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CLEARBRIDGE SELECT FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 93.7%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.6%      

Entertainment - 4.6%

     

Sea Ltd., ADR

     230,670      $ 10,435,511

Spotify Technology SA

     64,388        9,098,024

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A Shares

     168,920        8,256,810  

Zynga Inc., Class A Shares

     1,820,810        10,961,276
     

 

 

 

Total Entertainment

        38,751,621  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 0.8%

     

Cargurus Inc.

     187,845        6,696,674 * 
     

 

 

 

Media - 0.2%

     

comScore Inc.

     371,411        1,467,074
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        46,915,369  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 15.2%      

Auto Components - 1.2%

     

Fox Factory Holding Corp.

     149,418        9,834,693 * 
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.3%

     

Luckin Coffee Inc., ADR

     69,550        2,257,941 * 
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 5.7%

     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR

     66,700        13,779,553

Expedia Group Inc.

     98,042        10,632,655  

MercadoLibre Inc.

     29,852        19,791,876

RealReal Inc.

     223,710        3,237,084
     

 

 

 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

        47,441,168  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 6.9%

     

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

     91,727        12,085,032  

Carvana Co.

     164,664        13,049,622

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.

     121,370        14,108,049  

Ross Stores Inc.

     167,301        18,769,499  
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        58,012,202  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.1%

     

Crocs Inc.

     243,750        9,240,562 * 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        126,786,566  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.6%      

Beverages - 1.1%

     

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A Shares

     46,331        8,724,127  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.5%

     

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.

     560,650        11,504,538

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

     60,035        9,657,230  
     

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

        21,161,768  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        29,885,895  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Select Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE SELECT FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
FINANCIALS - 2.9%      

Banks - 1.1%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     267,220      $ 8,772,832  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.8%

     

KKR & Co. Inc., Class A Shares

     465,841        14,860,328  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        23,633,160  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 13.1%      

Biotechnology - 2.5%

     

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

     68,539        6,812,091

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

     137,410        11,473,735

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

     46,480        2,442,524
     

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

        20,728,350  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.4%

     

Insulet Corp.

     95,450        18,521,118

SmileDirectClub Inc.

     706,550        9,460,705
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

        27,981,823  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.7%

     

Surgery Partners Inc.

     833,922        14,068,264 * 
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.4%

     

Livongo Health Inc.

     154,551        3,733,952 * 
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 5.1%

     

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A Shares

     36,379        13,129,909

PerkinElmer Inc.

     107,215        9,915,243  

Syneos Health Inc.

     320,046        19,638,022
     

 

 

 

Total Life Sciences Tools & Services

        42,683,174  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        109,195,563  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 9.7%      

Aerospace & Defense - 1.4%

     

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

     52,250        11,564,492  
     

 

 

 

Building Products - 2.3%

     

Trex Co. Inc.

     192,844        18,944,995 * 
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.6%

     

Copart Inc.

     210,167        21,323,544 * 
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.5%

     

GS Acquisition Holdings Corp., Class A Shares

     341,520        4,234,848 * 
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.7%

     

Tennant Co.

     78,879        6,091,036  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.3%

     

Lyft Inc., Class A Shares

     114,062        5,415,664

Uber Technologies Inc.

     160,160        5,812,206
     

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

        11,227,870  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge Select Fund 2020 Quarterly Report Report  


CLEARBRIDGE SELECT FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.9%

     

H&E Equipment Services Inc.

     280,997      $ 7,617,829  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        81,004,614  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 37.2%      

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%

     

nLight Inc.

     347,430        6,104,345 * 
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 10.9%

     

Cardtronics PLC, Class A Shares

     344,171        15,487,695

InterXion Holding NV

     147,170        12,808,205

Shopify Inc., Class A Shares

     60,349        28,102,115

Visa Inc., Class A Shares

     82,363        16,387,766  

Wix.com Ltd.

     125,173        17,860,936
     

 

 

 

Total IT Services

        90,646,717  
     

 

 

 

Software - 22.8%

     

Adobe Inc.

     48,596        17,063,999

Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.

     279,560        16,438,128

Datadog Inc., Class A Shares

     96,980        4,481,446

DocuSign Inc.

     251,099        19,713,783

Dynatrace Inc.

     196,090        6,139,578

FireEye Inc.

     540,073        8,630,367

ForeScout Technologies Inc.

     323,898        9,234,332

Fortinet Inc.

     169,354        19,536,677

HubSpot Inc.

     48,460        8,768,352

Medallia Inc.

     85,620        2,416,196

New Relic Inc.

     166,404        10,984,328

Qualys Inc.

     116,860        10,019,576

ServiceNow Inc.

     81,909        27,704,081

Sprout Social Inc., Class A Shares

     547,418        11,238,492

Varonis Systems Inc.

     95,860        8,019,648

Yext Inc.

     611,116        9,130,073
     

 

 

 

Total Software

        189,519,056  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.8%

     

Apple Inc.

     75,661        23,417,836  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        309,687,954  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 1.2%      

Construction Materials - 1.2%

     

Summit Materials Inc., Class A Shares

     436,510        9,590,125 * 
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Select Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE SELECT FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

         SHARES      VALUE  
REAL ESTATE - 5.2%        

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) - 4.0%

       

Outfront Media Inc.

       360,110      $ 10,709,672  

SBA Communications Corp.

       92,211        23,012,177  
       

 

 

 

Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

          33,721,849  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.2%

       

CBRE Group Inc., Class A Shares

       161,441        9,855,973 * 
       

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

          43,577,822  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $627,638,504)

 

     780,277,068  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.5%        

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

     1.386     36,487,179        36,487,179  

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

     1.475     9,121,795        9,121,795 (a) 
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $45,608,974)

          45,608,974  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.2%
(Cost - $673,247,478)

          825,886,042  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.8%

          6,710,950  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 832,596,992  
       

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

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 January 31, 2020, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $9,121,795 and the cost was $9,121,795 (Note 2).

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

 

SECURITY

   SHARES     VALUE  
SECURITIES SOLD SHORT‡ - (0.7)%     
COMMON STOCKS - (0.7)%     
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - (0.4)%     

Media - (0.4)%

    

Omnicom Group Inc.

     (37,060   $ (2,790,988
    

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - (0.3)%     

Software - (0.3)%

    

Mastercard Inc., Class A Shares

     (8,370     (2,644,418
    

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds - $(5,038,712))

     $ (5,435,406
    

 

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge Select Fund 2020 Quarterly Report  


CLEARBRIDGE SELECT FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

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.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Select Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Select Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate non-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.

 

 

   

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Common Stocks†

   $ 780,277,068        —          —        $ 780,277,068  

Short-Term Investments†

     45,608,974        —          —          45,608,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 825,886,042        —          —        $ 825,886,042  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Securities Sold Short†

   $ 5,435,406        —          —        $ 5,435,406  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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 January 31, 2020. The following transactions were effected in shares of such company for the period ended January 31, 2020.

 

     Affiliate
Value At
October 31,
2019
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
January 31,
2020
 
     Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares      —        $ 21,872,874        21,872,874      $ 12,751,079        12,751,079        —        $ 21,556        —        $ 9,121,795  

 

 

   

 

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