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CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)    June 30, 2021

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.2%      

Media - 2.2%

     

Advantage Solutions Inc.

     24,340      $ 262,629
     

 

 

 

Gray Television Inc.

     114,250        2,673,450  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        2,936,079  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 13.6%      

Auto Components - 2.4%

     

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.

     128,450        1,329,458

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

     107,740        1,847,741
     

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

        3,177,199  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.3%

     

Stride Inc.

     54,060        1,736,948
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.3%

     

Bloomin’ Brands Inc.

     49,740        1,349,944

Everi Holdings Inc.

     68,240        1,701,905
     

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

        3,051,849  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.8%

     

Century Communities Inc.

     36,720        2,443,349  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 1.7%

     

Vista Outdoor Inc.

     47,580        2,202,002
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.2%

     

Macy’s Inc.

     83,450        1,582,212
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.9%

     

Murphy USA Inc.

     16,140        2,152,592  

Urban Outfitters Inc.

     41,410        1,706,920
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        3,859,512  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        18,053,071  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.8%      

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.8%

     

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.

     93,430        2,321,735 * 
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.0%

     

TreeHouse Foods Inc.

     31,230        1,390,360
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        3,712,095  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 5.7%      

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.5%

     

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

     62,470        2,038,396  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.2%

     

CNX Resources Corp.

     146,760        2,004,742
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2021 Quarterly Report    

 

 

 

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CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2021

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

     

International Seaways Inc.

     111,190      $ 2,132,624  

Matador Resources Co.

     37,340        1,344,613  
     

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

        5,481,979  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        7,520,375  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 28.6%      

Banks - 13.5%

     

BancorpSouth Bank

     59,950        1,698,383  

Bank OZK

     51,030        2,151,425  

First Horizon Corp.

     120,467        2,081,670  

Heartland Financial USA Inc.

     38,000        1,785,620  

Home BancShares Inc.

     77,000        1,900,360  

TriCo Bancshares

     40,460        1,722,787  

TriState Capital Holdings Inc.

     95,000        1,937,050

WesBanco Inc.

     49,000        1,745,870  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     37,930        2,868,646  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        17,891,811  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.4%

     

Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp.

     119,894        1,293,656 *(a) 

Landcadia Holdings III Inc., Class A Shares

     151,280        1,875,872
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

        3,169,528  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 4.6%

     

Encore Capital Group Inc.

     35,890        1,700,827

OneMain Holdings Inc.

     22,060        1,321,615  

Oportun Financial Corp.

     77,500        1,552,325

PROG Holdings Inc.

     30,780        1,481,441  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

        6,056,208  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.5%

     

East Resources Acquisition Co.

     60,550        623,060 * 
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.7%

     

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

     36,210        1,719,251  

ProAssurance Corp.

     41,340        940,485  

Unum Group

     30,370        862,508  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        3,522,244  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.1%

     

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

     108,830        2,848,081  
     

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 2.8%

     

Essent Group Ltd.

     31,490        1,415,475  

Washington Federal Inc.

     71,710        2,278,944  
     

 

 

 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

        3,694,419  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        37,805,351  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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  ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2021 Quarterly Report    

 


CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2021

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
HEALTH CARE - 5.7%      

Biotechnology - 1.2%

     

Amarin Corp. PLC, ADR

     372,770      $ 1,632,733 * 
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%

     

Lantheus Holdings Inc.

     47,150        1,303,226

Quotient Ltd.

     215,630        784,893
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

        2,088,119  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.5%

     

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.

     30,400        1,907,600
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.4%

     

Syneos Health Inc.

     20,590        1,842,599 * 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        7,471,051  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 16.9%      

Aerospace & Defense - 2.8%

     

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     16,000        1,900,160  

PAE Inc.

     207,760        1,849,064
     

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

        3,749,224  
     

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.2%

     

SkyWest Inc.

     35,980        1,549,659 * 
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.6%

     

Primoris Services Corp.

     71,930        2,116,900  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.5%

     

EnerSys

     19,750        1,930,167  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.1%

     

EnPro Industries Inc.

     15,020        1,459,193  

Wabash National Corp.

     85,630        1,370,080  
     

 

 

 

Total Machinery

        2,829,273  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.1%

     

Korn Ferry

     19,600        1,421,980  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.1%

     

Marten Transport Ltd.

     85,915        1,416,738  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 5.5%

     

Custom Truck One Source Inc.

     69,970        666,115

GATX Corp.

     18,240        1,613,693  

Nesco Holdings Inc.

     129,060        1,228,651 *(a)(b) 

Rush Enterprises Inc., Class A Shares

     27,705        1,197,964  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

     78,400        2,647,568
     

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

        7,353,991  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        22,367,932  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2021 Quarterly Report    

 

 

 

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CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2021

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 6.4%      

IT Services - 1.4%

     

CSG Systems International Inc.

     40,250      $ 1,898,995  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.1%

     

SMART Global Holdings Inc.

     29,490        1,406,083

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

     45,610        1,342,302
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        2,748,385  
     

 

 

 

Software - 1.6%

     

CommVault Systems Inc.

     26,310        2,056,653 * 
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.3%

     

NCR Corp.

     38,310        1,747,319 * 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        8,451,352  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 5.5%      

Chemicals - 2.7%

     

Avient Corp.

     32,070        1,576,561  

Olin Corp.

     44,950        2,079,387  
     

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

        3,655,948  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 2.8%

     

Commercial Metals Co.

     73,580        2,260,378  

Constellium SE

     73,910        1,400,594
     

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

        3,660,972  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        7,316,920  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 7.8%      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 7.8%

     

Alexander & Baldwin Inc.

     94,500        1,731,240  

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.

     103,960        474,058

Brandywine Realty Trust

     97,860        1,341,661  

Kite Realty Group Trust

     113,610        2,500,556  

Lexington Realty Trust

     137,500        1,643,125  

National Health Investors Inc.

     20,010        1,341,670  

RLJ Lodging Trust

     83,950        1,278,559  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

        10,310,869  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 3.7%      

Electric Utilities - 1.4%

     

Portland General Electric Co.

     41,580        1,916,006  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 2.3%

     

Black Hills Corp.

     45,930        3,014,386  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

        4,930,392  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $100,771,718)

        130,875,487  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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  ClearBridge Small Cap Value Fund 2021 Quarterly Report    

 


CLEARBRIDGE SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2021

 

SECURITY

   RATE     SHARES      VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.0%        

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

     0.006     1,088,390      $ 1,088,390  

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

     0.010     272,097        272,097 (c)  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $1,360,487)

          1,360,487  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9%

(Cost - $102,132,205)

          132,235,974  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

          160,449  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 132,396,423  
       

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

Restricted security (Note 3).

 

(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 with the Fund. At June 30, 2021, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $272,097 and the cost was $272,097 (Note 2).

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

ADR    — American Depositary Receipts

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 2021 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 typically 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 Global Fund Valuation Committee (formerly known as Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee prior to March 1, 2021) (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  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Common Stocks:

           

Financials

   $ 36,511,695      $ 1,293,656        —        $ 37,805,351  

Industrials

     21,139,281        1,228,651        —          22,367,932  

Other Common Stocks

     70,702,204        —          —          70,702,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     128,353,180        2,522,307        —          130,875,487  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     1,360,487        —          —          1,360,487  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 129,713,667      $ 2,522,307        —        $ 132,235,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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 with the Fund. The following company was considered an affiliated company for all or some portion of the period ended June 30, 2021. The following transactions were effected in such company for the period ended June 30, 2021.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
September 30,
2020
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
June 30,
2021
 

 

   Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares    $ 525,164      $ 4,586,017        4,586,017      $ 4,839,084        4,839,084             $ 24             $ 272,097  

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

3. Restricted securities

The following Fund investment is restricted as to resale and, in the absence of a readily ascertainable market value, is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

Security

   Number of
Shares
     Acquisition
Date
     Cost      Fair
Value at
6/30/2021
     Value
Per
Share
     Percent
of Net
Assets
 
Nesco Holdings Inc.      129,060        12/20      $ 645,300      $ 1,228,651      $ 9.52        0.93

 

   

 

 

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