485BXT 1 d653109d485bxt.htm LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2019

Securities Act File No. 33-43446

Investment Company Act File No. 811-06444

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933      ☒  
   Pre-Effective Amendment No.        
   Post-Effective Amendment No. 453      ☒  

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

   THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    ☒

Amendment No. 453

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

 

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York   10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (877) 721-1926

 

 

Robert I. Frenkel

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, Connecticut 06902

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

COPY TO:

Barry N. Hurwitz, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

 

 

Continuous

(Approximate Date of Proposed Offering)

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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on November 10, 2019 pursuant to paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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on                  pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

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on                  pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This filing relates solely to QS SMASh Series ID Fund.

 

 

 

Part A – Prospectus, Part B – Statement of Additional Information and Part C of QS SMASh Series ID Fund are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 424 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2018 (Accession No. 0001193125-18-328852).

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST, hereby certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland on this 11th day of October, 2019.

LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST, on behalf of QS SMASh Series ID Fund.

 

By:  

/s/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  President and Chief Executive Officer

WITNESS our hands on the date set forth below.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on October 11, 2019.

 

Signature

   

Title

/s/ Jane Trust

Jane Trust

    President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

Christopher Berarducci

    Principal Financial Officer

Paul R. Ades*

Paul R. Ades

    Trustee

Andrew L. Breech*

Andrew L. Breech

    Trustee

Dwight B. Crane*

Dwight B. Crane

    Trustee

Althea L. Duersten*

Althea L. Duersten

    Trustee

Stephen R. Gross*

Stephen R. Gross

    Trustee

Susan Heilbron*

Susan Heilbron

    Trustee

Frank G. Hubbard*

Frank G. Hubbard

    Trustee

Howard J. Johnson*

Howard J. Johnson

    Trustee

Jerome H. Miller*

Jerome H. Miller

    Trustee

 

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Ken Miller*

Ken Miller

    Trustee

Thomas F. Schlafly*

Thomas F. Schlafly

    Trustee

 

*By:   /s/ Jane Trust                                                     
  Jane Trust, as Agent

 

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