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CLEARBRIDGE APPRECIATION FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    January 31, 2022
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)   

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 98.5%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 11.0%      

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

     

Verizon Communications Inc.

     1,237,607      $ 65,877,821  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment - 1.7%

     

Activision Blizzard Inc.

     617,779        48,810,719  

Walt Disney Co.

     557,346        79,683,758
     

 

 

 

Total Entertainment

        128,494,477  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 6.0%

     

Alphabet Inc., Class A Shares

     58,483        158,259,092

Alphabet Inc., Class C Shares

     60,449        164,056,772

Meta Platforms Inc., Class A Shares

     443,327        138,876,616
     

 

 

 

Total Interactive Media & Services

        461,192,480  
     

 

 

 

Media - 1.8%

     

Comcast Corp., Class A Shares

     2,830,761        141,509,742  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

     

T-Mobile US Inc.

     453,849        49,092,846
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        846,167,366  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 8.9%      

Automobiles - 0.6%

     

General Motors Co.

     952,859        50,244,255
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.8%

     

Toll Brothers Inc.

     987,936        58,258,586  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 3.0%

     

Amazon.com Inc.

     78,402        234,537,231
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 4.5%

     

Home Depot Inc.

     604,464        221,826,199  

TJX Cos. Inc.

     1,716,025        123,502,319  
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        345,328,518  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        688,368,590  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.1%      

Beverages - 2.1%

     

Coca-Cola Co.

     1,222,111        74,560,992  

PepsiCo Inc.

     502,880        87,259,738  
     

 

 

 

Total Beverages

        161,820,730  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.8%

     

Walmart Inc.

     988,791        138,242,870  
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

     

Mondelez International Inc., Class A Shares

     985,753        66,075,023  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

ClearBridge Appreciation Fund 2022 Quarterly Report    

 

 

 

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CLEARBRIDGE APPRECIATION FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2022
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)   

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Household Products - 1.4%

     

Procter & Gamble Co.

     657,617      $ 105,514,648  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        471,653,271  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 4.3%      

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.3%

     

Chevron Corp.

     867,904        113,981,832  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     1,069,031        81,203,595  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

     1,992,438        34,588,724  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     477,622        104,546,679  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        334,320,830  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 13.4%      

Banks - 6.2%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     3,151,652        145,417,223  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,647,145        244,765,747  

SVB Financial Group

     39,903        23,299,362

Truist Financial Corp.

     309,900        19,467,918  

US Bancorp

     808,599        47,052,376  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        480,002,626  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.2%

     

CME Group Inc.

     240,305        55,149,997  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

     322,839        40,890,788  
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

        96,040,785  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 3.1%

     

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A Shares

     504        236,781,720
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.9%

     

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

     388,695        27,935,510  

Progressive Corp.

     328,630        35,708,936  

Travelers Cos. Inc.

     964,406        160,264,989  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        223,909,435  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        1,036,734,566  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 11.6%      

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.0%

     

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     152,300        38,705,522  

Medtronic PLC

     373,227        38,625,262  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

        77,330,784  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.5%

     

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     414,463        195,862,780  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.3%

     

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

     305,342        177,495,305  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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    ClearBridge Appreciation Fund 2022 Quarterly Report

 


CLEARBRIDGE APPRECIATION FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2022
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)   

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Pharmaceuticals - 5.8%

     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     232,520      $ 57,058,083  

Johnson & Johnson

     933,788        160,882,335  

Merck & Co. Inc.

     1,521,242        123,950,798  

Pfizer Inc.

     1,948,863        102,685,591  
     

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

        444,576,807  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        895,265,676  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 8.3%      

Aerospace & Defense - 1.9%

     

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     38,320        14,174,568  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     1,490,294        134,409,616  
     

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

        148,584,184  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 1.5%

     

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B Shares

     564,497        114,146,938  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.4%

     

Waste Management Inc.

     684,934        103,041,471  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.4%

     

Eaton Corp. PLC

     189,371        30,002,048  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.0%

     

Honeywell International Inc.

     757,417        154,876,628  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

     

Otis Worldwide Corp.

     279,078        23,841,634  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.8%

     

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

     541,252        38,645,393  

Union Pacific Corp.

     101,881        24,914,998  
     

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

        63,560,391  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        638,053,294  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 26.0%      

Communications Equipment - 1.4%

     

Arista Networks Inc.

     405,162        50,365,688

Cisco Systems Inc.

     1,084,365        60,366,600  
     

 

 

 

Total Communications Equipment

        110,732,288  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3%

     

Teledyne Technologies Inc.

     60,533        25,510,422
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 4.8%

     

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

     555,572        114,542,279  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

     531,766        63,769,379  

Visa Inc., Class A Shares

     854,717        193,311,344  
     

 

 

 

Total IT Services

        371,623,002  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

ClearBridge Appreciation Fund 2022 Quarterly Report    

 

 

 

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CLEARBRIDGE APPRECIATION FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2022
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)   

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.9%

     

ASML Holding NV, Registered Shares

     112,199      $ 75,981,163  

Enphase Energy Inc.

     209,741        29,462,318

Texas Instruments Inc.

     236,360        42,424,257  
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        147,867,738  
     

 

 

 

Software - 11.3%

     

Adobe Inc.

     207,699        110,973,576

Microsoft Corp.

     2,080,691        647,053,287  

Oracle Corp.

     773,698        62,793,329  

salesforce.com Inc.

     214,249        49,840,745
     

 

 

 

Total Software

        870,660,937  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 6.3%

     

Apple Inc.

     2,757,930        482,031,005  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        2,008,425,392  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 7.0%      

Chemicals - 4.6%

     

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

     387,874        109,427,013  

Ecolab Inc.

     289,779        54,898,631  

PPG Industries Inc.

     807,971        126,205,070  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

     213,427        61,148,970  
     

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

        351,679,684  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.6%

     

Vulcan Materials Co.

     240,964        45,857,859  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.9%

     

Ball Corp.

     716,342        69,556,808  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.9%

     

ArcelorMittal SA, Registered Shares

     2,339,822        69,399,121  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        536,493,472  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 1.3%      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.3%

     

American Tower Corp.

     382,767        96,265,900  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.6%      

Electric Utilities - 0.3%

     

NextEra Energy Inc.

     263,788        20,607,118  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.3%

     

Sempra Energy

     189,740        26,214,479  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

        46,821,597  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $2,386,569,269)

 

 

     7,598,569,954  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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    ClearBridge Appreciation Fund 2022 Quarterly Report

 


CLEARBRIDGE APPRECIATION FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2022
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)   

 

SECURITY

   RATE     SHARES      VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3%        

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

     0.006     17,706,102      $ 17,706,102  

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

     0.010     4,426,526        4,426,526 (a)  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $22,132,628)

          22,132,628  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.8%

(Cost - $2,408,701,897)

          7,620,702,582  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.2%

          91,389,467  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 7,712,092,049  
       

 

 

 

 

*

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 January 31, 2022, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $4,426,526 and the cost was $4,426,526 (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 Appreciation Fund 2022 Quarterly Report    

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Appreciation Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Investment 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 (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†

   $ 7,598,569,954        —          —        $ 7,598,569,954  

Short-Term Investments†

     22,132,628        —          —          22,132,628  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 7,620,702,582        —          —        $ 7,620,702,582  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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 January 31, 2022. The following transactions were effected in such company for the period ended January 31, 2022.

 

    Affiliate
Value at
October 31,

2021
    Purchased     Sold     Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Affiliate
Value at
January 31,
2022
 
  Cost     Shares     Cost     Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares   $ 22,369,074     $ 31,507,959       31,507,959     $ 49,450,507       49,450,507       —       $ 256       —       $ 4,426,526  

 

 

 

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