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CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    June 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 96.1%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 3.2%      

Interactive Media & Services - 0.8%

     

QuinStreet Inc.

     64,080      $ 670,277
     

 

 

 

Media - 2.4%

     

Gray Television Inc.

     156,000        2,176,200
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        2,846,477  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.0%      

Auto Components - 1.0%

     

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.

     110,520        839,952
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 2.1%

     

K12 Inc.

     67,750        1,845,510
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.4%

     

Chuy’s Holdings Inc.

     43,640        649,364

Everi Holdings Inc.

     114,620        591,439
     

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

        1,240,803  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 4.9%

     

Aaron’s Inc.

     37,370        1,696,598  

Lithia Motors Inc., Class A Shares

     7,830        1,184,914  

Murphy USA Inc.

     13,090        1,473,803
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        4,355,315  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6%

     

Oxford Industries Inc.

     12,400        545,724  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        8,827,304  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.5%      

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.8%

     

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.

     63,200        1,617,288
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.7%

     

Sanderson Farms Inc.

     5,960        690,704  

TreeHouse Foods Inc.

     19,170        839,646
     

 

 

 

Total Food Products

        1,530,350  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        3,147,638  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 4.1%      

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.8%

     

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

     39,380        768,304  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.3%

     

Brigham Minerals Inc., Class A Shares

     54,670        675,174  

International Seaways Inc.

     92,470        1,510,960  

Matador Resources Co.

     85,910        730,235
     

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

        2,916,369  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        3,684,673  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
FINANCIALS - 26.4%      

Banks - 15.6%

     

Bank OZK

     69,540      $ 1,632,104  

CVB Financial Corp.

     32,020        600,055  

First Financial Bancorp

     76,505        1,062,654  

First Interstate BancSystem Inc., Class A Shares

     40,340        1,248,926  

Heartland Financial USA Inc.

     38,000        1,270,720  

Home BancShares Inc.

     49,040        754,235  

IBERIABANK Corp.

     26,280        1,196,791  

TriCo Bancshares

     39,270        1,195,772  

TriState Capital Holdings Inc.

     73,400        1,153,114

WesBanco Inc.

     49,000        995,190  

Western Alliance Bancorp

     24,430        925,164  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     41,930        1,828,987  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        13,863,712  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.8%

     

Blucora Inc.

     64,290        734,192
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 3.4%

     

Encore Capital Group Inc.

     44,430        1,518,617

OneMain Holdings Inc.

     28,650        703,071  

Oportun Financial Corp.

     57,370        771,053
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

        2,992,741  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.7%

     

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

     36,210        883,886  

ProAssurance Corp.

     41,340        598,190  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        1,482,076  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.8%

     

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

     108,830        1,628,097  
     

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 3.1%

     

Essent Group Ltd.

     31,490        1,142,142  

Washington Federal Inc.

     59,320        1,592,149  
     

 

 

 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

        2,734,291  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        23,435,109  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 7.9%      

Biotechnology - 1.2%

     

Akebia Therapeutics Inc.

     80,300        1,090,474
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%

     

Quotient Ltd.

     184,830        1,367,742
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2020 Quarterly Report  


CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.7%

     

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.

     56,420      $ 1,417,271

Covetrus Inc.

     52,070        931,532
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

        2,348,803  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.3%

     

Syneos Health Inc.

     20,210        1,177,232
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.1%

     

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.

     38,570        990,092
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        6,974,343  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 12.5%      

Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%

     

Cubic Corp.

     17,320        831,880  
     

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.1%

     

SkyWest Inc.

     29,250        954,135  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.3%

     

EnPro Industries Inc.

     23,720        1,169,159  

Wabash National Corp.

     86,360        917,143  
     

 

 

 

Total Machinery

        2,086,302  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.1%

     

ICF International Inc.

     14,710        953,649  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.5%

     

Marten Transport Ltd.

     51,760        1,302,282  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 5.6%

     

Foundation Building Materials Inc.

     48,650        759,426

GATX Corp.

     18,240        1,112,275  

MRC Global Inc.

     91,170        538,815

Rush Enterprises Inc., Class A Shares

     20,710        858,637  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

     96,190        786,834

Triton International Ltd.

     29,670        897,221  
     

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

        4,953,208  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        11,081,456  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 9.2%      

Communications Equipment - 0.9%

     

NETGEAR Inc.

     32,410        839,095
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 2.1%

     

Belden Inc.

     20,520        667,926  

Itron Inc.

     17,500        1,159,375
     

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

        1,827,301  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

IT Services - 2.2%

     

CSG Systems International Inc.

     19,760      $ 817,866  

EVERTEC Inc.

     41,330        1,161,373  
     

 

 

 

Total IT Services

        1,979,239  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.8%

     

Advanced Energy Industries Inc.

     20,070        1,360,546

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

     56,490        1,078,394
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        2,438,940  
     

 

 

 

Software - 1.2%

     

CommVault Systems Inc.

     27,950        1,081,665
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        8,166,240  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 3.9%      

Chemicals - 0.7%

     

Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A Shares

     87,840        634,205  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.8%

     

Silgan Holdings Inc.

     48,380        1,567,028  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.4%

     

Commercial Metals Co.

     59,930        1,222,572  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        3,423,805  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 9.4%      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 9.4%

     

Brandywine Realty Trust

     84,160        916,502  

Kite Realty Group Trust

     101,480        1,171,079  

Lexington Realty Trust

     119,540        1,261,147  

Outfront Media Inc.

     57,000        807,690  

Physicians Realty Trust

     101,170        1,772,499  

RLJ Lodging Trust

     116,120        1,096,173  

STAG Industrial Inc.

     44,020        1,290,666  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

        8,315,756  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 6.0%      

Electric Utilities - 2.9%

     

IDACORP Inc.

     15,480        1,352,488  

PNM Resources Inc.

     30,510        1,172,804  
     

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

        2,525,292  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.5%

     

NextEra Energy Partners LP

     25,840        1,325,075  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.6%

     

Black Hills Corp.

     25,670        1,454,462  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

        5,304,829  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $96,779,514)

        85,207,630  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2020 Quarterly Report  


CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     SHARES      VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.8%        

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

     0.042     2,705,927      $ 2,705,927  

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

     0.090     676,482        676,482 (a)  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $3,382,409)

          3,382,409  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9%

(Cost - $100,161,923)

          88,590,039  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

          57,476  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 88,647,515  
       

 

 

 

 

*

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 June 30, 2020, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $676,482 and the cost was $676,482 (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.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Small Cap Value 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.

 

 

   

 

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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) (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†

   $ 85,207,630        —          —        $ 85,207,630  

Short-Term Investments†

     3,382,409        —          —          3,382,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 88,590,039        —          —        $ 88,590,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

2. Transactions with affiliated company

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 June 30, 2020. The following transactions were effected in shares of such company for the period ended June 30, 2020.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
September 30,

2019
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
June 30,
2020
 
   Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares      —        $ 3,909,562        3,909,562      $ 3,233,080        3,233,080        —        $ 3,145        —        $ 676,482  

 

 

   

 

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