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CLEARBRIDGE MID CAP FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    July 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 98.3%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.4%      

Entertainment - 2.4%

     

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

     385,000      $ 18,021,850

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A Shares

     510,000        23,771,100  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        41,792,950  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.0%      

Auto Components - 2.2%

     

Aptiv PLC

     510,000        39,652,500  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.8%

     

Service Corp. International

     715,000        31,002,400  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.0%

     

Vail Resorts Inc.

     93,000        17,858,790  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 1.1%

     

Chewy Inc., Class A Shares

     360,000        18,896,400
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 1.7%

     

Hasbro Inc.

     404,000        29,395,040  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 4.2%

     

Carvana Co.

     290,000        44,935,500

Ross Stores Inc.

     315,000        28,246,050  
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        73,181,550  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        209,986,680  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 5.5%      

Food & Staples Retailing - 4.1%

     

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

     257,000        40,911,830  

Performance Food Group Co.

     1,095,000        30,681,900
     

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

        71,593,730  
     

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.4%

     

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.

     725,000        24,693,500  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        96,287,230  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 1.4%      

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.4%

     

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     252,000        24,423,840  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 10.2%      

Banks - 3.3%

     

First Republic Bank

     290,000        32,619,200  

Western Alliance Bancorp

     722,000        25,955,900  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        58,575,100  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Mid Cap Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE MID CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Insurance - 5.4%

     

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

     1,035,000      $ 31,826,250

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

     675,000        28,566,000  

Progressive Corp.

     380,000        34,329,200  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        94,721,450  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.5%

     

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

     1,700,000        25,415,000  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        178,711,550  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 14.8%      

Biotechnology - 2.7%

     

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

     210,000        21,522,900

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

     215,000        25,759,150
     

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

        47,282,050  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%

     

Varian Medical Systems Inc.

     200,000        28,544,000
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7%

     

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     120,000        12,022,800  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 8.5%

     

Avantor Inc.

     1,600,000        35,328,000

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A Shares

     57,000        29,918,730

Bio-Techne Corp.

     72,000        19,811,520  

ICON PLC

     177,000        32,826,420

Syneos Health Inc.

     495,000        30,883,050
     

 

 

 

Total Life Sciences Tools & Services

        148,767,720  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.3%

     

Catalent Inc.

     255,000        22,271,700
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        258,888,270  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 16.9%      

Aerospace & Defense - 2.9%

     

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

     160,000        26,932,800  

Teledyne Technologies Inc.

     77,000        23,615,900
     

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

        50,548,700  
     

 

 

 

Building Products - 3.8%

     

Masonite International Corp.

     370,000        31,209,500

Trane Technologies PLC

     315,000        35,239,050  
     

 

 

 

Total Building Products

        66,448,550  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 3.0%

     

Copart Inc.

     200,000        18,650,000

Waste Connections Inc.

     330,000        33,782,100  
     

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

        52,432,100  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      ClearBridge Mid Cap Fund 2020 Quarterly Report  


CLEARBRIDGE MID CAP FUND

 

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

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Electrical Equipment - 5.6%

     

AMETEK Inc.

     310,000      $ 28,907,500  

Regal Beloit Corp.

     130,000        11,956,100  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

     120,000        26,176,800  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

     2,125,000        30,812,500
     

 

 

 

Total Electrical Equipment

        97,852,900  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.6%

     

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

     150,000        27,423,000  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        294,705,250  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 22.6%      

Communications Equipment - 1.4%

     

Arista Networks Inc.

     92,000        23,898,840
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 4.9%

     

CDW Corp.

     300,000        34,875,000  

IPG Photonics Corp.

     100,000        17,901,000

Keysight Technologies Inc.

     336,000        33,563,040
     

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

        86,339,040  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.8%

     

Amdocs Ltd.

     300,000        18,630,000  

Black Knight Inc.

     395,000        29,593,400
     

 

 

 

Total IT Services

        48,223,400  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.5%

     

Lam Research Corp.

     96,000        36,207,360  

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.

     160,000        28,016,000

Xilinx Inc.

     295,000        31,668,250  
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        95,891,610  
     

 

 

 

Software - 6.2%

     

Aspen Technology Inc.

     242,000        23,536,920

Autodesk Inc.

     138,000        32,627,340

Splunk Inc.

     200,000        41,964,000

Synopsys Inc.

     55,000        10,957,100
     

 

 

 

Total Software

        109,085,360  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.8%

     

NCR Corp.

     619,000        11,408,170

Western Digital Corp.

     478,000        20,601,800  
     

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

        32,009,970  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        395,448,220  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 2.7%      

Containers & Packaging - 2.7%

     

Ardagh Group SA

     928,000        12,630,080  

Ball Corp.

     476,000        35,047,880  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        47,677,960  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   ClearBridge Mid Cap Fund 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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CLEARBRIDGE MID CAP FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    July 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

    SHARES      VALUE  
REAL ESTATE - 4.4%        

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 4.4%

       

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

       255,000      $ 45,275,250  

Americold Realty Trust

       770,000        31,069,500  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

          76,344,750  
       

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 5.4%        

Electric Utilities - 2.0%

       

Eversource Energy

       395,000        35,577,650  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 3.4%

       

Ameren Corp.

       484,000        38,836,160  

DTE Energy Co.

       173,000        20,003,990  
       

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

          58,840,150  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

          94,417,800  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $1,143,504,743)

 

     1,718,684,500  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.6%        

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

     0.039     22,404,056        22,404,056  

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

     0.075     5,601,014        5,601,014 (a)  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $28,005,070)

          28,005,070  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9%
(Cost - $1,171,509,813)

          1,746,689,570  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

          1,143,012  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 1,747,832,582  
       

 

 

 

 

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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 with the Fund. At July 31, 2020, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $5,601,014 and the cost was $5,601,014 (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 Mid Cap Fund 2020 Quarterly Report  


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Mid 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.

 

    

 

    

 

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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†

   $ 1,718,684,500        —          —        $ 1,718,684,500  

Short-Term Investments†

     28,005,070        —          —          28,005,070  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,746,689,570        —          —        $ 1,746,689,570  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

     Affiliate
Value at
October 31,
2019
     Purchased      Sold  
     Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares      —        $ 40,759,920        40,759,920      $ 35,158,906        35,158,906  

 

(cont’d)

   Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
July 31,
2020
 
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares      —        $ 16,998             $ 5,601,014  

 

    

 

    

 

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