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CODE OF ETHICS
OF
CLEARBRIDGE ADVISORS1
 
 
SCOPE AND PURPOSE 
 
Set forth below is the Code of Ethics (the "Code") for ClearBridge Advisors, LLC and 
ClearBridge Asset Management Inc (collectively, “ClearBridge"), as required by Rule 
204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), 
and Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 
“Investment Company Act”). 
 
This Code is based on the principle that ClearBridge and its employees owe a fiduciary 
duty to ClearBridge’s clients, and that all persons covered by this code must therefore 
avoid activities, interests and relationships that might (i) present a conflict of interest or 
the appearance of a conflict of interest, or (ii) otherwise interfere with ClearBridge’s 
ability to make decisions in the best interests of any of its clients. 
 
This Code of Ethics applies to all officers, directors and employees (full and part time) of 
ClearBridge and certain employees of Legg Mason & Co., LLC and Legg Mason 
Technology Services, Inc. who directly support ClearBridge and who have been 
informed that they are so designated ("Access Persons"). 
 
 
STATEMENT OF POLICIES 
 
(A) STANDARDS OF BUSINESS CONDUCT 
 
All Access Persons must comply with the following standards of business conduct: 
 
Clients Come First. At all times, Access Persons are required to place the 
interests of clients before their own and not to take inappropriate advantage of 
their position with ClearBridge. An Access Person may not induce or cause a 
client to take action, or not to take action, for the Access Person's personal 
benefit, rather than for the benefit of the client. 
 
Do Not Take Advantage. Access Persons may not use their knowledge of open, 
executed, or pending portfolio transactions to profit by the market effect of such 
transactions, nor may they use their knowledge of transactions or portfolio 
holdings of investment companies managed by ClearBridge to engage in short 
term or other abusive trading. 

 

1 This Code of Ethics pertains to ClearBridge Advisors, LLC and ClearBridge Asset Management Inc. 
(collectively, “ClearBridge”). 

 



Avoid Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts of interest may arise in situations where client 
relationships may tempt preferential treatment, e.g., where account size or fee structure 
would make it more beneficial for the adviser to allocate certain trades to a client. 
Conflicts of interest may also arise in connection with securities transactions by 
employees of the adviser, especially those employees who are aware of actual 
transactions or client holdings or transactions under consideration for clients. 
 
Compliance policies and procedures have been adopted by ClearBridge in order to 
meet all legal obligations to our clients, particularly those arising under the federal 
securities laws and ERISA. Procedures have been instituted to mitigate or obviate 
actual or potential conflicts of interest. The Compliance Department's role is to ensure 
that appropriate procedures are adopted by the business and to monitor to ascertain 
that such procedures are followed. Any questions relating to this Code or other policies 
or procedures should be addressed to the Compliance Department. 
 
(B) CONFIDENTIALITY 
 
Access Persons are expected to honor the confidential nature of company and 
client affairs. Confidential information shall not be communicated outside of 
ClearBridge or to other affiliated companies of Legg Mason, in compliance with the 
Information Barrier Policy, and shall only be communicated within ClearBridge on a 
"need to know" basis. 
 
Access Persons must also avoid making unnecessary disclosure of ANY internal 
information concerning ClearBridge, Legg Mason, or their affiliates and their 
business relationships. 
 
For information relating to “material non-public information” and “insider trading,” 
please see ClearBridge’s Policy on Material Non-Public Information on the intranet 
site.   
 
(C) REQUIREMENTS 
 
(i)  All Access Persons who are subject to this Code are required to comply with 
  all federal securities laws applicable to ClearBridge's business. 
 
(ii)  All Access Persons are required to comply with the Personal Securities 
  Transactions Policy incorporated herein. 
 
(D) DUTY TO REPORT AND NON-RETALIATION POLICY 
 
Should an employee become aware of any conduct which the employee believes may 
constitute a violation of this Code, the law, or any ClearBridge policy, the employee 
must promptly report such conduct to the Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee. 
All information about potential or suspected violations reported to the Chief Compliance 
Officer will be investigated and the identity of the reporting person will be kept 

 



confidential. ClearBridge's policy prohibits any retaliatory action against a reporting 
person, including discharge, demotion, suspension, threats or harassment. 
 
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CODE 
 
The Human Resources Department is responsible for ensuring that a copy of the Code 
is delivered to all persons at the commencement of their employment with ClearBridge. 
As a condition of continuing employment, each employee is required to acknowledge, in 
writing (See Exhibit A), receipt of a copy of the Code and that he or she understands 
his/her obligations and responsibilities hereunder within 10 days of becoming an Access 
Person subject to this Code. Each Access Person is also obligated to acknowledge 
receipt of any amendments to the Code. On an annual basis, each Access Person 
must certify that s/he has complied with the Code. 
 
Monitoring for compliance with the Code shall be conducted by the Compliance 
Department. Any violation of this Code by employees will be considered serious and 
may result in disciplinary action, which may include the unwinding of trades, 
disgorgement of profits, monetary fine or censure and suspension or termination of 
employment. Any violation of this Code will be reported by the Compliance Department 
to the person’s supervisor, and, as appropriate, to ClearBridge’s Management 
Committee and/or to the Chief Compliance Officers of any funds managed by 
ClearBridge. 
 
QUESTIONS 
 
All questions about an individual's responsibilities and obligations under the Code of 
Ethics should be referred to ClearBridge's Chief Compliance Officer or her designee. 
 
 
OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS 
 
Personnel are prohibited from serving on the board of directors of any publicly listed or 
traded company (other than Legg Mason, Inc. or its proprietary registered investment 
companies) or of any company whose securities are held in any client portfolio, except 
with the prior authorization (See Exhibit B) of (i) the Chief Executive Officer of 
ClearBridge or, in his/her absence, the Chief Operating Officer, and (ii) the General 
Counsel of Legg Mason, Inc, or his/her designee, based upon a determination that the 
board service would be consistent with the best interests of ClearBridge’s clients. If 
permission to serve as a director is given, the company will be placed on the Restricted 
List. Transactions in that company's securities for client and personal securities 
accounts will only be authorized when certification has been obtained from that 
company's Secretary or similar officer that its directors are not in possession of material 
price sensitive information with respect to its securities. 

 



PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS POLICY
 
POLICY STATEMENT 
 
While employees are neither prohibited from holding individual securities nor engaging 
in individual securities transactions, by promulgating this Policy, ClearBridge is not 
endorsing or encouraging such activity. ClearBridge recognizes that in its role as an 
investment adviser, its responsibility is to its clients and their investments. Clients 
always come first. ClearBridge believes that its primary obligation is that any potential 
investment first be considered from the perspective of its appropriateness for any client 
portfolios. Only after it is determined that it is not appropriate for any client should an 
employee consider it for a personal account. 
 
SUMMARY 
 
All Access Persons are subject to the restrictions contained in this Personal Securities 
Transactions Policy (the "Policy") with respect to their securities transactions. The 
following serves as a summary of the most common restrictions. Please refer to specific 
sections that follow this summary for more detail, including definitions of persons 
covered by this Policy, accounts covered by this Policy ("Covered Accounts"), securities 
covered by this Policy ("Covered Securities"), reports required by this Policy (“Reports”) 
and the procedures for compliance with this Policy. 
 
  All purchases or sales of equity securities and securities convertible into equity 
  securities (generally, stocks, convertible bonds and their equivalents) by employees, 
  and certain of their family members, must be precleared, except as noted below. 
 
  All employees must execute their transactions in Covered Securities through 
  approved broker/dealers which are broker/dealers who feed transaction and holding 
  information to ClearBridge through Protogent PTA® (“Approved Brokers”). The list 
  of Approved Brokers is on the PTA site. Permission to use a non-approved broker 
  will only be granted in exigent circumstances (See Exhibit C). 
 
  Portfolio Managers and Portfolio Research Analysts are prohibited from purchasing 
  or selling a Covered Security within seven calendar days before or after an account 
  managed by them has traded in the same (or a related) security, unless a de 
  minimis exception applies. This includes a change in a model utilized in an “SMA” or 
  “wrap” program. 
 
  All other Investment Personnel (as defined below) are prohibited from transacting in 
  a Covered Security on any day a client is trading in such security, unless a de 
  minimis exception applies. 
 
  All other Access Persons are prohibited from transacting in a Covered Security on 
  any day a client is trading in such security, unless a de minimis exception applies. 

 



  De Minimis Exception: There is a de minimis exception pertaining to transactions of 
  up to 500 shares in any 7 calendar day period of a large cap US equity ($10 billion 
  or greater in market cap) or the equivalent number of shares of non-US large cap 
  companies trading in the US as American Depository Receipts or American 
  Depository Shares (“ADRs”). 
 
  Employees are prohibited from profiting from the purchase and sale or sale and 
  purchase of a Covered Security, or a related security, within 60 calendar days. 
 
  Portfolio Managers are prohibited from buying securities, directly or indirectly, in an 
  initial public offering. Any other Access Person wishing to buy securities, directly or 
  indirectly, in an initial public offering must receive prior permission from the Chief 
  Investment Officer (or his designee) and the Chief Compliance Officer (or her 
  designee). 
 
  Any employee wishing to buy securities, directly or indirectly, in a private placement 
  must receive prior permission from the Chief Compliance Officer and his/her 
  immediate supervisor (See Exhibit D). 
 
  All employees must report all trades in Reportable Funds, as defined, below. 
 
  Funds managed by ClearBridge (“Managed Funds”): 
 
  o  Shares must be held in an Approved Brokerage Account (except if they are in 
    the Legg Mason 401(k) plan or held directly by the transfer agent of the Legg 
    Mason Partners Funds). Compliance must be notified of directly-held LMP 
    Funds.). 
  o  Shares are subject to a 60 day holding period, as explained below. 
 
 
DEFINITIONS 
 
ACCESS PERSON means all employees, directors or officers of ClearBridge and any 
employee of Legg Mason & Co., LLC (“LM & Co.”) and Legg Mason Technology 
Services, Inc. (“LMTS”) whose duties primarily involve directly supporting ClearBridge’s 
business and who have been notified that they are subject to this Code and such other 
persons as the Chief Compliance Officer shall designate. 
 
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Code does not cover any individual 
covered under the Legg Mason & Co., LLC Code of Ethics (the “Legg Mason Access 
Persons”), including, without limitation: 
 
(1) the Legg Mason representatives on the Clearbridge Board of Directors; and 
 
(2) any other employee of Legg Mason and Co., LLC who may be considered an 
  “Access Person” to ClearBridge (as such term is defined in Rule 204a-1 under the 

 



  Advisers Act), unless such person has been designated as an Access Person 
  subject to this Code by the Chief Compliance Officer. 
 
ClearBridge hereby delegates to the Legg Mason Legal and Compliance Department 
responsibility for monitoring the Legg Mason Access Persons’ compliance with the Legg 
Mason & Co., LLC Code of Ethics and for enforcing the provisions of the Legg Mason 
Code of Ethics against such persons. 
 
INVESTMENT PERSONNEL means any Access Person who is a portfolio manager, 
analyst or trader and any other person so designated by the Chief Compliance Officer. 
 
PORTFOLIO RESEARCH ANALYST means any research analyst who supports one or 
more specific management teams and who has been designated as such by the Chief 
Compliance Officer. 
 
COVERED SECURITIES means stocks, notes, bonds, closed-end funds, off shore 
funds, hedge funds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), debentures, and other evidences 
of indebtedness, including senior debt, subordinated debt, investment contracts, 
commodity contracts and futures. Managed Funds and Reportable Funds, as defined 
herein, are also Covered Securities. The same limitations of this Code pertain to 
transactions in a security related to a Covered Security, such as an option to purchase 
or sell a Covered Security and any security convertible into or exchangeable for a 
Covered Security. 
 
COVERED ACCOUNTS means an account in which Covered Securities are owned by 
you or an account in which you have a Beneficial Interest, as defined below. A Covered 
Account includes all accounts that could hold Covered Securities in which the Access 
Person has a Beneficial Interest regardless of what, if any, securities are maintained in 
such accounts (thus, even if an account does not hold Covered Securities, if it has the 
capability of holding Covered Securities, the account must be disclosed). Funds held 
directly with fund companies do not need to be disclosed if no Managed Funds (as 
defined below) or Reportable Funds (as defined below) are held in such accounts. 
Qualified Tuition Programs (“Section 529 plans” or “College Savings Plans”) are not 
subject to this Policy. 
 
SECURITIES AND TRANSACTIONS NOT COVERED BY THIS POLICY ARE: 
 
  shares in any open-end US registered investment company (mutual fund), which is 
  not managed, advised or sub-advised by ClearBridge or a Legg Mason affiliate 
 
  shares issued by money market funds, including Reportable Funds 
 
  shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more 
  open-end funds other than reportable Funds 
 
  securities which are direct obligations of the U.S. Government (i.e., Treasuries) 

 



bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, repurchase 
agreements and other high quality short-term debt instruments2 
 
 
IF A SECURITY IS NOT COVERED BY THIS POLICY, YOU MAY PURCHASE OR 
SELL IT WITHOUT OBTAINING PRECLEARANCE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO 
REPORT IT. 
 
APPROVED BROKER means any broker/dealer who feeds transaction and holding 
information to ClearBridge through Protogent PTA®. 
 
MANAGED FUNDS means US registered investment companies advised or subadvised 
by ClearBridge. They can include proprietary as well as non-proprietary funds. 
 
REPORTABLE FUNDS means US registered investment companies advised or 
subadvised by any advisory affiliate of ClearBridge. They can include proprietary and 
non-proprietary funds. 
 
BENEFICIAL INTEREST means the opportunity, directly or indirectly, through any 
contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, to share at any time in 
any profit derived from a transaction in a Covered Security. 
 
You are deemed to have a Beneficial Interest in the following: 
 
(1)  any Security owned individually by you; 
 
(2)  any Security owned jointly by you with others (for example, joint accounts, 
  spousal accounts, partnerships, trusts and controlling interests in 
  corporations); and 
 
(3)  any Security in which a member of your Immediate Family has a Beneficial 
  Interest if the Security is held in an account over which you have decision 
  making authority (for example, you act as trustee, executor, or guardian). 
 
 
You are deemed to have a Beneficial Interest in accounts held by your spouse 
(including his/her IRA accounts), minor children and other members of your immediate 
family (children, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, step parents, grandparents, 
siblings, in-laws and adoptive relationships) who share your household. In addition, you 
are deemed to have a Beneficial Interest in accounts maintained by your domestic 
partner (an unrelated adult with whom you share your home and contribute to each 

 

2 High quality short-term debt instruments means any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less 
than 366 days and which is rated in one of the highest two rating categories by a Nationally Recognized 
Statistical Rating Organization, or which is unrated but is of comparable quality. 

 



other's support). This presumption may be rebutted by convincing evidence that the 
profits derived from transactions in the Covered Securities will not provide you with any 
economic benefit. 
 
You have a Beneficial Interest in the following: 
 
  Your interest as a general partner in Covered Securities held by a general or 
  limited partnership; 
  Your interest as a manager-member in the Covered Securities held by a limited 
  liability company; 
  Your interest as a member of an “investment club” or an organization that is 
  formed for the purpose of investing a pool of monies in Covered Securities; 
  Your ownership of Covered Securities as trustee where either you or members of 
  your immediate family have a vested interest in the principal of income of the 
  trust; 
  Your ownership of a vested interest in a trust; 
  Your status as a settler or a trust, unless the consent of all of the beneficiaries is 
  required in order for you to revoke the trust. 
 
You do not have a Beneficial Interest in Covered Securities held by a corporation, 
partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which you hold an equity interest 
unless you are a controlling equity holder or you have or share investment control over 
the Covered Securities held by the entity. 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO WHETHER AN ACCOUNT FALLS WITHIN THE 
DEFINITION OF COVERED ACCOUNT OR WHETHER YOU WOULD BE DEEMED 
TO HAVE A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN ACCOUNT, PLEASE SEE COMPLIANCE. 
 
 
BLACK OUT PERIODS 
 
Portfolio Managers - In order to prevent buying or selling securities in competition 
with orders for clients, or from taking advantage of knowledge of securities being 
considered for purchase or sale for clients3 , Portfolio Managers and the Portfolio 
Research Analysts working directly with the Portfolio Manager on his/her portfolios 
will not be able to execute a trade in a Covered Security within seven calendar days 
before or after an account managed by said Portfolio Manager has traded in the 
same (or a related) security. The blackout period also pertains to situations when 
the Portfolio Manager changes a model utilized in an “SMA” or “wrap” program. 

 

3 A security is "being considered for purchase or sale" when a recommendation to purchase or sell a 
security has been made or communicated and, with respect to the person making the recommendation, 
when such person seriously considers making such a recommendation. 

 



Research Analysts - For purposes of the Vision Fund, a research analyst is deemed 
to be a portfolio manager for his/her sleeve of the Fund and is subject to the 14 day 
blackout period for purchases and sales made at his/her direction. 
 
Investment Personnel are precluded from executing a trade in a Covered Security 
on the same day that there is a client order for the same (or a related) security, 
unless a de minimis exception applies.   
 
All Other Access Persons are precluded from executing a trade in a Covered 
Security on the same day that there is a client order for the same (or a related) 
security, unless a de minimis exception applies. 
 
De Minimis exception: Transactions involving shares in certain companies traded on 
US stock exchanges or the NASDAQ will be approved regardless of whether there are 
outstanding client orders. The exception applies to transactions involving no more than 
500 shares, during any 7 calendar day period, per issuer (or the equivalent number 
of shares represented by ADRs) in securities of companies with market capitalizations 
of $10 billion or more. In the case of options, an employee may purchase or sell up to 5 
option contracts to control up to 500 shares in the underlying security of such large cap 
company.   
 
  Preclearance is required for all de minimis transactions. 
 
 
HOLDING PERIODS   
 
TRADES BY EMPLOYEES IN MANAGED FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 60 
CALENDAR DAY HOLDING PERIOD. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR 
BOUGHT BACK WITHIN 60 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL 
TRANSACTION WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE 
OFFICER.   
 
ACCESS PERSONS CANNOT PURCHASE OR SELL THE SAME COVERED 
SECURITY WITHIN 60 CALENDAR DAYS IF SUCH TRANSACTIONS WILL RESULT 
IN A PROFIT.   
 
The Short Term Trading Prohibition does not pertain to individual stock options that are 
part of a hedged position where the underlying stock has been held for more than 60 
calendar days and the entire position (including the underlying security) is closed out. 
 
PRECLEARANCE   
 
Preclearance is obtained through the Personal Trading Assistant found under 
“Compliance” on the ClearBridge intranet site. 

 



  Preclearance is valid until close of business on the business day during which 
  preclearance was obtained. If the transaction has not been executed within that 
  timeframe, a new preclearance must be obtained. 
 
    IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE AN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING4 , YOU MUST 
    OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE CIO AND THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE 
    OFFICER (SEE, EXHIBIT F). PORTFOLIO MANAGERS CANNOT 
    PARTICIPATE IN IPOS FOR THEIR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS EXCEPT FOR 
    OFFERINGS OF CLOSED END FUNDS THAT ARE EITHER ADVISED OR 
    SUB-ADVISED BY CLEARBRIDGE.   
 
    IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE SECURITIES IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT,5 
    YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE 
    OFFICER AND YOUR SUPERVISOR. 
 
The following transactions do not require pre-clearance: 
 
  Transactions in a Covered Account over which the employee has no direct or 
  indirect influence or control such as where investment discretion is delegated in 
  writing to an independent fiduciary. Fully discretionary accounts managed by either 
  an internal or external registered investment adviser are permitted and may be 
  custodied away from an Approved Broker if (i) the employee receives permission 
  from the Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee; and (ii) there is no 
  communication between the manager and the employee with regard to investment 
  decisions prior to execution. The employee must designate that copies of periodic 
  (monthly or quarterly) statements that contain transaction information as detailed 
  under Reporting Requirements be sent to the Compliance Department; 
 
 
  Transactions in estate or trust accounts of which an employee or related person has 
  a beneficial ownership, but no power to affect investment decisions. There must be 
  no communication between the account(s) and the employee with regard to 
  investment decisions prior to execution. The employee must direct the trustee/bank 
  to furnish copies of statements that contain transaction information as detailed under 
  Reporting Requirements to the Compliance Department; 
 
  Transactions which are non-volitional on the part of the employee (i.e., the receipt of 
  securities pursuant to a stock dividend or merger, a gift or inheritance). However, the 
  sale of securities acquired in a non-volitional manner is treated as any other 
  transaction and subject to pre-clearance.   

 

4 An IPO is an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was 
not subject to reporting requirements under the federal securities laws. 
 
5 A private placement is an offering of securities that are not registered under the Securities Act because the offering qualified for an 
exemption from the registration provisions. 

 



  Sales pursuant to a bona fide tender offer.   
 
  Purchases of the stock of a company pursuant to an automatic investment plan 
  which is a program in which regular periodic purchases (or withdrawals) are made 
  automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined 
  schedule and allocation. An automatic investment plan includes a dividend 
  reinvestment plan. Payroll deduction contributions to 401(k) plans are deemed to 
  be pursuant to automatic investment plans. (Preclearance and reporting of 
  particular instances of dividend reinvestment is not required; annual reporting of 
  holdings is required).   
 
  The receipt or exercise of rights issued by a company on a pro rata basis to all 
  holders of a class of security and the sale of such rights. However, if you purchase 
  the rights from a third-party, the transaction must be pre-cleared. Likewise, the sale 
  of such rights must be pre-cleared.   
 
  Purchases and sales of Legg Mason’s publicly traded securities or the receipt or 
  exercise of an employee stock option under any of Legg Mason’s employee stock 
  plans. Note: All employees are subject to the Legg Mason, Inc. Policies and 
  Procedures Regarding Acquisitions and Disposition of Legg Mason Securities, which 
  is an exhibit to this Code.   
 
  Purchases of an employer’s securities done under a bona fide employee benefit plan 
  or the receipt or exercise of options in an employer’s securities done under a bona 
  fide employee stock option plan of a company not affiliated with Legg Mason by an 
  employee of that company who is a member of an Access Person’s immediate 
  family do not require preclearance. However, sales of the employer’s stock, whether 
  part of the employee benefit or stock option plans, do require preclearance and 
  reporting. Furthermore, employee benefit plans that allow the employee to buy or 
  sell Covered Securities other than those of the employer are subject to the 
  requirements of the Code, including preclearance, reporting and holding periods. 
 
  Any transaction involving non-financial commodities, futures (including currency 
  futures and futures on securities comprising part of a broad-based, publicly traded 
  market based index of stocks) and options on futures. 
 
  Any acquisition or disposition of a security in connection with an option-related 
  transaction that has been previously approved. For example, if you received 
  clearance to buy a call and then decide to exercise it, you are not required to obtain 
  preclearance in order to exercise the call.   
 
 
  Transactions involving options on broad-based indices, including, but not limited to, 
  the S&P 500, the S&P 100, NASDAQ 100, Russell 2000, Russell 1000, Russell 
  3000, Nikkei 300, NYSE Composite and the Wilshire Small Cap. 

 



  Access Persons desiring to make a bona fide6 gift or charitable contribution of 
  Covered Securities or who receive a bona fide gift of Covered Securities, including 
  an inheritance, do not need to preclear the transactions. However, such gift or 
  contribution must be reported in the next quarterly report (See “Reporting 
  Requirements”).   
  Fixed income investments other than fixed income securities convertible into equity 
  securities.   
  Transactions in Managed Funds and Reportable Funds. 
 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
 
All personnel are required to report the establishment of any new Covered Accounts 
established during the quarter to Compliance, even if the Covered Account is with an 
Approved Broker. Employees are also required to report to the Compliance 
Department the establishment of any account in a Managed Fund directly with the Legg 
Mason Partners Funds’ transfer agent. 
 
The Approved Brokers provide the Compliance Department with a daily report of all 
transactions executed by personnel. The Legg Mason Partners Funds’ transfer agent 
provides the Compliance Department with transactions in the Managed Funds. If you 
have received permission to maintain a Covered Account at other than an Approved 
Broker, including spousal accounts for which you received a waiver from the 
requirement to preclear, you must arrange for the broker to provide Compliance with the 
following information. 
 
Reports of Each Transaction in a Covered Security 
 
  No later than at the opening of business on the business day following the day of 
  execution of a trade for a Covered Account, Compliance must be provided with the 
  following information: 

 

name of security 
exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP 
nature of transaction (purchase, sale, etc.) 
number of shares/units or principal amount 
price of transaction 
date of trade 
name of broker 
the date the Access Person submits the report 

 

6 A bona fide gift or contribution is one where the donor does not receive anything of monetary value in 
return. 

 



Quarterly Reports 
 
If you have engaged in a transaction that did not require preclearance but did require 
reporting, please confirm that Compliance has received the required information, as 
follows: 
 
No later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each employee who 
maintains a Covered Account at other than an Approved Broker will provide Compliance 
with a report of all transactions in Covered Securities in the quarter, including the name 
of the Covered Security, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP, the number of shares 
and principal amount, whether it was a buy or sell, the price and the name of the broker 
through whom effected 
 
Annual Reports 
 
Within 45 days after the end of the calendar year, each employee must report all his/her 
holdings in Covered Securities as at December 31, including the title, exchange ticker 
symbol or CUSIP, number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security the 
employee owns (as defined above) and the names of all Covered Accounts. The report 
will be made through certification on the Personal Trading Assistant. Any holdings that 
do not appear should be provided to Compliance for entry in the system prior to 
certification. Any employee failing to certify within the required time period will not be 
allowed to engage in any personal securities transactions. 
 
 
OTHER REPORTS 
 
Initial Employment 
 
No later than 10 days after initial employment with ClearBridge, or notification of 
coverage under this Code, each employee must provide Compliance with a list of each 
Covered Security s/he owns (as defined above). The information provided, which must 
be current as of a date no more that 45 days prior to the date such person became an 
employee (or subject to this Code), must include the title of the security, the exchange 
ticker symbol or CUSIP, the number of shares owned (for equities) and principal amount 
(for debt securities), The employee must also provide information, which must include 
the name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the employee maintains an account 
in which any securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the employee. This 
information will be entered into the Personal Trading Assistant by Compliance and must 
be certified to, electronically, by the employee before the employee can effectuate any 
transactions. If the employee does not maintain a Covered Account with an Approved 
Broker, s/he will be given a reasonable amount of time to transfer the Covered 
Account(s) to an Approved Broker. 

 



Reportable Funds 
 
No later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, TRANSACTIONS IN 
REPORTABLE FUNDS (OTHER THAN THOSE MANAGED BY CLEARBRIDGE) 
MUST BE REPORTED. 
 
The information on personal securities transactions received and recorded will be 
deemed to satisfy the obligations contained in Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act and 
Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act. Such reports may, where appropriate, 
contain a statement to the effect that the reporting of the transaction is not to be 
construed as an admission that the person has any direct or indirect beneficial interest 
or ownership in the security. 
 
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CODE 
 
At least annually, the Chief Compliance Officer, on behalf of ClearBridge, will furnish to 
the boards or to the Chief Compliance Officer of any US registered investment company 
to which ClearBridge acts as adviser or subadviser, a written report that: 
 
(i) Describes any issues arising under the Code or this Policy since the last report to 
the board, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the 
Code or this Policy and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; 
and   
 
(ii) Certifies that the ClearBridge has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to 
prevent Access Persons from violating the Code or this Policy. 
 
 
Adopted:  February 14, 2007* 
Amended:  April 1, 2007 
Amended:  June 1, 2007 
Amended:  December 10, 2008 
Amended:  August 10, 2009 
Amended:  June 8, 2010 
 
 
*Amending and Restating the Code of Ethics 
adopted January 28, 2005, as amended. 
.