements

  41

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.


Letter from the chairman

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Dear Shareholder,

The U.S. economy was lackluster during the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2008. Looking back, third quarter 2007 U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth was 4.8%, its strongest showing in four years. However, continued weakness in the housing market, an ongoing credit crunch and soaring oil and food prices then took their toll on the economy. During the fourth quarter of 2007, GDP growth was -0.2%. First quarter 2008 GDP growth was a modest 0.9%. The advance estimate for second quarter 2008 GDP growth was 1.9%.

The debate continues as to whether or not the U.S. will fall into a recession. However, it is a moot point for many people, as the job market continues to weaken and soaring energy and food prices are tempering consumer spending. In terms of the employment picture, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that payroll employment declined in each of the first six months of 2008, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in May, its highest level since October 2004. Oil prices surpassed $140 a barrel in June 2008, with the average price for a gallon of gas exceeding $4 for the first time ever.ii These factors, coupled with a sputtering housing market, contributed to the Consumer Confidence Index falling for the sixth consecutive month in June 2008, reaching its lowest level since 1992.iii

Ongoing issues related to the housing and subprime mortgage markets and seizing credit markets prompted the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)iv to take aggressive and, in some cases, unprecedented actions. Beginning in September 2007, the Fed reduced the federal funds ratev from 5.25% to 4.75%. This marked the first such reduction since June 2003. The Fed then reduced the federal funds rate on six additional occasions through April 2008, bringing the federal funds rate to 2.00%. However, the Fed then shifted gears in the face of mounting inflationary prices and a weakening U.S. dollar. At its meeting in June, the Fed held rates steady and stated: “Recent information indicates that overall economic activity continues to expand, partly reflecting some firming in household spending. However, labor markets have softened further and financial markets remain under considerable stress. Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and the rise in energy prices are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters.”

 

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Letter from the chairman continued

 

In addition to the interest rate cuts, the Fed took several actions to improve liquidity in the credit markets. In March 2008, the Fed established a new lending program allowing certain brokerage firms, known as primary dealers, to also borrow from its discount window. The Fed also increased the maximum term for discount window loans from 30 to 90 days. Then, in mid-March, the Fed played a major role in facilitating the purchase of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase.

The U.S. stock market was not for the faint of heart during the reporting period. Stock prices fell during the first three months of the reporting period due, in part, to the severe credit crunch, weakening corporate profits, rising inflation and fears of an impending recession. The market then reversed course and posted positive returns in April and May 2008. The market’s rebound was largely attributed to hopes that the U.S. would skirt a recession and that corporate profits would rebound as the year progressed. Stock prices then moved sharply lower in June, with the S&P 500 Indexvi falling 8.43% for the month. This represented its worst monthly performance since September 2002 and its weakest month of June since the Great Depression in 1930. All told, the S&P 500 Index returned -11.91% during the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2008, and as of that date was almost 20% lower than its peak in October 2007.

Turning to the bond market, both short- and long-term Treasury yields experienced periods of volatility during the six-month reporting period. Investors were initially focused on the subprime segment of the mortgage-backed market. These concerns broadened, 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 a “flight to quality” during the first quarter of 2008, causing Treasury yields to move lower (and their prices higher), while riskier segments of the market saw their yields move higher (and their prices lower). Treasury yields then moved higher in April, May and early June, as oil prices hit record levels. However, an additional credit crunch in mid-June resulted in another flight to quality, with Treasury yields again moving lower. Overall, during the six months ended June 30, 2008, two-year Treasury yields fell from 3.05% to 2.63%. Over the same time frame, 10-year Treasury yields moved from 4.04% to 3.99%. Looking at the six-month period as a whole, the overall bond market, as measured by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Indexvii, returned a modest 1.13%.

 

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Performance review

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, Class A shares of Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund, excluding sales charges, returned -6.30%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the S&P 500 Index and the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index, returned -11.91% and 1.13%, respectively, over the same time frame. The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Category Average1 returned -6.31% for the same period.

 

PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOT as of June 30, 2008 (excluding sales charges) (unaudited)
    

6 MONTHS

(not annualized)

Capital and Income Fund — Class A Shares   -6.30%
S&P 500 Index   -11.91%
Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index   1.13%
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Category Average1   -6.31%
 
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 -6.56%, Class C shares returned -6.67% and Class I shares returned -6.18% over the six months ended June 30, 2008. 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.
Performance of Class R shares is not shown because this share class commenced operations on April 30, 2008.
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES (unaudited)
As of the Fund’s most current prospectus dated April 28, 2008, the gross total operating expenses for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class I and Class R shares were 1.07%, 1.64%, 1.82%, 0.77% and 1.42%, respectively.

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,

 

1

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended June 30, 2008, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 523 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

 

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Letter from the chairman continued

 

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.

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

July 31, 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.

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 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

Source: Bloomberg, 7/08.

 

iii

Source: The Conference Board, 7/08.

 

iv

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.

 

v

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.

 

vi

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.

 

vii

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.

 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT BREAKDOWN (%) As a percent of total investments — June 30, 2008

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 January 1, 2008 and held for the six months ended June 30, 2008.

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 RETURN1
     ACTUAL TOTAL
RETURN
WITHOUT
SALES
CHARGES2
    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT
VALUE
  ENDING
ACCOUNT
VALUE
  ANNUALIZED
EXPENSE
RATIO3
   

EXPENSES

PAID DURING

THE PERIOD4

Class A   (6.30 )%   $ 1,000.00   $ 937.00   1.12 %   $ 5.39
Class B   (6.56 )     1,000.00     934.40   1.70       8.18
Class C   (6.67 )     1,000.00     933.30   1.84       8.84
Class I   (6.18 )     1,000.00     938.20   0.78       3.76
Class R5   (2.27 )     1,000.00     977.30   1.38       2.27

 

1

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

 

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

The expense ratios include dividend expense related to securities sold short and not subject to a contractual expense limitation.

 

4

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 366.

 

5

For the period April 30, 2008 (inception date) to June 30, 2008.

 

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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 RETURN1          
     HYPOTHETICAL
ANNUALIZED
TOTAL
RETURN
    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT
VALUE
  ENDING
ACCOUNT
VALUE
  ANNUALIZED
EXPENSE
RATIO2
    EXPENSES
PAID DURING
THE PERIOD3
Class A   5.00 %   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,019.29   1.12 %   $ 5.62
Class B   5.00       1,000.00     1,016.41   1.70       8.52
Class C   5.00       1,000.00     1,015.71   1.84       9.22
Class I   5.00       1,000.00     1,020.98   0.78       3.92
Class R4   5.00       1,000.00     1,006.03   1.38       2.31

 

1

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

 

2

The expense ratios include dividend expense related to securities sold short and not subject to a contractual expense limitation.

 

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 366.

 

4

For the period April 30, 2008 (inception date) to June 30, 2008.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
SHARES    SECURITY    VALUE
     
COMMON STOCKS — 65.4%       
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 8.9%       
     Household Durables — 0.0%       
2,330,496    Home Interiors & Gifts Inc.(a)(b)*    $ 3
     Media — 6.2%       
1,611,210    Lamar Advertising Co., Class A Shares*      58,051,896
2,268,600    Liberty Media Corp. - Entertainment, Series A*      54,968,178
2,778,690    Time Warner Inc.      41,124,612
3,386,800    Warner Music Group Corp.      24,181,752
    

Total Media

     178,326,438
     Multiline Retail — 1.5%       
914,700    Target Corp.      42,524,403
     Specialty Retail — 1.2%       
1,446,900    Staples Inc.      34,363,875
     TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY      255,214,719
CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.9%       
     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 — 1.9%       
1,140,690    Philip Morris International Inc.*      56,338,679
     TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES      56,338,679
ENERGY — 12.3%       
     Energy Equipment & Services — 5.7%       
1,544,135    Halliburton Co.(k)      81,947,244
528,800    National-Oilwell Varco Inc.*      46,915,136
227,700    Transocean Inc.*      34,699,203
    

Total Energy Equipment & Services

     163,561,583
     Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.6%       
2,373,277    Crosstex Energy Inc.(k)      82,257,781
260,450    Devon Energy Corp.      31,295,672
2,259,300    El Paso Corp.      49,117,182
418,200    Newfield Exploration Co.*      27,287,550
    

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     189,958,185
     TOTAL ENERGY      353,519,768
FINANCIALS — 7.1%       
     Capital Markets — 4.8%       
2,601,000    Charles Schwab Corp.      53,424,540
2,220,260    Invesco Ltd.      53,241,835

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
SHARES    SECURITY    VALUE
     
     Capital Markets — 4.8% continued       
1,562,339    Och-Ziff Capital Management Group    $ 29,700,064
    

Total Capital Markets

     136,366,439
     Consumer Finance — 1.1%       
871,450    American Express Co.      32,827,522
     Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%       
973,600    JPMorgan Chase & Co.      33,404,216
     TOTAL FINANCIALS      202,598,177
HEALTH CARE — 9.3%       
     Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%       
226,000    Beckman Coulter, Inc.      15,261,780
1,187,730    Medtronic Inc.      61,465,027
    

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     76,726,807
     Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0%       
1,071,715    UnitedHealth Group Inc.      28,132,519
     Health Care Technology — 1.8%       
4,520,600    HLTH Corp.*      51,173,192
     Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%       
676,300    Johnson & Johnson      43,513,142
1,386,300    Wyeth      66,486,948
    

Total Pharmaceuticals

     110,000,090
     TOTAL HEALTH CARE      266,032,608
INDUSTRIALS — 11.4%       
     Building Products — 1.8%       
3,543,000    Assa Abloy AB      51,311,603
     Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.4%       
2,573,541    Covanta Holding Corp.*      68,687,809
     Electrical Equipment — 1.0%       
1,001,100    ABB Ltd., ADR      28,351,152
     Industrial Conglomerates — 4.1%       
2,980,490    General Electric Co.      79,549,278
609,100    McDermott International Inc.*      37,697,199
    

Total Industrial Conglomerates

     117,246,477
     Machinery — 2.1%       
1,241,280    Dover Corp.      60,040,714
     TOTAL INDUSTRIALS      325,637,755
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 8.4%       
     Communications Equipment — 3.6%       
1,753,540    Cisco Systems Inc.*      40,787,340
919,300    Nokia Oyj, ADR      22,522,850

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
SHARES    SECURITY    VALUE
     
     Communications Equipment — 3.6% continued       
70,139    Nortel Networks Corp.*    $ 576,543
888,890    QUALCOMM Inc.      39,440,049
    

Total Communications Equipment

     103,326,782
     Computers & Peripherals — 1.5%       
2,028    Axiohm Transaction Solutions Inc.(a)(b)*      0
2,981,450    EMC Corp.*      43,797,501
    

Total Computers & Peripherals

     43,797,501
     Internet Software & Services — 1.5%       
1,128,440    VeriSign Inc.*      42,655,032
     Software — 1.8%       
2,406,300    Oracle Corp.*      50,532,300
     TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY      240,311,615
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.0%       
     Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.0%       
541,200    America Movil SAB de CV, Series L Shares, ADR      28,548,300
674,200    American Tower Corp., Class A Shares*      28,484,950
     TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES      57,033,250
UTILITIES — 4.1%       
     Electric Utilities — 0.7%       
421,860    Allegheny Energy Inc.      21,139,405
     Gas Utilities — 1.6%       
763,770    National Fuel Gas Co.      45,429,039
     Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.8%       
1,197,760    NRG Energy Inc.*      51,383,904
     TOTAL UTILITIES      117,952,348
     TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost — $1,921,884,457)
     1,874,638,919
PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.8%       
FINANCIALS — 1.8%       
     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
     Insurance — 1.7%       
804,600    American International Group Inc.      47,704,734
     Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%       
74,600    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 8.375%      1,812,780
2,800    Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 7.000%(c)      132,104

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
SHARES    SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1% continued       
  54,025    Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 8.250%    $ 1,239,874
      

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     3,184,758
       TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost — $65,157,433)
     50,889,494
FACE
AMOUNT
           
  ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.5%       
       Automobiles — 0.0%       
$ 750,000    ARG Funding Corp., 4.290% due 4/20/11(d)      697,621
       Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%       
  2,750,745    Airplanes Pass-Through Trust, Subordinated Notes,
10.875% due 3/15/19(a)(b)(e)
     0
       Home Equity — 0.5%       
  180,409    ACE Securities Corp., 2.653% due 1/25/36(c)      49,486
       Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust:       
  185,519   

2.833% due 9/25/34(c)

     181,253
  503,626   

2.763% due 12/25/36(c)

     478,747
  349,152    Centex Home Equity Loan Trust, 3.735% due 2/25/32      325,052
  111,580    Cityscape Home Equity Loan Trust, 4.088% due 7/25/28(c)      55,234
  143,680    Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 3.733% due 6/25/34(c)      81,419
       Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust:       
  438,905   

2.761% due 12/15/33(c)

     305,657
  606,268   

2.791% due 3/15/34(c)

     395,532
  757,213   

2.691% due 11/15/35(c)

     576,019
  853,057   

2.701% due 2/15/36(c)

     626,934
  2,070,000    Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization LLC,
5.704% due 12/25/36
     1,765,419
  420,834    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.,
4.033% due 2/25/31(c)
     370,601
  73,417    Finance America Net Interest Margin Trust,
5.250% due 6/27/34(b)(d)(e)
     37
  183,489    First Horizon ABS Trust, 2.643% due 10/25/34(c)      102,451
  168,514    Fremont Home Loan Trust, 4.133% due 2/25/34(c)      85,876
  168,124    Green Tree Financial Corp., 7.070% due 1/15/29      166,774
       GSAA Home Equity Trust:       
  2,460,000   

2.783% due 3/25/37(c)

     1,232,607
  4,800,000   

2.783% due 5/25/47(c)

     2,479,378
  67,884    GSAMP Trust, 2.583% due 1/25/36(c)      37,944
  141,525    Indymac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust,
2.653% due 4/25/36(c)
     46,765

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Home Equity — 0.5% continued       
       Option One Mortgage Loan Trust:       
$ 134,284   

3.323% due 2/25/33(c)

   $ 116,662
  288,475   

4.133% due 7/25/33(c)

     168,808
  750,000   

3.533% due 5/25/34(c)

     604,264
  141,253    RAAC, 2.753% due 5/25/36(c)(d)      124,106
  350,041    Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 4.383% due 3/25/34(c)      270,678
  149,792    SACO I Trust, 2.653% due 3/25/36(c)      63,936
       Sail Net Interest Margin Notes:       
  141,210   

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

     15
  35,690   

5.500% due 3/27/34(b)(d)(e)

     4
  218,785    Saxon Asset Securities Trust, 8.640% due 12/25/32      153,150
  1,533,631    Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2.733% due 11/25/37(c)      1,436,102
  268,188    WMC Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates,
4.721% due 10/15/29(c)
     206,144
      

Total Home Equity

     12,507,054
       Student Loan — 0.0%       
  990,000    Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 4.100% due 4/25/24(a)(c)      992,574
       TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $20,170,287)
     14,197,249
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 1.1%       
  380,000    American Home Mortgage Investment Trust,
3.283% due 11/25/45(c)
     141,210
  1,800,000    Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc.,
5.372% due 9/10/45(c)
     1,719,164
  1,584,990    Banc of America Funding Corp., 4.972% due 6/20/35(c)      1,225,293
  152,017    Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 4.805% due 9/25/35(c)      148,444
  790,394    Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, 2.753% due 4/25/36(c)(d)      652,075
  2,088,545    Bear Stearns ARM Trust, 5.777% due 2/25/36(c)      1,983,378
  1,583,182    Bear Stearns Structured Products Inc., 3.083% due 9/27/37(a)(c)(d)      1,505,115
  1,108,743    Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 4.900% due 12/25/35(c)      1,056,363
       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust:       
  192,042   

2.813% due 11/20/35(c)

     140,861
  1,209,748   

2.753% due 1/25/36(c)

     944,974
  158,732   

2.683% due 5/25/36(c)

     111,627
  188,277   

2.693% due 7/25/46(c)

     129,936
       Countrywide Home Loan, Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:       
  103,406   

2.813% due 2/25/35(c)

     84,513
  143,111   

2.783% due 5/25/35(c)

     111,314
  1,800,000    Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates,
5.609% due 2/15/39(c)
     1,736,814

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 1.1% continued       
$ 138,996    Deutsche ALT-A Securities Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust,
4.952% due 8/25/35(c)
   $ 126,066
       Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust:       
  482,960   

2.903% due 9/19/44(c)

     384,566
  137,372   

2.693% due 3/19/45(c)

     106,777
  152,230   

4.448% due 4/19/46(c)

     108,892
  152,230   

4.448% due 4/19/47(a)(c)

     105,047
       Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):       
  65,271   

6.000% due 3/15/34(c)

     54,773
  530,580   

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

     499,462
  2,571,081    GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2.833% due 3/25/35(c)(d)      2,357,615
  138,582    GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 5.406% due 10/25/35(c)      134,870
       Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust:       
  131,171   

2.883% due 11/19/34(c)

     112,500
  151,340   

2.833% due 1/19/35(c)

     131,334
  80,404    Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 6.279% due 3/25/35(a)(c)      61,911
  250,000    JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.,
5.814% due 6/12/43(c)
     244,356
  5,098,223    Lehman XS Trust, 2.703% due 4/25/46(c)      3,676,918
  84,007    Luminent Mortgage Trust, 2.723% due 4/25/36(c)      58,092
  630,000    Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, 5.842% due 5/12/39(c)      614,140
       MLCC Mortgage Investors Inc.:       
  315,207   

3.403% due 4/25/29(c)

     269,619
  384,262   

3.363% due 5/25/29(c)

     367,485
       Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust:       
  246,471   

4.920% due 3/25/34(c)

     244,184
  61,260   

5.219% due 6/25/34(c)

     59,130
  1,355,972   

5.369% due 5/25/35(c)

     1,280,899
  112,258    Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc.,
2.693% due 5/25/46(c)
     80,634
       Structured Asset Securities Corp.:       
  1,218,245   

5.500% due 3/25/19

     1,200,159
  465,769   

3.583% due 2/25/28(c)

     421,601
  220,842   

3.483% due 3/25/28(c)

     191,667
       Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust:       
  2,396,862   

6.216% due 9/25/37(c)

     2,278,795
  2,594,988   

6.216% due 9/25/37(c)

     2,481,851

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   9


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 1.1% continued       
       Washington Mutual Inc.:       
$ 103,165   

5.933% due 9/25/36(a)(c)

   $ 88,820
  710,601   

2.843% due 10/25/45(a)(c)

     568,055
  220,444   

2.753% due 12/25/45(c)

     170,682
  121,170   

2.773% due 12/25/45(c)

     106,213
       Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates:       
  663,288   

2.803% due 1/25/45(c)

     545,453
  773,836   

2.823% due 1/25/45(c)

     628,719
  133,049    Washington Mutual Pass-Through Certificates, 2.763% due 11/25/45(c)      100,819
  123,636    Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, 5.240% due 4/25/36(c)      121,767
  118,355    Zuni Mortgage Loan Trust, 2.613% due 8/25/36(c)      112,986
       TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $35,129,626)
     31,787,938
  COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 1.8%
       Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%       
  716,857    Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, Term Loan, 6.650% due 7/31/14(c)      694,455
       Airlines — 0.1%       
  993,734    Delta Airlines Inc., Term Loan, 8.610% due 4/30/14      662,076
  1,431,602    United Airlines Inc., Term Loan B, 4.938% due 1/12/14(c)      1,076,088
      

Total Airlines

     1,738,164
       Auto Components — 0.1%       
  1,990,000    Allison Transmission, Term Loan B, 5.470% due 8/7/14(c)      1,781,050
  1,000,000    Visteon Corp., Term Loan, Tranch B, 7.194% due 6/20/13(c)      810,938
      

Total Auto Components

     2,591,988
       Capital Markets — 0.0%       
  635,000    Nuveen Investments Inc., Term Loan B, 5.381% due 11/1/14(c)      594,995
       Chemicals — 0.0%       
  2,049    Georgia Gulf Corp., Term Loan B, 5.771% due 9/1/13      1,979
       Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%       
  994,952    Nielson Finance, Term Loan B, 7.360% due 8/15/13      929,570
  994,987    US Investigations Services Inc., Term Loan B,
8.238% due 2/21/15
     923,680
      

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

     1,853,250
       Containers & Packaging — 0.0%       
  1,000,000    Graphic Packaging International, Term Loan C, 5.450% due 5/16/14      966,667
       Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%       
  995,000    Thomson Learning Hold, Term Loan B, 5.000% due 7/5/14(c)      906,196

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%       
$ 992,500    Chrysler Financial, Term Loan B, 9.360% due 8/3/12    $ 822,038
  940,664    Iconix, Term Loan B, 5.140% due 5/1/14(c)      891,279
  994,962    Sally Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 4.990% due 11/15/13(c)      960,294
      

Total Diversified Financial Services

     2,673,611
       Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%       
  1,989,848    Cablevision Systems Corp., Term Loan B, 6.897% due 3/30/13      1,894,920
  675,000    Insight Midwest, Term Loan B, 4.690% due 4/10/14(c)      650,533
      

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2,545,453
       Electric Utilities — 0.1%       
  1,241,250    TXU Corp., Term Loan B, 8.396% due 10/10/14      1,151,518
       Electrical Equipment — 0.0%       
  994,937    Sensata Technologies, Term Loan, 6.760% due 4/27/13      924,462
       Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%       
       Community Health Systems Inc.:       
  61,872   

Term Loan, 5.335% due 7/2/14

     58,406
  909,369   

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

     858,435
  992,462    HCA Inc., Term Loan B, 7.448% due 11/1/13      933,489
  974,254    Health Management Association, Term Loan B,
6.948% due 1/16/14
     908,005
  990,357    Manor Care Inc., Term Loan B, 7.900% due 11/15/14      923,508
      

Total Health Care Providers & Services

     3,681,843
       Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%       
       Aramark Corp.:       
  58,426   

Letter of Credit Facility Deposits, 1.875% due 1/31/14(c)

     55,246
  919,664   

Term Loan, 4.676% due 1/31/14

     869,605
       Golden Nugget Inc., Term Loan:       
  363,636   

4.470% due 6/8/14

     332,727
  636,364   

4.390% due 6/14/14(c)

     582,273
  992,405    MGM MIRAGE Inc., Term Loan B, 5.946% due 4/8/11(c)      816,962
  994,987    Six Flags, Term Loan B, 7.750% due 5/31/13      881,497
      

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3,538,310
       Household Products — 0.0%       
  927,909    Yankee Candle, Term Loan B, 4.645% due 1/15/14(c)      847,587
       IT Services — 0.1%       
  1,950,200    First Data Corp., Term Loan, 5.392% due 10/15/14(c)      1,795,891
       Media — 0.3%       
  1,997,500    Charter Communications, Term Loan B, 4.900% due 3/15/14(c)      1,758,481
  1,000,000    Citadel Broadcasting Corp., Term Loan A, 4.050% due 6/12/13(c)      870,000
  994,747    CMP Susquehanna Corp., Term Loan, 4.411% due 6/7/13(c)      823,153

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   11


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Media — 0.3% continued       
$ 1,493,686    Idearc Inc., Term Loan B, 7.200% due 11/1/14    $ 1,198,683
  1,240,625    LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., Term Loan B, 4.700% due 4/4/14(c)      1,148,354
  994,950    Regal Cinemas Corp., Term Loan B, 6.330% due 10/19/10      944,925
       Univision Communications Inc., Term Loan B:       
  33,557   

5.131% due 9/15/14

     27,706
  966,443   

7.206% due 9/15/14

     797,919
  1,000,000    UPC Broadband Holding BV, Term Loan N, 4.209% due 3/30/14(c)      946,750
      

Total Media

     8,515,971
       Multiline Retail — 0.1%       
  1,000,000    Dollar General Corp., Term Loan B, 5.649% due 7/15/14(c)      935,694
  1,500,000    Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Term Loan B, 7.448% due 3/13/13      1,433,625
      

Total Multiline Retail

     2,369,319
       Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%       
       Ashmore Energy International:       
  95,952   

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

     87,556
  884,492   

Term Loan, 7.830% due 3/30/14(c)

     807,099
  1,981,200    Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Inc., Term Loan B, 8.125% due 2/7/14      1,882,140
      

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2,776,795
       Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%       
  1,492,366    Georgia-Pacific Corp., Term Loan, 6.750% due 12/23/13      1,411,452
  1,000,000    NewPage Corp., Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.156% due 11/5/14(c)      995,438
      

Total Paper & Forest Products

     2,406,890
       Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%       
  748,062    Leiner Health Products Group Term Loan B, 9.650% due 5/26/11      654,554
  994,975    Royalty Pharma, Term Loan B, 7.095% due 5/15/14      990,934
      

Total Pharmaceuticals

     1,645,488
       Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%       
  992,443    Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Term Loan, Tranch B,
4.209% due 12/1/13(c)
     900,642
       Specialty Retail — 0.1%       
  997,487    Amscan Holdings Inc. Term Loan B, 7.485% due 5/1/13      882,776
  992,443    Michaels Stores Inc. Term Loan B, 5.188% due 10/31/13(c)      828,897
  994,962    PETCO Animal Supplies Inc., Term Loan B, 7.328% due 11/15/13      920,838
      

Total Specialty Retail

     2,632,511
       Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%       
  994,962    GM, Term Loan B, 5.059% due 12/15/13(c)      835,768

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%       
$ 497,500    ALLTEL Communications Inc., Term Loan,
5.568% due 11/15/14(c)
   $ 495,013
       Telesat Canada:       
  53,530   

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

     51,669
  25,197   

Term Loan, 6.260% due 10/15/14

     24,321
  918,957    Telesat Ganada, Term Loan B, 7.901% due 10/15/14      887,008
      

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1,458,011
       TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS
(Cost — $53,740,345)
     50,047,764
  CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 13.8%       
  CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 2.0%       
       Auto Components — 0.2%       
  730,000    Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Notes,
11.250% due 11/1/15(d)(f)
     635,100
  1,625,000    Keystone Automotive Operations Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 11/1/13      788,125
       Visteon Corp.:       
  2,724,000   

12.250% due 12/31/16(d)

     2,192,820
  1,054,000   

Senior Notes, 8.250% due 8/1/10

     943,330
      

Total Auto Components

     4,559,375
       Automobiles — 0.2%       
       Ford Motor Co.:       
  95,000   

Debentures, 8.875% due 1/15/22

     60,800
  2,645,000   

Notes, 7.450% due 7/16/31

     1,553,938
  6,725,000    General Motors Corp., Senior Debentures, 8.250% due 7/15/23      3,950,937
      

Total Automobiles

     5,565,675
       Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%       
       Education Management LLC/Education Management Finance Corp.:
  195,000   

Senior Notes, 8.750% due 6/1/14

     182,325
  785,000   

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

     726,125
      

Total Diversified Consumer Services

     908,450
       Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%       
  640,000    Buffets Inc., Senior Notes, 12.500% due 11/1/14(e)      12,800
  1,490,000    Caesars Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
8.125% due 5/15/11
     1,199,450
  620,000    Denny’s Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 10.000% due 10/1/12      604,500
  520,000    El Pollo Loco Inc., Senior Notes, 11.750% due 11/15/13      520,000
  140,000    Mandalay Resort Group, Senior Subordinated Debentures, 7.625% due 7/15/13      118,300
  1,700,000    McDonald’s Corp., Medium Term Notes, 5.350% due 3/1/18      1,661,667

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   13


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4% continued       
       MGM MIRAGE Inc.:       
$ 1,680,000   

Senior Notes, 7.625% due 1/15/17

   $ 1,390,200
  1,670,000   

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

     1,619,900
  300,000    Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.875% due 2/15/15      238,500
  1,620,000    River Rock Entertainment Authority, Senior Secured Notes, 9.750% due 11/1/11      1,628,100
  640,000    Sbarro Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 2/1/15      550,400
       Station Casinos Inc.:       
      

Senior Notes:

      
  300,000   

6.000% due 4/1/12

     240,000
  1,205,000   

7.750% due 8/15/16

     927,850
  570,000   

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

     314,212
  250,000    Turning Stone Casino Resort Enterprise, Senior Notes,
9.125% due 12/15/10(d)
     249,375
      

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     11,275,254
       Household Durables — 0.2%       
  200,000    Holt Group Inc., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 1/15/06(a)(b)(e)      0
  600,000    K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 1/15/17      441,000
  1,495,000    Norcraft Cos. LP/Norcraft Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 11/1/11      1,509,950
  3,000,000    Norcraft Holdings LP/Norcraft Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.471% due 9/1/12      2,808,750
      

Total Household Durables

     4,759,700
       Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.0%       
  410,000    Expedia Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 7/1/16(d)      402,825
       Media — 0.9%       
       Affinion Group Inc.:       
  1,030,000   

Senior Notes, 10.125% due 10/15/13

     1,037,725
  250,000   

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

     250,625
  5,754,000    CCH I LLC/CCH I Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes,
11.000% due 10/1/15
     4,293,923
  2,249,000    CCH II LLC/CCH II Capital Corp., Senior Notes,
10.250% due 10/1/13
     2,040,968
  490,000    Charter Communications Holdings LLC/Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes,
11.750% due 5/15/11
     357,700
  1,280,000    Charter Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes,
10.875% due 9/15/14(d)
     1,321,600
  70,000    Clear Channel Communications Inc., Senior Notes,
6.250% due 3/15/11
     59,360
  225,000    Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc., Notes,
8.375% due 3/15/13
     247,915

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

14   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Media — 0.9% continued       
       Comcast Corp., Notes:       
$ 730,000   

6.500% due 1/15/15

   $ 742,262
  1,950,000   

6.500% due 1/15/17

     1,964,771
  2,210,000    Dex Media Inc., Discount Notes, step bond to yield 8.765% due 11/15/13      1,591,200
  4,840,000    Idearc Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/16      3,067,350
  70,000    News America Inc., 6.650% due 11/15/37      68,567
       R.H. Donnelley Corp.:       
  1,440,000   

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

     864,000
  2,175,000   

Senior Notes, 8.875% due 1/15/16

     1,315,875
  310,000    Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/33      336,417
       Time Warner Inc.:       
  190,000   

Senior Debentures, 7.700% due 5/1/32

     195,058
  2,790,000   

Senior Notes, 6.875% due 5/1/12

     2,856,689
  2,490,000    TL Acquisitions Inc., Senior Notes, 10.500% due 1/15/15(d)      2,166,300
      

Total Media

     24,778,305
       Multiline Retail — 0.1%       
  885,000    Dollar General Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.875% due 7/15/17(f)      840,750
  2,885,000    Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.375% due 10/15/15      2,899,425
      

Total Multiline Retail

     3,740,175
       Specialty Retail — 0.0%       
  1,005,000    Blockbuster Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 9/1/12      826,612
  25,000    Eye Care Centers of America, Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.750% due 2/15/15      26,000
  290,000    Michaels Stores Inc., Senior Subordinated Bonds, 11.375% due 11/1/16      232,000
      

Total Specialty Retail

     1,084,612
       TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY      57,074,371
  CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.3%       
       Beverages — 0.1%       
  1,750,000    Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/15/14      1,780,625
       Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%       
       CVS Caremark Corp.:       
  1,329,590   

6.943% due 1/10/30(d)

     1,281,400
  249,036   

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

     223,409
       CVS Lease Pass-Through Trust:       
  688,564   

5.880% due 1/10/28(d)

     609,379
  763,096   

6.036% due 12/10/28(d)

     710,577

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   15


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2% continued       
       Kroger Co.:       
$ 500,000   

5.500% due 2/1/13

   $ 502,080
  400,000   

Senior Notes, 6.750% due 4/15/12

     421,587
  325,000    Safeway Inc., Senior Notes, 6.500% due 11/15/08      327,325
  475,000    Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 4.550% due 5/1/13      477,707
      

Total Food & Staples Retailing

     4,553,464
       Tobacco — 0.0%       
       Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes:       
  430,000   

8.500% due 5/15/12

     406,350
  580,000   

11.000% due 5/15/12

     600,300
      

Total Tobacco

     1,006,650
       TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES      7,340,739
  ENERGY — 1.9%       
       Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%       
  1,925,000    Complete Production Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/16      1,932,219
  20,000    GulfMark Offshore Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/14      20,250
  500,000    Key Energy Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/1/14(d)      512,500
  145,000    Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 3/1/32      157,350
      

Total Energy Equipment & Services

     2,622,319
       Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8%       
  500,000    Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/1/31      537,480
  740,000    Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes, 5.950% due 9/15/16      741,587
  1,325,000    Belden & Blake Corp., Secured Notes, 8.750% due 7/15/12      1,361,437
       Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes:       
  2,125,000   

6.375% due 6/15/15

     2,018,750
  1,540,000   

6.875% due 1/15/16

     1,493,800
  525,000    Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/15/15      526,312
  1,130,000    ConocoPhillips Holding Co., Senior Notes, 6.950% due 4/15/29      1,242,856
       El Paso Corp.:       
      

Medium-Term Notes:

      
  400,000   

7.375% due 12/15/12

     413,209
  1,175,000   

7.800% due 8/1/31

     1,189,173
  2,780,000   

7.750% due 1/15/32

     2,798,860
  1,620,000   

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

     1,593,575
  1,760,000    Energy Transfer Partners LP, 6.700% due 7/1/18      1,774,640
  740,000    Enterprise Products Operating LP, Junior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 8/1/66(c)      740,859

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8% continued       
$ 2,125,000    EXCO Resources Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 1/15/11    $ 2,098,437
       Gazprom, Loan Participation Notes:       
  2,420,000   

6.212% due 11/22/16(d)

     2,267,056
  100,000   

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

     90,000
  80,000    Hess Corp., Notes, 7.300% due 8/15/31      89,610
  1,045,000    International Coal Group Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 7/15/14      1,068,512
       Kerr-McGee Corp.:       
  1,730,000   

Senior Bond, 6.950% due 7/1/24

     1,798,825
      

Notes:

      
  2,600,000   

6.875% due 9/15/11

     2,714,845
  145,000   

7.875% due 9/15/31

     169,181
       Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes:       
  10,000   

6.300% due 2/1/09

     10,103
  60,000   

6.750% due 3/15/11

     61,885
  160,000   

7.125% due 3/15/12

     167,161
  50,000   

5.000% due 12/15/13

     47,976
  1,350,000   

6.000% due 2/1/17

     1,336,134
  400,000   

5.950% due 2/15/18

     390,403
  85,000    Mariner Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 4/15/13      82,875
       OPTI Canada Inc., Senior Secured Notes:       
  400,000   

7.875% due 12/15/14

     397,000
  1,230,000   

8.250% due 12/15/14

     1,230,000
  750,000    Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 2/15/24      691,875
  1,350,000    Parker Drilling Co., Senior Notes, 9.625% due 10/1/13      1,424,250
  77,000    Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds, 6.625% due 6/15/35      76,353
  60,000    Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes, 6.125% due 10/6/16      60,300
  400,000    Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes, 7.000% due 5/1/17(d)      355,000
  1,900,000    Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.125% due 4/1/16      1,778,875
  2,185,000    SemGroup LP, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 11/15/15(d)      2,130,375
  3,030,000    Stone Energy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.750% due 12/15/14      2,673,975
  1,060,000    Teekay Shipping Corp., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 7/15/11      1,151,425
  545,000    VeraSun Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 9.375% due 6/1/17      283,400

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   17


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8% continued       
       Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes:       
$ 1,049,000   

7.250% due 5/1/12

   $ 1,046,377
  1,415,000   

7.000% due 2/1/14

     1,395,544
       Williams Cos. Inc.:       
  98,000   

Debentures, 7.500% due 1/15/31

     99,593
  1,770,000   

Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/32

     2,017,800
      

Senior Notes:

      
  2,500,000   

7.625% due 7/15/19

     2,637,500
  780,000   

7.750% due 6/15/31

     815,100
       XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes:       
  1,820,000   

7.500% due 4/15/12

     1,954,238
  800,000   

5.500% due 6/15/18

     765,420
      

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     51,809,941
       TOTAL ENERGY      54,432,260
  FINANCIALS — 3.3%       
       Capital Markets — 0.4%       
       Bear Stearns Co. Inc.:       
      

Senior Notes:

      
  1,000,000   

6.400% due 10/2/17

     989,893
  680,000   

7.250% due 2/1/18

     710,850
  50,000   

Subordinated Notes, 5.550% due 1/22/17

     46,288
  40,000    Credit Suisse USA Inc., Senior Notes, 5.500% due 8/16/11      40,490
  80,000    Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds, 5.793% due 6/1/12(c)(g)      55,674
       Goldman Sachs Group Inc.:       
  80,000   

Notes, 4.500% due 6/15/10

     80,144
  1,700,000   

Senior Notes, 6.150% due 4/1/18

     1,652,242
  4,150,000    Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes, 7.125% due 5/19/16(d)      2,928,493
  130,000    Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Medium-Term Notes, 5.857% due 5/31/12(c)(g)      84,892
       Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.:       
  50,000   

Senior Notes, 5.250% due 2/6/12

     47,354
      

Medium-Term Notes:

      
  3,320,000   

6.750% due 12/28/17

     3,124,206
  460,000   

Senior Notes, 6.200% due 9/26/14

     439,611
       Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes:       
  270,000   

5.450% due 2/5/13

     254,917
  1,450,000   

6.875% due 4/25/18

     1,382,407

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Capital Markets — 0.4% continued       
       Morgan Stanley:       
$ 30,000   

Medium-Term Notes, 3.184% due 10/18/16(c)

   $ 26,069
  100,000    Subordinated Notes, 4.750% due 4/1/14      91,235
      

Total Capital Markets

     11,954,765
       Commercial Banks — 0.6%       
  50,000    BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes, 5.630% due 3/15/12(c)(g)      39,047
  400,000    Depfa ACS Bank, Senior Bonds, 5.125% due 3/16/37(d)      381,322
       Glitnir Banki HF:       
      

Notes:

      
  240,000   

6.330% due 7/28/11(d)

     194,791
  970,000   

6.375% due 9/25/12(d)

     834,476
  200,000   

Subordinated Bonds, 7.451% due 9/14/16(c)(d)(g)

     120,526
  520,000   

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

     334,594
  330,000    HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds, 6.071% due 6/30/14(c)(d)(g)      285,657
       ICICI Bank Ltd., Subordinated Bonds:       
  320,000   

6.375% due 4/30/22(c)

     289,703
  100,000   

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

     89,763
  120,000    Landsbanki Islands HF, Senior Notes, 6.100% due 8/25/11(d)      105,868
  4,500,000    Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd., Bonds, 7.191% due 7/30/15(c)(d)(g)      4,160,812
  1,710,000    Russian Agricultural Bank, Loan Participation Notes, 6.299% due 5/15/17(d)      1,582,007
  60,000    Santander Issuances SA Unipersonal, Subordinated Notes, 5.805% due 6/20/16(c)(d)      58,014
  4,575,000    Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds, 6.418% due 7/20/16(c)(d)(g)      3,217,424
  90,000    SunTrust Capital, Trust Preferred Securities, 6.100% due 12/15/36(c)      71,688
       TuranAlem Finance BV, Bonds:       
  1,740,000   

8.250% due 1/22/37(d)

     1,459,425
  170,000   

8.250% due 1/22/37(d)

     142,375
       Wachovia Corp.:       
  4,240,000   

Medium Term Notes, 5.500% due 5/1/13

     4,062,327
  160,000   

Subordinated Notes, 5.250% due 8/1/14

     149,163
  100,000    Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities, 5.950% due 12/15/36      91,010
      

Total Commercial Banks

     17,669,992
       Consumer Finance — 1.1%       
  1,860,000    American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures,
6.800% due 9/1/66(c)
     1,722,263

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   19


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Consumer Finance — 1.1% continued       
$ 800,000    Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Medium-Term Notes, 5.450% due 4/15/18    $ 794,581
       Ford Motor Credit Co.:       
  4,400,000   

Notes, 7.000% due 10/1/13

     3,243,486
      

Senior Notes:

      
  5,169,000   

9.750% due 9/15/10

     4,508,867
  3,537,000   

8.026% due 6/15/11(c)

     2,880,045
  130,000   

12.000% due 5/15/15

     114,483
       General Motors Acceptance Corp.:       
  5,300,000   

Bonds, 8.000% due 11/1/31

     3,454,884
      

Notes:

      
  5,000,000   

5.625% due 5/15/09

     4,630,420
  5,000,000   

6.750% due 12/1/14

     3,306,065
  1,400,000    John Deere Capital Corp., Medium-Term Notes, 5.350% due 4/3/18      1,382,315
       SLM Corp.:       
  4,170,000   

8.450% due 6/15/18

     4,006,991
      

Medium-Term Notes:

      
  200,000   

3.120% due 1/26/09(c)

     196,912
  500,000   

6.100% due 1/31/14(c)

     402,965
      

Total Consumer Finance

     30,644,277
       Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%       
  600,000    AAC Group Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.092% due 10/1/12      576,000
  1,360,000    Aiful Corp., Notes, 5.000% due 8/10/10(d)      1,210,403
  738,013    Air 2 US, Notes, 8.027% due 10/1/19(d)      653,603
       Bank of America Corp.:       
  330,000   

Senior Notes, 5.125% due 11/15/14

     319,638
  400,000   

Subordinated Notes, 5.420% due 3/15/17

     366,472
  3,635,000    Basell AF SCA, Senior Secured Subordinated Second Priority Notes, 8.375% due 8/15/15(d)      2,326,400
  200,000    Capital One Bank, Notes, 5.750% due 9/15/10      199,395
       Citigroup Inc.:       
  3,370,000   

Senior Notes, 5.500% due 4/11/13

     3,292,443
  1,510,000   

Senior Bonds, 6.875% due 3/5/38

     1,461,642
  915,000    El Paso Performance-Linked Trust Certificates, Senior Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/11(d)      926,375
       General Electric Capital Corp.:       
  4,500,000   

Senior Notes, 5.625% due 5/1/18

     4,359,825
  70,000   

Subordinated Debentures, 6.375% due 11/15/67(c)

     66,321

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Diversified Financial Services — 1.0% continued       
$ 900,000    Glen Meadow Pass-Through Certificates, 6.505% due 2/12/67(c)(d)    $ 778,258
  1,170,000    HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 7/15/10      1,224,042
  180,000    International Lease Finance Corp., Medium-Term Notes, 4.375% due 11/1/09      174,074
  250,000    JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes, 5.750% due 1/2/13      251,866
       Leucadia National Corp., Senior Notes:       
  520,000   

8.125% due 9/15/15

     525,200
  120,000   

7.125% due 3/15/17

     115,200
  1,500,000    LVB Acquisition Merger, Senior Subordinated Bonds, 11.625% due 10/15/17(d)      1,597,500
  200,000    MUFG Capital Finance 1 Ltd., Preferred Securities, 6.346% due 7/25/16(c)(g)      173,620
  550,000    Pemex Finance Ltd., Notes, 9.030% due 2/15/11(a)      577,131
       Residential Capital LLC:       
  717,000   

8.500% due 5/15/10(d)

     605,865
  504,000   

9.625% due 5/15/15(d)

     246,960
  100,000    SMFG Preferred Capital, Bonds, 6.078% due 1/25/17(c)(d)(g)      85,053
       TNK-BP Finance SA:       
  1,430,000   

7.500% due 7/18/16(d)

     1,356,641
  250,000   

6.625% due 3/20/17(d)

     221,875
  4,585,000    Vanguard Health Holdings Co., II LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 10/1/14      4,562,075
      

Total Diversified Financial Services

     28,253,877
       Insurance — 0.1%       
  220,000    American International Group Inc., Medium-Term Notes, 5.850% due 1/16/18      206,475
  130,000    MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures, 6.400% due 12/15/36      113,848
  1,700,000    Pacific Life Global Funding, 5.150% due 4/15/13(d)      1,682,827
  490,000    Travelers Cos. Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures, 6.250% due 3/15/37(c)      421,653
      

Total Insurance

     2,424,803
       Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%       
  700,000    Forest City Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 6.500% due 2/1/17      612,500
       Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%       
  905,000    Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 10/1/15      529,425
  1,755,000    Realogy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.375% due 4/15/15      868,725
      

Total Real Estate Management & Development

     1,398,150

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   21


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%       
$ 20,000    Countrywide Financial Corp., Medium-Term Notes,
2.868% due 1/5/09(c)
   $ 19,611
  1,300,000    Countrywide Home Loans Inc., Notes, 5.625% due 7/15/09      1,268,053
  1,250,000    Ocwen Capital Trust I, Capital Securities, 10.875% due 8/1/27(a)      981,250
      

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     2,268,914
       TOTAL FINANCIALS      95,227,278
  HEALTH CARE — 0.7%       
       Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%       
       Cardinal Health Inc.:       
  1,350,000   

Senior Notes, 5.800% due 10/15/16

     1,323,394
  70,000   

Senior Bonds, 5.850% due 12/15/17

     68,583
  1,140,000    Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 7/15/15      1,152,825
       HCA Inc.:       
  2,090,000   

Notes, 6.375% due 1/15/15

     1,745,150
  1,553,000   

Senior Notes, 6.500% due 2/15/16

     1,300,638
      

Senior Secured Notes:

      
  1,080,000   

9.250% due 11/15/16

     1,115,100
  2,595,000   

9.625% due 11/15/16(f)

     2,679,337
  3,075,000    IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.750% due 6/15/14      3,121,125
       Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes:       
  670,000   

6.375% due 12/1/11

     644,875
  2,460,000   

6.500% due 6/1/12

     2,330,850
  2,300,000   

7.375% due 2/1/13

     2,173,500
  5,000   

9.875% due 7/1/14

     5,050
  3,005,000    US Oncology Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 7.949% due 3/15/12(c)(f)      2,388,975
  80,000    WellPoint Inc., Senior Notes, 5.875% due 6/15/17      77,459
      

Total Health Care Providers & Services

     20,126,861
       Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%       
  2,243,000    Leiner Health Products Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
11.000% due 6/1/12(b)(e)
     50,467
       TOTAL HEALTH CARE      20,177,328
  INDUSTRIALS — 1.4%       
       Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%       
  180,000    DRS Technologies Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
6.625% due 2/1/16
     183,600
  3,350,000    Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., Senior Notes,
8.875% due 4/1/15(f)
     3,383,500

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Aerospace & Defense — 0.2% continued       
$ 5,465    Kac Acquisition Co., Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 4/26/26(a)(b)(e)    $ 0
  2,330,000    L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes,
7.625% due 6/15/12
     2,359,125
      

Total Aerospace & Defense

     5,926,225
       Airlines — 0.1%       
       Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates:       
  52,471   

8.312% due 4/2/11

     48,273
  230,000   

7.339% due 4/19/14

     178,825
  2,020,000    DAE Aviation Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 8/1/15(d)      2,014,950
       United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates:       
  230,000   

6.831% due 9/1/08

     245,525
  245,469   

7.811% due 10/1/09

     278,607
  162,820   

8.030% due 7/1/11

     185,615
  105,000   

6.932% due 9/1/11

     123,375
      

Total Airlines

     3,075,170
       Building Products — 0.4%       
  5,000,000    American Standard Co. Inc., Senior Notes, 8.250% due 6/1/09      5,160,415
  3,515,000    Associated Materials Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.750% due 4/15/12
     3,497,425
  1,410,000    Nortek Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 9/1/14      909,450
  1,925,000    NTK Holdings Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.452% due 3/1/14      885,500
      

Total Building Products

     10,452,790
       Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%       
  700,000    Allied Waste North America Inc., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 6/1/17      687,750
  1,710,000    DynCorp International LLC/DIV Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 2/15/13      1,710,000
  1,420,000    Rental Services Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 12/1/14      1,192,800
  2,050,000    US Investigations Services Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
10.500% due 11/1/15(d)
     1,896,250
  570,000    Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes, 6.375% due 11/15/12      585,414
      

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

     6,072,214
       Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%       
  450,000    General Electric Co., Notes, 5.000% due 2/1/13      453,698
       Sequa Corp., Senior Notes:       
  440,000   

11.750% due 12/1/15(d)

     393,800
  440,000   

13.500% due 12/1/15(d)(f)

     407,000

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2% continued       
       Tyco International Group SA:       
$ 1,780,000   

Bonds, 6.875% due 1/15/29(d)

   $ 1,782,898
      

Notes:

      
  100,000   

6.125% due 11/1/08

     100,322
  40,000   

6.125% due 1/15/09

     40,390
  1,170,000   

6.000% due 11/15/13

     1,130,218
  300,000   

Senior Notes, 6.375% due 10/15/11

     307,225
      

Total Industrial Conglomerates

     4,615,551
       Machinery — 0.0%       
  140,000    Terex Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.375% due 1/15/14      138,600
       Road & Rail — 0.2%       
  2,090,000    Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana SA de CV, Senior Notes, 9.375% due 5/1/12      2,184,050
  3,445,000    Hertz Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 1/1/16      3,152,175
  30,000    Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes, 7.625% due 12/1/13      29,250
  100,000    Kansas City Southern Railway, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 6/15/09      101,500
  360,050    Union Pacific Corp., Pass-Through Certificates, 5.404% due 7/2/25      362,033
      

Total Road & Rail

     5,829,008
       Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%       
  1,730,000    Ashtead Capital Inc., Notes, 9.000% due 8/15/16(d)      1,531,050
  1,040,000    H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/16      915,200
  2,075,000    Penhall International Corp., Senior Secured Notes,
12.000% due 8/1/14(d)
     1,566,625
      

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

     4,012,875
       Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0%       
       Swift Transportation Co., Senior Secured Notes:       
  390,000   

10.426% due 5/15/15(c)(d)

     126,750
  990,000   

12.500% due 5/15/17(d)

     341,550
      

Total Transportation Infrastructure

     468,300
       TOTAL INDUSTRIALS      40,590,733
  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.4%       
       Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.2%       
       NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC:       
  5,920,000   

Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/15

     5,165,200
      

Senior Secured Notes:

      
  1,000,000   

5.463% due 10/15/13(c)

     883,750
  85,000   

7.875% due 10/15/14

     78,625
      

Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments

     6,127,575

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       IT Services — 0.2%       
$ 430,000    Ceridian Corp., Senior Notes, 12.250% due 11/15/15(d)(f)    $ 391,300
  90,000    Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes, 7.125% due 10/15/09      92,843
  3,368,000    SunGard Data Systems Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
10.250% due 8/15/15
     3,401,680
      

Total IT Services

     3,885,823
       Software — 0.0%       
  110,000    Activant Solutions Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.500% due 5/1/16
     87,450
       TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY      10,100,848
  MATERIALS — 1.2%       
       Chemicals — 0.1%       
  150,000    Arco Chemical Co., Debentures, 9.800% due 2/1/20      120,000
  2,580,000    Georgia Gulf Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/14      1,941,450
  495,000    Huntsman International LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes,
7.875% due 11/15/14
     455,400
  110,000    Montell Finance Co. BV, Debentures, 8.100% due 3/15/27(d)      66,550
  1,020,000    PPG Industries Inc., Senior Notes, 6.650% due 3/15/18      1,041,420
      

Total Chemicals

     3,624,820
       Containers & Packaging — 0.2%       
  690,000    Graham Packaging Co. Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.875% due 10/15/14
     614,100
  2,745,000    Graphic Packaging International Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 8/15/13      2,635,200
  1,105,000    Plastipak Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 12/15/15(d)      1,027,650
      

Total Containers & Packaging

     4,276,950
       Metals & Mining — 0.6%       
  4,085,000    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes,
8.375% due 4/1/17
     4,316,374
  1,725,000    Metals USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.125% due 12/1/15      1,802,625
  645,000    Noranda Aluminium Holding Corp., 8.578% due 11/15/14(c)(f)      532,125
  1,935,000    Novelis Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 2/15/15      1,838,250
  2,960,000    Ryerson Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 11/1/15(d)      2,952,600
       Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes:       
  240,000   

7.375% due 11/1/12(d)

     241,200
  2,590,000   

7.750% due 4/15/16(d)

     2,590,000
  610,000    Tube City IMS Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 2/1/15      565,775
       Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes:       
  50,000   

8.250% due 1/17/34

     54,346
  2,050,000   

6.875% due 11/21/36

     1,914,157
      

Total Metals & Mining

     16,807,452

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%       
$ 3,000,000    Abitibi-Consolidated Co. of Canada, Senior Secured Notes,
13.750% due 4/1/11(d)
   $ 3,180,000
  2,845,000    Appleton Papers Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
9.750% due 6/15/14
     2,660,075
  2,105,000    NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 9.123% due 5/1/12(c)      2,126,050
  600,000    Weyerhaeuser Co., Notes, 6.750% due 3/15/12      618,455
      

Total Paper & Forest Products

     8,584,580
       TOTAL MATERIALS      33,293,802
  TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.2%       
       Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%       
  385,000    Citizens Communications Co., Senior Notes,
7.875% due 1/15/27
     338,800
  1,225,000    Deutsche Telekom International Finance, Senior Notes,
5.750% due 3/23/16
     1,197,084
  10,000    Embarq Corp., Notes, 7.995% due 6/1/36      9,485
  455,000    GT Group Telecom Inc., Senior Discount Notes,
13.250% due 2/1/10(a)(b)(e)
     0
       Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.:       
  200,000   

Senior Notes, 9.750% due 5/1/13

     81,000
  2,225,000   

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

     567,375
  3,610,000    Intelsat Bermuda Ltd., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 6/15/16      3,673,175
  470,000    Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes, 8.000% due 10/1/10      497,533
       Level 3 Financing Inc.:       
  300,000   

6.704% due 2/15/15(c)

     252,000
  500,000   

Senior Notes, 9.250% due 11/1/14

     457,500
  2,360,000    Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings, Senior Secured Bonds, 8.875% due 5/1/16(d)      2,324,600
  3,645,000    Qwest Communications International Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 2/15/14      3,480,975
       Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A.:       
  301,000   

Notes, 4.000% due 11/15/08

     300,982
  380,000   

Senior Notes, 5.250% due 10/1/15

     348,269
  1,585,000    Verizon Florida Inc., Senior Notes, 6.125% due 1/15/13      1,617,172
  3,060,000    Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes, 9.125% due 8/15/16      2,884,050
  2,110,000    Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Bonds, 10.750% due 12/1/15(d)      2,226,050
  2,060,000    Windstream Corp., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 8/1/16      2,065,150
      

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

     22,321,200
       Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%       
  480,000    ALLTEL Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 12/1/17(d)(f)      556,800
  165,000    MetroPCS Wireless Inc., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 11/1/14      159,637

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4% continued       
$ 4,400,000    New Cingular Wireless Services Inc., Notes, 8.125% due 5/1/12    $ 4,823,289
  60,000    Nextel Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 10/31/13      50,736
       Sprint Capital Corp.:       
  10,000   

Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/32

     9,548
      

Senior Notes:

      
  3,385,000   

8.375% due 3/15/12

     3,353,767
  1,000,000   

6.875% due 11/15/28

     834,575
  3,060,000    True Move Co., Ltd., 10.750% due 12/16/13(d)      2,681,325
      

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

     12,469,677
       TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES      34,790,877
  UTILITIES — 1.4%       
       Electric Utilities — 0.1%       
  90,000    Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 5.625% due 11/30/12      92,695
  30,000    Exelon Corp., Bonds, 5.625% due 6/15/35      25,940
       FirstEnergy Corp., Notes:       
  360,000   

6.450% due 11/15/11

     369,673
  840,000   

7.375% due 11/15/31

     916,059
  290,000    Orion Power Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 12.000% due 5/1/10      314,650
       Pacific Gas & Electric Co.:       
  500,000   

4.200% due 3/1/11

     496,116
  50,000   

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

     48,365
  2,330,000    Texas Competitive Electric Holding Co. LLC, Senior Notes, 10.500% due 11/1/16(d)(f)      2,265,925
      

Total Electric Utilities

     4,529,423
       Gas Utilities — 0.1%       
  2,410,000    Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 12/15/13      2,289,500
       Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.2%       
  1,352,000    AES China Generating Co., Ltd., 8.250% due 6/26/10      1,284,862
       AES Corp., Senior Notes:       
  717,000   

8.875% due 2/15/11

     745,680
  3,000,000   

7.750% due 3/1/14

     2,973,750
  420,000   

7.750% due 10/15/15

     415,800
  3,570,000   

8.000% due 10/15/17

     3,516,450
  390,000    Dynegy Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 7.750% due 6/1/19      356,850
  3,000,000    Dynegy Inc., 7.670% due 11/8/16      2,955,000
       Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes:       
  1,130,000   

7.750% due 6/15/16

     1,130,000
  765,000   

7.200% due 5/15/19

     717,187
  600,000   

7.625% due 5/15/27

     541,500

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   27


Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.2% continued
$ 8,690,000    Energy Future Holdings, Senior Notes, 11.250% due 11/1/17(d)(f)    $ 8,711,725
       Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates:       
  384,647   

9.125% due 6/30/17

     423,112
  2,143,448   

10.060% due 12/30/28

     2,470,323
       NRG Energy Inc., Senior Notes:       
  1,300,000   

7.250% due 2/1/14

     1,244,750
  5,185,000   

7.375% due 2/1/16

     4,893,344
  200,000   

7.375% due 1/15/17

     189,500
  1,325,000    TXU Corp., Senior Notes, 5.550% due 11/15/14      1,043,932
      

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     33,613,765
       Multi-Utilities — 0.0%
  600,000    Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes, 5.700% due 9/17/12      609,769
       TOTAL UTILITIES      41,042,457
       TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost — $429,658,299)
     394,070,693
  MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 2.0%
  FHLMC — 1.5%       
       Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):       
  35,209   

8.000% due 7/1/20

     37,606
  9,805,467   

5.114% due 6/1/35(c)

     9,915,117
  349,908   

6.664% due 8/1/36(c)

     361,391
  585,905   

6.911% due 8/1/36(c)

     597,404
  880,425   

6.483% due 9/1/36(c)

     911,636
  349,504   

6.663% due 10/1/36(c)

     359,377
  621,908   

5.939% due 5/1/37(c)

     633,894
      

Gold:

      
  852,319   

7.000% due 6/1/17

     894,353
  25,690,788   

6.000% due 7/1/21 - 2/1/36

     26,258,795
  131,797   

8.500% due 9/1/25

     145,910
  1,084,716   

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

     1,130,319
  1,560,211   

6.000% due 9/1/32(c)

     1,586,753
       TOTAL FHLMC      42,832,555
  FNMA — 0.5%       
       Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA):       
  330,471   

6.500% due 10/1/10 - 4/1/29

     343,855
  550,374   

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

     566,200
  543,337   

5.500% due 1/1/14

     552,755
  2,486,222   

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

     2,641,255
  1,709,743   

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

     1,686,986

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
$ 292,240   

4.500% due 11/1/23

   $ 275,696
  40,237   

9.000% due 1/1/24

     44,119
  735,547   

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

     791,735
  354,894   

6.500% due 5/1/29(c)

     369,138
  43,576   

8.500% due 10/1/30

     48,010
  146,257   

5.148% due 9/1/35(c)

     149,846
  470,448   

5.609% due 8/1/37(c)

     477,556
  6,200,000   

5.000% due 7/14/38 - 8/13/38(h)

     5,938,907
       TOTAL FNMA      13,886,058
       GNMA — 0.0%       
  1,271,731    Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA),
7.000% due 2/15/24 - 12/15/31
     1,355,428
       TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $57,602,051)
     58,074,041
  SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.1%       
       Mexico — 0.0%       
       United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes:       
  486,000   

5.625% due 1/15/17

     491,710
  190,000   

6.750% due 9/27/34

     202,588
      

Total Mexico

     694,298
       Russia — 0.1%       
  1,952,270    Russian Federation Bonds, 7.500% due 3/31/30(d)      2,192,453
       Supranational — 0.0%       
  1,200,000    Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Notes, 6.875% due 3/15/12      1,262,169
       TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost — $3,970,872)
     4,148,920
  U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 0.2%       
       U.S. Government Agencies — 0.1%       
  475,000    Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB), 3.750% due 4/9/10      480,576
       Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB):       
  600,000   

Bonds, 4.625% due 10/10/12

     615,127
  300,000   

Global Bonds, 5.500% due 7/15/36

     312,498
       Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):       
  430,000   

Senior Notes, 5.250% due 2/24/11

     435,415
  490,000   

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

     493,737
  790,000    Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Notes,
5.625% due 5/19/11
     805,880
  190,000    Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.980% due 4/1/36      205,217
      

Total U.S. Government Agencies

     3,348,450

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) continued

June 30, 2008

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       U.S. Government Obligations — 0.1%       
       U.S. Treasury Bonds:       
$ 20,000   

8.750% due 5/15/17

   $ 26,951
  20,000   

4.750% due 2/15/37

     20,659
  170,000    U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.500% due 9/30/11      177,730
       U.S. Treasury Strip Principal (STRIPS):       
  525,000   

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

     444,407
  500,000   

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

     371,375
      

Total U.S. Government Obligations

     1,041,122
       TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $4,276,397)
     4,389,572
 
U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 0.4%
       U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed:       
  4,963,086   

2.375% due 1/15/27

     5,204,650
  365,820   

3.875% due 4/15/29

     475,480
       U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed:       
  183,348   

3.875% due 1/15/09

     189,278
  154,589   

1.875% due 7/15/15

     161,920
  5,325,200   

2.375% due 1/15/17

     5,765,781
       TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES
(Cost — $10,716,663)
     11,797,109
WARRANTS            
  WARRANTS — 0.0%
  505    Cybernet Internet Services International Inc., 7/1/09(a)(b)(d)*      0
  455    GT Group Telecom Inc., Class B Shares, Expires 2/1/10(a)(b)(d)*      0
  485    IWO Holdings Inc., Expires 1/15/11(a)(b)(d)*      0
  505    Merrill Corp., Class B Shares, Expires 5/1/09(a)(b)(d)*      0
       TOTAL WARRANTS
(Cost — $194,409)
     0
CONTRACTS            
  PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.5%
  3,135    S&P 500 Index, Put @ $1,300.00, expires 8/16/08
(Cost — $10,024,850)
     15,675,000
       TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $2,612,525,689)      2,509,716,699
FACE
AMOUNT
           
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 11.9%
       U.S. Government Agencies — 0.1%       
       Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes:       
$ 2,940,000   

1.691% - 1.825% due 12/15/08(i)(j)

     2,906,108
  200,000   

2.659% due 12/17/08(i)(j)

     197,667
      

Total U.S. Government Agencies
(Cost — $3,114,313)

     3,103,775

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS CAPITAL AND INCOME FUND     
FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE
     
       Repurchase Agreements — 11.8%       
$ 318,175,000    Interest in $1,000,000,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 6/30/08 with Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., 2.500% due 7/1/08; Proceeds at maturity — $318,197,095; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 2.465% to 7.250% due 10/15/08 to 1/15/30; Market value — $324,538,893)(k)    $ 318,175,000
  20,176,000    Interest in $226,264,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 6/30/08 with Morgan Stanley Inc., 2.400% due 7/1/08; Proceeds at maturity — $20,177,345; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 0.000% due 12/30/08; Market value — $20,686,776)(k)      20,176,000
      

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost — $338,351,000)

     338,351,000
       TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost — $341,465,313)
     341,454,775
       TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.5%
(Cost — $2,953,991,002#)
     2,851,171,474
       Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.5%      13,188,692
       TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 2,864,360,166

 

* 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 2).

 

(b)

Illiquid security.

 

(c)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at June 30, 2008.

 

(d)

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.

 

(e)

Security is currently in default.

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

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

 

(h)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(j)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(k)

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

 

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

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:
ADR  

—  AmericanDepositary Receipt

ARM  

—  AdjustableRate Mortgage

GSAMP  

—  GoldmanSachs Alternative Mortgage Products

PAC  

—  PlannedAmortization Class

STRIPS  

—  SeparateTrading of Registered Interest and Principle Securities

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2008

 

          
ASSETS:         
Investments, at value (Cost — $2,615,640,002)    $ 2,512,820,474  
Repurchase agreement, at value (Cost — $338,351,000)      338,351,000  
Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $7,573)      7,676  
Cash      5,067,488  
Receivable for securities sold      16,555,767  
Dividends and interest receivable      12,197,878  
Receivable for Fund shares sold      1,247,001  
Interest receivable for open swap contracts      518,234  
Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts      297,476  
Principal paydown receivable      132,495  
Prepaid expenses      212,236  

Total Assets

     2,887,407,725  
LIABILITIES:         
Payable for securities purchased      12,645,657  
Payable for Fund shares repurchased      3,738,342  
Investment management fee payable      1,765,705  
Distributions payable      1,123,016  
Distribution fees payable      1,051,552  
Interest payable for open swap contracts      543,777  
Dividends payable for short sales      515,099  
Payable for open forward currency contracts      409,702  
Swap contracts, at value (premium received $3,912)      353,382  
Trustees’ fees payable      76,566  
Accrued expenses      824,761  

Total Liabilities

     23,047,559  
TOTAL NET ASSETS    $ 2,864,360,166  
NET ASSETS:         
Par value (Note 7)    $ 1,950  
Paid-in capital in excess of par value      3,010,672,862  
Undistributed net investment income      24,840,068  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts,
options written, short sales, swap contracts and foreign currency transactions
     (67,452,547 )
Net unrealized depreciation on investments, futures contracts,
swap contracts and foreign currencies
     (103,702,167 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS    $ 2,864,360,166  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

32   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

        
Shares Outstanding:     
Class A    137,292,987
Class B    28,667,125
Class C    28,656,995
Class I    425,474
Class R    6,588
Net Asset Value:     
Class A (and redemption price)    $14.75
Class B*    $14.53
Class C*    $14.55
Class I (and redemption price)    $15.04
Class R (and redemption price)    $14.74
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:     
Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%)    $15.65

 

* 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 3).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   33


Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008

 

          
INVESTMENT INCOME:         
Interest    $ 26,436,111  
Dividends      18,575,644  
Less: Foreign taxes withheld      (325,347 )

Total Investment Income

     44,686,408  
EXPENSES:         
Investment management fee (Note 3)      10,935,869  
Distribution fees (Notes 3 and 5)      6,571,823  
Transfer agent fees (Note 5)      1,503,291  
Dividend expense on securities sold short      518,134  
Trustees’ fees      89,410  
Shareholder reports (Note 5)      88,674  
Registration fees      35,169  
Legal fees      29,370  
Audit and tax      28,579  
Insurance      24,327  
Custody fees      19,290  
Miscellaneous expenses      16,190  

Total Expenses

     19,860,126  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note 3)

     (77,252 )

Fees paid indirectly (Note 1)

     (305 )

Net Expenses

     19,782,569  
NET INVESTMENT INCOME      24,903,839  
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS, OPTIONS WRITTEN, SHORT SALES, SWAP CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS (NOTES 1 AND 4):         
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:         

Investment transactions

     (109,017,971 )

Futures contracts

     11,377,729  

Options written

     13,566,038  

Short sales

     1,671,168  

Swap contracts

     439  

Foreign currency transactions

     400,332  
Net Realized Loss      (82,002,265 )
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation From:         

Investments

     (147,253,740 )

Futures contracts

     299,133  

Options written

     (5,008,419 )

Swap contracts

     (415,475 )

Foreign currencies

     (256,280 )
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation      (152,634,781 )
Net Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Options Written, Short Sales, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      (234,637,046 )
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS    $ (209,733,207 )

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

34   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


Statements of changes in net assets

 

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008 (unaudited)
AND THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
  2008     2007  
OPERATIONS:                
Net investment income   $ 24,903,839     $ 45,135,521  
Net realized gain (loss)     (82,002,265 )     426,114,183  
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation     (152,634,781 )     (245,701,410 )

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations

    (209,733,207 )     225,548,294  
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM (NOTES 1 AND 6):                
Net investment income           (45,896,633 )
Net realized gains     (54,688,830 )     (371,038,904 )

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

    (54,688,830 )     (416,935,537 )
FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 7):                
Net proceeds from sale of shares     121,083,562       348,092,840  
Reinvestment of distributions     48,840,078       366,270,929  
Cost of shares repurchased     (367,086,646 )     (746,812,745 )
Net assets of shares issued in connection with merger (Note 8)           138,433,104  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

    (197,163,006 )     105,984,128  
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS     (461,585,043 )     (85,403,115 )
NET ASSETS:                
Beginning of period     3,325,945,209       3,411,348,324  
End of period*   $ 2,864,360,166     $ 3,325,945,209  
* Includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income, respectively of:     $24,840,068       $(63,771 )

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   35


Financial highlights

 

FOR A SHARE OF EACH CLASS OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:
 
CLASS A SHARES1   20082     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

NET ASSET VALUE,
BEGINNING OF PERIOD

  $ 16.03     $ 17.06     $ 17.12     $ 16.50     $ 15.55     $ 11.99  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income

    0.14       0.26       0.48       0.53       0.54       0.62  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.15 )     0.88       1.45       0.62       0.94       3.60  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.01 )     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

    (0.27 )     (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                                  (0.03 )

Total distributions

    (0.27 )     (2.17 )     (1.99 )     (0.53 )     (0.53 )     (0.66 )

NET ASSET VALUE,
END OF PERIOD

  $ 14.75     $ 16.03     $ 17.06     $ 17.12     $ 16.50     $ 15.55  

Total return3

    (6.30 )%     6.77 %     11.69 %4     7.11 %     9.75 %     36.17 %

NET ASSETS,
END OF PERIOD (MILLIONS)

  $ 2,025     $ 2,300     $ 2,295     $ 1,602     $ 1,356     $ 1,086  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

                                               

Gross expenses

    1.12 %5     1.07 %     1.09 %6     1.13 %     1.12 %     1.12 %

Gross expenses, excluding dividend expense

    1.08 5     1.07       1.09 6     1.13       1.12       1.12  

Net expenses

    1.12 5,7     1.07       1.08 6,8     1.13       1.09 8     1.12  

Net expenses, excluding dividend expense

    1.08 5,7     1.07       1.08 6,8     1.13       1.09 8     1.12  

Net investment income

    1.85 5     1.50       2.77       3.17       3.41       4.60  

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE

    73 %9     189 %10     175 %9     49 %     66 %     77 %

 

1

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

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited).

 

3

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. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4

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.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

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.

 

7

The impact to the expense ratio was less than 0.01% as a result of fees paid indirectly.

 

8

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended June 30, 2008, and the year ended December 31, 2006 would have been 85% and 185%, respectively.

 

10

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.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

36   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

FOR A SHARE OF EACH CLASS OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:
 
CLASS B SHARES1   20082     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

NET ASSET VALUE,
BEGINNING OF PERIOD

  $ 15.84     $ 16.91     $ 16.99     $ 16.38     $ 15.45     $ 11.90  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income

    0.09       0.16       0.39       0.43       0.45       0.55  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.13 )     0.87       1.43       0.63       0.93       3.58  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.04 )     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

    (0.27 )     (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                                  (0.03 )

Total distributions

    (0.27 )     (2.10 )     (1.90 )     (0.45 )     (0.45 )     (0.58 )

NET ASSET VALUE,
END OF PERIOD

  $ 14.53     $ 15.84     $ 16.91     $ 16.99     $ 16.38     $ 15.45  

Total return3

    (6.56 )%     6.16 %     11.03 %4     6.60 %     9.16 %     35.56 %

NET ASSETS,
END OF PERIOD (MILLIONS)

    $416       $512       $601       $599       $620       $612  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

                                               

Gross expenses

    1.70 %5     1.64 %     1.65 %6     1.66 %     1.63 %     1.63 %

Gross expenses, excluding dividend expense

    1.67 5     1.64       1.65 6     1.66       1.63       1.63  

Net expenses

    1.70 5,7     1.64       1.64 6,8     1.66       1.61 8     1.63  

Net expenses, excluding dividend expense

    1.67 5,7     1.64       1.64 6,8     1.66       1.61 8     1.63  

Net investment income

    1.26 5     0.93       2.23       2.63       2.88       4.11  

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE

    73 %9     189 %10     175 %9     49 %     66 %     77 %

 

1

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

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited).

 

3

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. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4

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.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

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.

 

7

The impact to the expense ratio was less than 0.01% as a result of fees paid indirectly.

 

8

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended June 30, 2008, and the year ended December 31, 2006 would have been 85% and 185%, respectively.

 

10

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.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report   37


Financial highlights continued

 

FOR A SHARE OF EACH CLASS OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:
 
CLASS C SHARES1   20082     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

NET ASSET VALUE,
BEGINNING OF PERIOD

  $ 15.88     $ 16.96     $ 17.02     $ 16.42     $ 15.50     $ 11.94  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income

    0.08       0.13       0.35       0.39       0.41       0.50  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.14 )     0.87       1.45       0.62       0.93       3.60  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.06 )     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

    (0.27 )     (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                                  (0.03 )

Total distributions

    (0.27 )     (2.08 )     (1.86 )     (0.41 )     (0.42 )     (0.54 )

NET ASSET VALUE,
END OF PERIOD

  $ 14.55     $ 15.88     $ 16.96     $ 17.02     $ 16.42     $ 15.50  

Total return3

    (6.67 )%     5.98 %     10.91 %4     6.29 %     8.83 %     35.17 %

NET ASSETS,
END OF PERIOD (MILLIONS)

    $417       $506       $513       $445       $392       $289  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

                                               

Gross expenses

    1.88 %5     1.82 %     1.86 %6     1.93 %     1.90 %     1.89 %

Gross expenses, excluding dividend expense

    1.84 5     1.82       1.86 6     1.93       1.90       1.89  

Net expenses

    1.84 5,7,8,9     1.80 8,9     1.83 6,8     1.93       1.88 8     1.89  

Net expenses, excluding dividend expense

    1.81 5,7,8,9     1.80 8,9     1.83 6,8     1.93       1.88 8     1.89  

Net investment income

    1.12 5     0.78       2.02       2.37       2.63       3.69  

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE

    73 %10     189 %11     175 %10     49 %     66 %     77 %

 

1

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

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited).

 

3

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. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4

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.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

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.

 

7

The impact to the expense ratio was less than 0.01% as a result of fees paid indirectly.

 

8

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9

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.

 

10

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended June 30, 2008, and the year ended December 31, 2006 would have been 85% and 185%, respectively.

 

11

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.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

38   Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund 2008 Semi-Annual Report


 

FOR A SHARE OF EACH CLASS OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:
 
CLASS I SHARES1   20082     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

NET ASSET VALUE,
BEGINNING OF PERIOD

  $ 16.32     $ 17.33     $ 17.37     $ 16.72     $ 15.72     $ 12.12  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income

    0.16       0.33       0.56       0.59       0.60       0.68  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.17 )     0.89       1.45       0.64       0.98       3.63  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.01 )     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

    (0.27 )     (1.91 )     (1.51 )                  

Return of capital

                                  (0.03 )

Total distributions

    (0.27 )     (2.23 )     (2.05 )     (0.58 )     (0.58 )     (0.71 )

NET ASSET VALUE,
END OF PERIOD

  $ 15.04     $ 16.32     $ 17.33     $ 17.37     $ 16.72     $ 15.72  

Total return3

    (6.18 )%     7.13 %     12.01 %4     7.53 %     10.32 %     36.62 %

NET ASSETS,
END OF PERIOD (MILLIONS)

    $6       $8       $2       $3       $3       $81  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

                                               

Gross expenses

    0.83 %5     0.77 %     0.78 %6     0.79 %     0.77 %     0.77 %

Gross expenses, excluding dividend expense

    0.79 5     0.77       0.78 6     0.79       0.77       0.77  

Net expenses

    0.78 5,7,8,9     0.74 8,9     0.77 6,8     0.79       0.76 8     0.77  

Net expenses, excluding dividend expense

    0.75 5,7,8,9     0.74 8,9     0.77 6,8     0.79       0.76 8     0.77  

Net investment income

    2.13 5     1.85       3.12       3.50       3.58       4.99  

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE

    73 %10     189 %11     175 %10     49 %     66 %     77 %

 

1

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

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited).

 

3

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. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4

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.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

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.

 

7

The impact to the expense ratio was less than 0.01% as a result of fees paid indirectly.

 

8

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9

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 expenses to 0.74% for Class I shares until May 1, 2008.

 

10

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended June 30, 2008, and the year ended December 31, 2006 would have been 85% and 185%, respectively.

 

11

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.

 

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, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:
 
CLASS R SHARES1   20082  

NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD

  $ 15.18  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income

    0.04  

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (0.38 )

Total loss from operations

    (0.34 )

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

       

Net realized gains

    (0.10 )

Total distributions

    (0.10 )

NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD

  $ 14.74  

Total return3

    (2.27 )%

NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD (000s)

    $97  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

       

Gross expenses4

    1.37 %

Gross expenses, excluding
dividend expense4

    1.27  

Net expenses4,5

    1.37  

Net expenses, excluding
dividend expense4,5

    1.27  

Net investment income4

    1.39  

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE6

    73 %

 

1

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

 

2

For the period April 30, 2008 (inception date) to June 30, 2008.

 

3

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. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4

Annualized.

 

5

The impact to the expense ratio was less than 0.01% as a result of fees paid indirectly.

 

6

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 85% for the period ended June 30, 2008.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

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.

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) 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.

(b) 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 in value 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 in the value of the underlying financial instruments. For foreign currency denominated futures contracts, 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,

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

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.

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

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.

 

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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.

(e) 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 of the swap, and in certain instances take delivery of the security. As the seller, the Fund would 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. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations.

Entering into a CDS agreement 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 agreement 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.

(f) 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

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

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.

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.

(g) 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.

(h) 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

 

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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.

(i) 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.

(j) 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.

(k) 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

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

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.

(l) Credit and market risk. The Fund invests in high yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high yield obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Portfolio’s investment in securities rated below investment grade typically involves risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. Investments in securities (such as those issued by Structured Investment Vehicles, or SIVs) which are collateralized by residential real estate mortgages are subject to certain credit and liquidity risks. When market conditions result in an increase in default rates of the underlying mortgages and the foreclosure values of underlying real estate properties are materially below the outstanding amount of these underlying mortgages, collection of the full amount of accrued interest and principal on these investments may be doubtful. Such market conditions may significantly impair the value of these investments resulting in a lack of correlation between their credit ratings and values.

(m) Stripped securities. The Fund invests in ‘‘Stripped Securities,’’ a term used collectively for stripped fixed income securities. Stripped securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been stripped of unmatured interest coupons or, interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. As is the case with all securities, the market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation increases with a longer period of maturity. The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

(n) Distributions to shareholders. The fund generally makes monthly distributions, which may include a combination of net investment income and/or accumulated net realized capital gains that are otherwise required to be distributed. The fund may pay additional distributions and dividends at other

 

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times if necessary to avoid federal taxes. Distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(o) 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.

(p) Fees paid indirectly. The Fund’s custody fees are reduced according to a fee arrangement, which provides for a reduction based on the level of cash deposited with the custodian by the Fund. The amount is shown as a reduction of expenses on the Statement of Operations.

(q) 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 June 30, 2008, no provision for income tax would be required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and 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.

(r) 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.

2. Investment valuation

Effective January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

      JUNE 30, 2008      QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
Investments in Securities    $ 2,851,171,474      $ 1,941,203,408      $ 909,906,150      $ 61,916
Other Financial Instruments*      (957,787 )      (190,791 )      (766,996 )     
Total    $ 2,850,213,687      $ 1,941,012,617      $ 909,139,154      $ 61,916

 

* Other financial instruments include options, futures, swaps and forward contracts.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs Level 3 were used in determining fair value:

 

      INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES
 
Balance as of December 31, 2007    $ 150,528  
Accrued premiums/discounts      4,588  
Realized gain (loss)      1,145  
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      (22,678 )
Net purchases (sales)      (37,032 )
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3      (34,635 )
Balance as of June 30, 2008    $ 61,916  

3. 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

 

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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 ClearBridge and Western Asset 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.

During the six months ended June 30, 2008, the Fund was reimbursed for expenses in the amount of $77,252.

Legg Mason Investors Services, LLC (“LMIS”), a wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor.

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 six months ended June 30, 2008, LMIS and its affiliates received sales charges of approximately $241,000 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the six months ended June 30, 2008, CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates were approximately:

 

      CLASS A    CLASS B    CLASS C
CDSCs    $ 19,000    $ 162,000    $ 5,000

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

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 balances are reported in the Statement of Operations under Trustees’ fees and 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 June 30, 2008, the Fund had accrued $42,245 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.

4. Investments

During the six months ended June 30, 2008, 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    $ 2,313,213,532    $ 58,995,227
Sales      2,709,318,249      164,000,379

At June 30, 2008, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation    $ 173,137,900  
Gross unrealized depreciation      (275,957,428 )
Net unrealized depreciation    $ (102,819,528 )

At June 30, 2008, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS
  EXPIRATION
DATE
  BASIS
VALUE
  MARKET
VALUE
  UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)
 
Contracts to Buy:          
British Pound   28   3/09   $ 6,567,882   $ 6,536,163   $ (31,719 )
Eurodollar   41   9/08     9,984,668     9,949,675     (34,993 )
Eurodollar   639   3/09     153,898,433     154,446,300     547,867  
Federal Republic of Germany, 10 Year Bonds   217   9/08     38,061,081     37,782,840     (278,241 )
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes   264   9/08     55,764,179     55,757,625     (6,554 )
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes   1,124   9/08     124,760,081     124,263,469     (496,612 )
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes   24   9/08     2,689,620     2,734,125     44,505  
U.S. Treasury Bonds   126   9/08     14,499,857     14,564,813     64,956  
Net Unrealized Loss on Open Futures Contracts               $ (190,791 )

 

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During the six months ended June 30, 2008, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

     

NUMBER OF

CONTRACTS

     PREMIUMS  
Options written, outstanding December 31, 2007    51,684      $ 14,745,050  
Options written    29,234        5,718,987  
Options closed    (77,505 )      (19,699,075 )
Options expired    (3,413 )      (764,962 )
Options written, outstanding June 30, 2008            

At June 30, 2008, the Fund had open forward foreign currency contracts as described below. The unrealized loss on the open contracts reflected in the accompanying financial statements were as follows:

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY   

LOCAL

CURRENCY

  

MARKET

VALUE

  

SETTLEMENT

DATE

  

UNREALIZED

LOSS

 
Contracts to Buy:            
Japanese Yen    835,590,000    $ 8,112,524    8/5/08    $ (227,829 )
Contracts to Sell:            
British Pound    2,784,000      5,456,640    8/5/08      (69,897 )
Eurodollar    5,960,000      9,255,880    8/5/08      (111,976 )
Net Unrealized Loss on Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts         $ (409,702 )

At June 30, 2008, the Fund held the following interest rate swap contracts:

 

Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Notional Amount:    $3,419,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.400%
Payments Made by Fund:    Floating Rate, 3 Month LIBOR
Termination Date:    5/31/12
Unrealized Appreciation    $32,770
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Notional Amount:    $2,900,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Floating Rate, 6 Month EURIBOR
Payments Made by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.466%
Termination Date:    4/11/18
Unrealized Appreciation    $200,692
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Notional Amount:    $13,900,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.280%
Payments Made by Fund:    Floating Rate, 6 Month EURIBOR
Termination Date:    4/11/10
Unrealized Depreciation    $(377,698)

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Notional Amount:    $2,200,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Floating Rate, 6 Month EURIBOR
Payments Made by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.440%
Termination Date:    4/14/18
Unrealized Appreciation    $159,209
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Notional Amount:    $10,600,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.254%
Payments Made by Fund:    Floating Rate, 6 Month EURIBOR
Termination Date:    4/14/10
Unrealized Depreciation    $(295,690)
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Notional Amount:    $1,900,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 4.441%
Payments Made by Fund:    Floating Rate, 6 Month EURIBOR
Termination Date:    5/12/10
Unrealized Depreciation    $(45,529)

At June 30, 2008, the Fund held the following credit default swap contracts:

 

Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Reference Entity:    MBIA Insurance Corp.
Notional Amount:    $190,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 3.100%
Payments Made by Fund:    Payment only if credit event occurs
Termination Date:    12/20/12
Unrealized Depreciation    $(81,599)
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
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    $65,530
Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
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    $40,956

 

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Swap Counterparty:    Barclays Capital Inc.
Reference Entity:    MBIA Insurance Corp.
Notional Amount:    $130,000
Payments Received by Fund:    Fixed Rate, 3.050%
Payments Made by Fund:    Payment only if credit event occurs
Termination Date:    12/20/12
Unrealized Depreciation    $(55,935)

At June 30, 2008, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $5,955,500.

5. Class specific expenses

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

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

     

DISTRIBUTION

FEES

   TRANSFER AGENT
FEES
   SHAREHOLDER REPORTS
EXPENSES
 
Class A    $ 2,641,135    $ 906,150    $ 51,365  
Class B      1,691,087      385,000      19,615  
Class C      2,239,517      210,955      17,227  
Class I           1,181      467  
Class R*      84      5      0
Total    $ 6,571,823    $ 1,503,291    $ 88,674  

 

* For the period April 30 2008 (inception date) to June 30, 2008.

 

Amount represents less than $1.

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

      SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2008
   YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2007
Net Investment Income:      
Class A       $ 34,776,617
Class B         5,856,395
Class C         5,134,713
Class I         128,908
Class R*        
Total       $ 45,896,633

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

      SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2008
   YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2007
Net Realized Gains:      
Class A    $ 38,219,931    $ 254,660,161
Class B      8,218,647      58,335,712
Class C      8,143,326      57,181,823
Class I      106,282      861,208
Class R*      644     
Total    $ 54,688,830    $ 371,038,904

 

* For the period April 30 2008 (inception date) to June 30, 2008.

7. Shares of beneficial interest

At June 30, 2008, 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:

 

     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2008
     YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2007
 
      SHARES      AMOUNT      SHARES      AMOUNT  
Class A            
Shares sold    5,205,085      $ 78,850,899      13,828,546      $ 241,837,258  
Shares issued on reinvestment    2,286,024        34,344,220      15,601,157        256,399,806  
Shares repurchased    (13,693,243 )      (206,727,597 )    (23,999,573 )      (420,703,490 )
Shares issued with merger                3,574,604        60,381,532  
Net increase (decrease)    (6,202,134 )    $ (93,532,478 )    9,004,734      $ 137,915,106  
Class B            
Shares sold    1,279,255      $ 19,045,206      3,123,031      $ 54,189,193  
Shares issued on reinvestment    497,350        7,371,146      3,468,238        56,391,385  
Shares repurchased    (5,427,785 )      (80,935,779 )    (10,581,964 )      (183,475,732 )
Shares issued with merger                778,390        13,022,411  
Net decrease    (3,651,180 )    $ (54,519,427 )    (3,212,305 )    $ (59,872,743 )
Class C            
Shares sold    1,437,102      $ 21,441,531      2,948,408      $ 51,232,670  
Shares issued on reinvestment    473,191        7,025,510      3,228,611        52,593,061  
Shares repurchased    (5,148,702 )      (76,774,638 )    (7,796,760 )      (135,716,053 )
Shares issued with merger                3,233,677        54,228,164  
Net increase (decrease)    (3,238,409 )    $ (48,307,597 )    1,613,936      $ 22,337,842  

 

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     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2008
     YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2007
 
      SHARES      AMOUNT      SHARES      AMOUNT  
Class I            
Shares sold    104,931      $ 1,645,926      46,462      $ 833,719  
Shares issued on reinvestment    6,479        99,202      53,115        886,677  
Shares repurchased    (172,439 )      (2,648,632 )    (381,937 )      (6,917,470 )
Shares issued with merger                629,197        10,800,997  
Net increase (decrease)    (61,029 )    $ (903,504 )    346,837      $ 5,603,923  
Class R*            
Shares sold    6,588      $ 100,000              
Shares issued on reinvestment                        
Shares repurchased                        
Net increase    6,588      $ 100,000              

 

* For the period April 30, 2008 (inception date) to June 30, 2008.

8. 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 (unaudited) continued

 

9. Regulatory matters

On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “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 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“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 Services 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 subtransfer agent to the affiliated transfer agent in exchange for, among other things, 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

 

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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’ Fund boards within 180 days of the entry of the order; if a Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent or subtransfer 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.

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.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) continued

 

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.

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. The five actions were subsequently consolidated, and a consolidated complaint was filed.

On September 26, 2007, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order dismissing the consolidated complaint, and judgement was later entered. An appeal has been filed and is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

 

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11. Recent accounting pronouncement

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 161”). FAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about the Fund’s derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the Fund’s financial position, performance and cash flows. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 161 will have on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.

 

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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

 

PNC Global Investment Servicing (formerly, PFPC Inc.)

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581

 

Independent registered public accounting firm

 

KPMG LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10154


 

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

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 related 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.

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Legg Mason Partners Capital and Income Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current 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


BUILT TO WINSM

LOGO

 

At Legg Mason, we’ve assembled a collection of experienced investment management firms and empowered each of them with the tools, the resources and, most importantly, the independence to pursue the strategies they know best.

 

 

Each was purposefully chosen for their commitment to investment excellence.

 

 

Each is focused on specific investment styles and asset classes.

 

 

Each exhibits thought leadership in their chosen area of focus.

Together, we’ve built a powerful portfolio of solutions for financial advisors and their clients. And it has made us a world leader in money management.*

* In the Pensions & Investments May 27, 2008 ranking, Legg Mason is the 9th largest asset manager in the world based on worldwide assets under management as of December 31, 2007.

www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors

©2008 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

FD2169 8/08 SR08-633

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

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) Not applicable.

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: August 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 of
  Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

Date: August 28, 2008

 

By:  

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

  (Kaprel Ozsolak)
  Chief Financial Officer of
  Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

Date: August 28, 2008