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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.9%      

Entertainment - 0.9%

     

DeNA Co. Ltd.

     42,175      $ 678,411 (a) 
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.3%      

Auto Components - 0.6%

     

Nexen Tire Corp.

     50,678        399,369 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.4%

     

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc., Class A Shares

     91,590        741,879  

Elior Group SA

     52,780        776,428 (a)(b) 

Melco International Development Ltd.

     347,389        977,760 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

        2,496,067  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 3.5%

     

Cairn Homes PLC

     422,300        599,371 (a) 

DFS Furniture PLC

     240,420        925,073 (a) 

Man Wah Holdings Ltd.

     957,702        683,771 (a) 

McCarthy & Stone PLC

     179,600        355,135 (a)(b) 
     

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

        2,563,350  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.7%

     

Roots Corp.

     295,220        468,332
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.1%

     

Coats Group PLC

     555,430        550,188 (a) 

Vulcabras Azaleia SA

     421,070        962,996
     

 

 

 

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

        1,513,184  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        7,440,302  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.9%      

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.8%

     

Sundrug Co. Ltd.

     15,976        577,369 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

     

Thai Union Group PCL, Class F Shares

     1,419,250        636,904 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.2%

     

Chlitina Holding Ltd.

     115,160        914,936 (a) 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        2,129,209  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 3.7%      

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.2%

     

Shinko Plantech Co. Ltd.

     73,661        897,081 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.5%

     

Avance Gas Holding Ltd.

     240,860        1,371,943 *(a)(b) 

Parex Resources Inc.

     23,320        433,698
     

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

        1,805,641  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        2,702,722  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge International Small Cap Fund 2019 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
FINANCIALS - 12.7%      

Banks - 5.1%

     

Banca Sistema SpA

     401,520      $ 832,888 (a)(b) 

BAWAG Group AG

     20,340        927,598 *(a)(b) 

Eurobank Ergasias SA

     780,984        808,572 *(a) 

RHB Bank Bhd

     469,730        663,774 (a) 

Unicaja Banco SA

     420,590        457,373 (a)(b) 
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        3,690,205  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 4.2%

     

Anima Holding SpA

     155,120        801,239 (a)(b) 

Fairfax India Holdings Corp.

     7,124        91,622 *(b) 

Fairfax India Holdings Corp.

     30,486        390,221 *(b) 

Jafco Co. Ltd.

     19,796        775,529 (a) 

KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd.

     9,310        638,770 (a) 

Warsaw Stock Exchange

     35,510        367,759 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

        3,065,140  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.4%

     

Financial Products Group Co. Ltd.

     32,637        315,634 (a) 

Plus500 Ltd.

     58,430        685,980 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

        1,001,614  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.0%

     

Just Group PLC

     619,410        649,204 *(a) 

UNIQA Insurance Group AG

     78,490        798,272 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        1,447,476  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        9,204,435  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 4.1%      

Biotechnology - 0.9%

     

Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology Co. Ltd., Class H Shares

     104,587        632,575 *(a)(b) 
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.7%

     

InBody Co. Ltd.

     27,417        560,283 (a) 

i-SENS Inc.

     45,300        1,004,468 (a) 

Value Added Technology Co. Ltd.

     14,737        371,408 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

        1,936,159  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.5%

     

YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     69,770        397,049 (a)(b) 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        2,965,783  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge International Small Cap Fund 2019 Quarterly Report  


CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
INDUSTRIALS - 36.9%      

Air Freight & Logistics - 3.0%

     

SBS Holdings Inc.

     64,933      $ 1,125,813 (a) 

Wincanton PLC

     266,300        1,078,695 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Air Freight & Logistics

        2,204,508  
     

 

 

 

Building Products - 3.6%

     

China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.

     722,200        927,165 (a) 

Inwido AB

     117,820        906,973 (a) 

Sanwa Holdings Corp.

     69,121        774,372 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Building Products

        2,608,510  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1%

     

Babcock International Group PLC

     99,090        828,065 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 5.5%

     

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., Class H Shares

     901,090        658,627 (a) 

China Machinery Engineering Corp., Class H Shares

     1,338,742        539,525 (a) 

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd., Class H Shares

     440,060        482,478 (a) 

Galliford Try PLC

     88,130        1,005,344 (a) 

Implenia AG

     9,830        398,601 (a) 

Maire Tecnimont SpA

     197,990        549,831 (a) 

Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.

     65,230        402,708 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Construction & Engineering

        4,037,114  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 3.4%

     

Mersen SA

     11,960        459,001 (a) 

Nexans SA

     22,090        1,079,678 (a) 

Vitzrocell Co. Ltd.

     80,628        933,392 *(a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Electrical Equipment

        2,472,071  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 9.3%

     

Bucher Industries AG

     2,630        923,922 (a) 

Cargotec oyj

     20,180        683,946 (a) 

CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd.

     1,081,424        645,840 (a) 

CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corp. Ltd., Class H Shares

     2,450,498        390,489 (a) 

Deutz AG

     96,810        605,156 (a) 

Fuji Corp.

     21,241        388,449 (a) 

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd.

     9,354        369,946 (a) 

Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd.

     22,185        1,008,575 (a) 

Meidensha Corp.

     34,397        758,182 (a) 

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

     117,510        494,749 (a) 

Palfinger AG

     14,710        482,367 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Machinery

        6,751,621  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge International Small Cap Fund 2019 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Marine - 2.8%

     

D/S Norden A/S

     63,850      $ 1,021,980 (a) 

Golden Ocean Group Ltd.

     65,470        380,006 (a) 

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

     56,000        661,360  
     

 

 

 

Total Marine

        2,063,346  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 2.5%

     

Applus Services SA

     87,520        1,121,019 (a) 

Hays PLC

     275,740        664,749 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Professional Services

        1,785,768  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 3.6%

     

Lumax International Corp. Ltd.

     288,223        770,998 (a) 

Nishio Rent All Co. Ltd.

     28,113        798,636 (a) 

Travis Perkins PLC

     48,110        1,029,270 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

        2,598,904  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 2.1%

     

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.

     371,184        815,878 (a) 

Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd.

     771,866        686,789 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Transportation Infrastructure

        1,502,667  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        26,852,574  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 4.9%      

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 2.9%

     

SFA Engineering Corp.

     10,966        437,469 (a) 

Strix Group PLC

     399,600        1,037,794 (a) 

Wasion Holdings Ltd.

     1,336,016        653,882 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

        2,129,145  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.3%

     

Sopra Steria Group

     5,930        955,506 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Software - 0.7%

     

Sinosoft Technology Group Ltd.

     2,415,954        493,911 (a) 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        3,578,562  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 13.6%      

Chemicals - 2.3%

     

Air Water Inc.

     28,119        414,587 (a) 

Okamoto Industries Inc.

     17,273        639,292 (a) 

Ube Industries Ltd.

     27,393        593,113 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

        1,646,992  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 2.5%

     

Cementir Holding NV

     109,470        826,486 (a) 

Wienerberger AG

     33,780        1,000,803 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Construction Materials

        1,827,289  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.1%

     

Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co. Ltd.

     1,746,469        800,068 (a) 
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge International Small Cap Fund 2019 Quarterly Report  


CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Metals & Mining - 7.7%

     

Alamos Gold Inc., Class A Shares

     87,040      $ 524,834  

Argonaut Gold Inc.

     325,370        488,600 *(b) 

Centamin PLC

     407,910        683,873 (a) 

Eramet

     7,570        390,081 (a) 

Granges AB

     87,150        921,714 (a) 

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. Ltd.

     295,929        635,995 (a) 

Novagold Resources Inc.

     218,130        1,951,924
     

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

        5,597,021  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        9,871,370  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 4.9%      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.0%

     

Mapletree Logistics Trust

     579,909        750,742 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 3.9%

     

KWG Group Holdings Ltd.

     318,500        447,252 *(a) 

Open House Co. Ltd.

     34,844        997,252 (a) 

Sun Frontier Fudousan Co. Ltd.

     79,489        951,225 (a) 

Supalai PCL

     695,802        414,137 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

        2,809,866  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

        3,560,608  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 2.6%      

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.7%

     

China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. Ltd., Class H Shares

     5,961,284        605,082 (a) 

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H Shares

     3,189,822        651,683 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

        1,256,765  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.9%

     

China Water Affairs Group Ltd.

     856,436        641,215 (a) 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

        1,897,980  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $63,546,260)

        70,881,956  
     

 

 

 
INVESTMENTS IN UNDERLYING FUNDS - 1.5%      

Dragon Capital - Vietnam Enterprise Investments Ltd., Class C Shares
(Cost - $648,467)

     166,657        1,047,355 (a) 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $64,194,727)

        71,929,311  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge International Small Cap Fund 2019 Quarterly Report       

 

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CLEARBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   RATE     SHARES      VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.8%        

JPMorgan 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund, Institutional Class

     1.403     478,460      $ 478,460  

Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares

     1.485     119,615        119,615 (c) 
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $598,075)

          598,075  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.8%
(Cost - $64,792,802)

          72,527,386  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.2%

          178,019  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 72,705,405  
       

 

 

 

 

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Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (Note 1).

 

(b)

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.

 

(c)

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control. At December 31, 2019, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $119,615 and the cost was $119,615 (Note 2).

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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      ClearBridge International Small Cap Fund 2019 Quarterly Report  


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge International Small Cap 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) (cont’d)

 

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) (cont’d)

 

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  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Common Stocks:

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 2,173,207      $ 5,267,095        —        $ 7,440,302  

Energy

     433,698        2,269,024        —          2,702,722  

Financials

     481,843        8,722,592        —          9,204,435  

Industrials

     661,360        26,191,214        —          26,852,574  

Materials

     2,965,358        6,906,012        —          9,871,370  

Other Common Stocks

     —          14,810,553        —          14,810,553  

Investments in Underlying Funds

     —          1,047,355        —          1,047,355  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     6,715,466        65,213,845        —          71,929,311  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     598,075        —          —          598,075  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 7,313,541      $ 65,213,845        —        $ 72,527,386  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

As a result of the fair value pricing procedures for international equities utilized by the Fund, which account for events occurring after the close of the principal market of the security but prior to the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value, certain securities were classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

2. Transactions with affiliated companies

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. Based on the Fund’s relative ownership, the following company was considered an affiliated company for all or some portion of the period ended December 31, 2019. The following transactions were effected in shares of such company for the period ended December 31, 2019.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
September 30,
2019
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2019
 

 

   Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares      —        $ 286,914        286,914      $ 167,299        167,299        —        $ 70        —        $ 119,615  

 

    

 

    

 

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