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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-06444

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place,

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

Funds Investor Services 1-800-822-5544

or

Institutional Shareholder Services 1-888-425-6432

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2009

 

 

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


LEGG MASON PARTNERS

EQUITY TRUST

LEGG MASON PARTNERS

INTERNATIONAL ALL CAP

OPPORTUNITY FUND

FORM N-Q

JULY 31, 2009


LEGG MASON PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL ALL CAP OPPORTUNITY FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)    July 31, 2009

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE
COMMON STOCKS - 99.3%   
Australia - 4.1%   
645,676   

Foster’s Group Ltd.

   $ 2,899,871
1,494,400   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     4,395,587
44,800   

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     1,705,963
         
   Total Australia      9,001,421
         
Belgium - 3.2%   
173,300   

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     6,896,336
72,800   

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV *

     312
         
   Total Belgium      6,896,648
         
Bermuda - 1.0%   
812,900   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     2,207,927
         
Brazil - 0.3%   
58,300   

Cia Brasileira de Meios de Pagamento *

     560,050
         
Canada - 3.9%   
10,300   

5N Plus Inc. *

     61,897
45,600   

Agrium Inc.

     2,093,718
78,000   

Barrick Gold Corp.

     2,722,200
42,300   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     2,540,432
134,500   

Viterra Inc. *

     1,131,332
         
   Total Canada      8,549,579
         
Cayman Islands - 0.1%   
137,000   

China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

     133,464
         
China - 1.3%   
5,192,000   

Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., Class H Shares

     2,726,620
         
Finland - 1.3%   
207,900   

Nokia Oyj, ADR

     2,773,386
         
France - 10.6%   
160,900   

AXA

     3,401,570
83,024   

BNP Paribas SA

     6,053,848
153,000   

France Telecom SA

     3,819,089
26,826   

Neopost SA

     2,284,946
76,800   

Publicis Groupe SA

     2,730,486
2,100   

Séché Environnement

     140,223
82,504   

Total SA

     4,576,342
         
   Total France      23,006,504
         
Germany - 8.8%   
61,500   

BASF SE

     3,082,522
80,300   

DaimlerChrysler AG, Registered Shares

     3,716,893
27,197   

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares

     1,759,801
18,600   

Linde AG

     1,755,838
80,500   

MTU Aero Engines Holding AG

     2,926,296
90,900   

Rhoen-Klinikum AG

     2,092,756
34,600   

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

     2,762,144
64,700   

Symrise AG

     1,041,311
         
   Total Germany      19,137,561
         
Hong Kong - 5.6%   
390,000   

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

     5,032,226
138,800   

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     3,997,440
651,000   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     3,065,980
         
   Total Hong Kong      12,095,646
         
India - 1.0%   
68,600   

ICICI Bank Ltd., ADR

     2,150,610
         

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    July 31, 2009

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE
Ireland - 2.0%   
505,647   

C&C Group PLC

   $ 1,463,274
98,900   

Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR *

     2,799,859
         
   Total Ireland      4,263,133
         
Israel - 1.8%   
72,700   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR

     3,877,818
         
Japan - 14.3%   
127,700   

Capcom Co., Ltd.

     2,582,439
212,600   

Denso Corp.

     6,271,751
785   

Japan Tobacco Inc.

     2,270,199
67,100   

Makita Corp.

     1,664,309
55,600   

Nidec Corp.

     4,019,843
461   

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.

     2,067,919
170,000   

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

     2,228,508
76,100   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

     3,252,995
97,500   

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.

     2,829,965
268   

Top REIT Inc.

     1,114,486
44,150   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     2,758,647
         
   Total Japan      31,061,061
         
Jersey - 1.7%   
456,400   

Experian PLC

     3,765,431
         
Mexico - 0.9%   
108,300   

Grupo Televisa SA, ADR

     1,959,147
         
Netherlands - 5.3%   
40,000   

Akzo Nobel NV

     2,195,061
25,300   

Nutreco Holding NV

     1,087,222
186,771   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A Shares

     4,909,673
124,416   

Unilever NV, CVA

     3,400,013
         
   Total Netherlands      11,591,969
         
Norway - 1.1%   
417,051   

Norsk Hydro ASA *

     2,450,258
         
Singapore - 1.6%   
348,000   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     3,357,014
61,000   

Haw Par Corp., Ltd.

     216,215
         
   Total Singapore      3,573,229
         
South Korea - 2.4%   
243,500   

LG Display Co., Ltd., ADR

     3,518,575
16,900   

POSCO, ADR

     1,708,083
         
   Total South Korea      5,226,658
         
Spain - 2.6%   
378,600   

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA

     5,483,484
8,200   

Clinica Baviera SA *

     80,190
         
   Total Spain      5,563,674
         
Sweden - 0.7%   
94,333   

AB SKF, Class B Shares

     1,414,440
         
Switzerland - 9.4%   
56,800   

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares

     2,685,768
25,500   

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares

     2,528,511
79,400   

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

     3,269,674
77,612   

Nobel Biocare Holding AG, Registered Shares

     1,844,375
50,000   

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

     2,291,198
18,222   

Roche Holding AG

     2,874,913
20,800   

Transocean Ltd. *

     1,657,552

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    July 31, 2009

 

  SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE   
  Switzerland - 9.4% (continued)   
  226,831   

UBS AG, Registered Shares *

   $ 3,315,386   
           
   Total Switzerland      20,467,377   
           
  United Kingdom - 14.3%   
  97,300   

Amdocs Ltd. *

     2,327,416   
  93,600   

Anglo American PLC

     3,017,000   
  333,548   

Barclays PLC

     1,683,987   
  145,600   

BG Group PLC

     2,429,232   
  64,100   

Carnival PLC *

     1,867,010   
  284,100   

Halfords Group PLC

     1,651,173   
  496,000   

Home Retail Group PLC

     2,601,078   
  568,395   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     5,750,241   
  85,900   

Intertek Group PLC

     1,490,565   
  72,500   

Lonmin PLC *

     1,672,145   
  306,200   

Persimmon PLC

     2,302,507   
  2,109,862   

Vodafone Group PLC

     4,323,553   
           
   Total United Kingdom      31,115,907   
           
  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost - $203,307,576)

     215,569,518   
           
  RIGHTS - 0.1%   
  Belgium - 0.0%   
  113,900   

Fortis, Expires 7/4/14 (a)(b)*

     0   
           
  Germany - 0.1%   
  90,900   

Rhoen-Klinikum AG, Expires 8/4/09 *

     115,199   
           
  

TOTAL RIGHTS

(Cost - $0)

     115,199   
           
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

(Cost - $203,307,576)

     215,684,717   
           
 

 

FACE

AMOUNT

     
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT† - 0.9%   
  Repurchase Agreement - 0.9%   
$ 1,940,000   

State Street Bank & Trust Co., repurchase agreement dated 7/31/09, 0.010%
due 8/3/09; Proceeds at maturity - $1,940,002; (Fully collateralized by
U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.000% due 1/14/10; Market value - $1,982,817)
(Cost - $1,940,000)

     1,940,000   
           
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.3%

(Cost - $205,247,576#)

     217,624,717   
  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.3)%

     (553,599
           
   TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%    $ 217,071,118   
           

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

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

 

(b) Illiquid security.

 

Under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, all securities are deemed Level 2. Please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ADR    — American Depositary Receipt
CVA    — Certificaaten van aandelen (Share Certificates)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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LEGG MASON PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL ALL CAP OPPORTUNITY FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    July 31, 2009

 

Summary of Investments by Sector **

      

Financials

   24.3

Consumer Discretionary

   13.7   

Consumer Staples

   10.3   

Industrials

   10.2   

Materials

   10.0   

Information Technology

   9.3   

Energy

   8.2   

Health Care

   7.3   

Telecommunication Services

   5.8   

Short-Term Investment

   0.9   
     100.0

 

** As a percentage of total investments. Please note that Fund holdings are as of July, 31, 2009 and are subject to change.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Legg Mason Partners International All Cap Opportunity 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”).

(a) Investment Valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund may value these securities at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may also be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American depositary receipts (ADRs) and futures contracts. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. FAS 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)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

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

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
   OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
   SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

(LEVEL 3)
    TOTAL

Long-term investments:

          

Common stocks:

          

Consumer discretionary

   $ 29,730,928      —        —        $ 29,730,928

Consumer staples

     22,418,233      —        —          22,418,233

Energy

     17,819,194      —        —          17,819,194

Financials

     53,005,280      —        —          53,005,280

Health care

     15,723,225      —        —          15,723,225

Industrials

     22,239,233      —        —          22,239,233

Information technology

     20,357,060      —        —          20,357,060

Materials

     21,738,136      —        —          21,738,136

Telecommunication services

     12,538,229      —        —          12,538,229

Rights

     115,199      —      $ 0     115,199
                            

Total long-term investments

     215,684,717      —        0     215,684,717

Short-term investment

     —      $ 1,940,000      —          1,940,000
                            

Total investments

   $ 215,684,717    $ 1,940,000    $ 0   $ 217,624,717
                            

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

* Amount represents less than $1.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

     RIGHTS  

Balance as of October 31, 2008

   $ 0

Accrued premium/discounts

     —     

Realized gain (loss)

     —     

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     0 *1 

Net purchases (sales)

     —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —     
        

Balance as of July 31, 2009

   $ 0
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at July 31, 2009

   $ 0 *1 
        

 

* Amount represents less than $1.

 

1

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

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

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

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

(d) Foreign Risk. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

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

2. Investments

At July 31, 2009, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 24,515,623   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (12,138,482
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 12,377,141   
        

3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosure about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

At July 31, 2009, the Fund did not hold any derivative instruments.

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

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


SIGNATURES

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

 

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust
By:  

/S/    R. JAY GERKEN        

  R. Jay Gerken
  Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 28, 2009

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    R. JAY GERKEN        

  R. Jay Gerken
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:  

September 28, 2009

 

By:  

/S/    KAPREL OZSOLAK        

  Kaprel Ozsolak
  Chief Financial Officer
Date: September 28, 2009