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CLEARBRIDGE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    May 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 29.4%      

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.1%

     

AT&T Inc.

     323,562      $ 9,894,526  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment - 4.7%

     

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class A Shares

     157,714        4,185,730

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C Shares

     282,740        7,523,711

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A Shares

     384,288        13,995,769

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C Shares

     691,853        25,826,872

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B Shares

     1,356,677        18,667,876  

Madison Square Garden Co., Class A Shares

     730,394        216,079,761

Viacom Inc., Class B Shares

     728,776        21,156,367  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A Shares

     925,300        67,306,322  
     

 

 

 

Total Entertainment

        374,742,408  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 2.9%

     

Facebook Inc., Class A Shares

     78,594        13,948,077

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Class A Shares

     375,814        4,002,419

Twitter Inc.

     5,886,635        214,508,980
     

 

 

 

Total Interactive Media & Services

        232,459,476  
     

 

 

 

Media - 21.7%

     

AMC Networks Inc., Class A Shares

     3,454,175        182,276,815

CBS Corp., Class B Shares, Non Voting Shares

     728,776        35,185,305  

Comcast Corp., Class A Shares

     16,620,452        681,438,532  

Discovery Inc., Class A Shares

     7,559,663        206,076,413

Discovery Inc., Class C Shares

     2,688,415        68,930,961

GCI Liberty Inc., Class A Shares

     487,960        28,345,596

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A Shares

     1,071,526        104,495,216

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C Shares

     1,518,009        148,992,583

Liberty Global PLC, Class A Shares

     620,450        15,263,070

Liberty Global PLC, Class C Shares

     1,957,225        47,443,134

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A Shares

     117,175        1,997,834

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C Shares

     354,819        6,099,339

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A Shares

     1,527,154        55,008,087

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C Shares

     2,777,217        100,368,622

MSG Networks Inc., Class A Shares

     2,211,179        46,677,989
     

 

 

 

Total Media

        1,728,599,496  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        2,345,695,906  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.8%      

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%

     

Ascent Capital Group Inc., Class A Shares

     73,802        92,991
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)   

May 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.8%

     

Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc., Class A Shares

     354,040      $ 14,597,069

Qurate Retail Inc.

     3,613,132        45,272,544
     

 

 

 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

        59,869,613  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        59,962,604  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 7.2%      

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.1%

     

Core Laboratories NV

     2,188,066        104,239,464  

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

     3,002,236        62,596,621  
     

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

        166,836,085  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 5.1%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     4,673,126        328,847,876  

Encana Corp.

     15,268,518        80,465,090  
     

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

        409,312,966  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        576,149,051  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 1.8%      

Banks - 0.7%

     

Sterling Bancorp

     2,983,298        57,607,484  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.8%

     

Cohen & Steers Inc.

     1,256,378        64,351,681  
     

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

     

New York Community Bancorp Inc.

     1,871,604        18,585,028  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        140,544,193  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 27.0%      

Biotechnology - 14.9%

     

Aduro Biotech Inc.

     123,046        399,899

Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.

     1,021,242        47,150,743

Alkermes PLC

     976,445        21,032,625

Amgen Inc.

     1,025,794        170,999,860  

Biogen Inc.

     2,312,431        507,092,994

ImmunoGen Inc.

     125,766        226,379

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.

     2,382,745        156,308,072

ProQR Therapeutics NV

     282,957        3,432,268

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

     332,246        18,250,273

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

     1,545,800        256,881,044

Voyager Therapeutics Inc.

     229,702        5,009,801
     

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

        1,186,783,958  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.4%

     

Medtronic PLC

     1,078,830        99,878,082  

Wright Medical Group NV

     357,346        10,977,669
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

        110,855,751  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    May 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Health Care Providers & Services - 7.2%

     

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     2,390,308      $ 577,976,474  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.5%

     

Allergan PLC

     2,069,100        252,243,981  

Bausch Health Cos. Inc.

     1,432,735        29,700,597
     

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

        281,944,578  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care

        2,157,560,761  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 5.9%      

Aerospace & Defense - 2.6%

     

L3 Technologies Inc.

     867,698        210,034,978  
     

 

 

 

Building Products - 2.1%

     

Johnson Controls International PLC

     4,238,046        163,249,532  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.6%

     

Fluor Corp.

     1,740,041        48,233,937  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.2%

     

nVent Electric PLC

     746,874        17,222,914  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

     

Pentair PLC

     746,064        25,977,948  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

     

NOW Inc.

     535,568        6,978,451
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        471,697,760  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 24.5%      

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 4.0%

     

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A Shares

     791,369        49,041,137  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     3,211,580        270,511,383  
     

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

        319,552,520  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.1%

     

Science Applications International Corp.

     110,783        8,501,487  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.5%

     

Broadcom Inc.

     1,174,053        295,438,697  

Cree Inc.

     3,427,380        188,985,733

Intel Corp.

     2,536,541        111,709,266  
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        596,133,696  
     

 

 

 

Software - 7.5%

     

Autodesk Inc.

     2,009,820        323,400,136

Citrix Systems Inc.

     1,280,072        120,480,377  

FireEye Inc.

     517,620        7,552,076

LogMeIn Inc.

     87,102        6,256,537  

Nuance Communications Inc.

     8,369,573        143,705,568
     

 

 

 

Total Software

        601,394,694  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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CLEARBRIDGE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    May 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

    SHARES      VALUE  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 5.4%

       

Seagate Technology PLC

       8,289,633      $ 346,921,141  

Western Digital Corp.

       2,277,087        84,753,178  
       

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

          431,674,319  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

          1,957,256,716  
       

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 0.9%        

Metals & Mining - 0.9%

       

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

       3,707,955        36,004,243  

Nucor Corp.

       780,297        37,454,256  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

          73,458,499  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $3,218,724,125)

          7,782,325,490  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.1%        

JPMorgan 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund, Institutional Class
(Cost - $3,119,395)

     2.218     3,119,395        3,119,395  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.6%
(Cost - $3,221,843,520)

          7,785,444,885  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 2.4%

          193,416,970  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 7,978,861,855  
       

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Aggressive Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory 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. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, 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 values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include,

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed 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 methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

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

(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Common Stocks†

   $ 7,782,325,490        —          —        $ 7,782,325,490  

Short-Term Investments†

     3,119,395        —          —          3,119,395  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 7,785,444,885        —          —        $ 7,785,444,885  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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