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CLEARBRIDGE VARIABLE LARGE CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    March 31, 2024

(Percentages shown based on Portfolio net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 98.4%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 9.9%      

Entertainment - 3.9%

     

Netflix Inc.

     33,000      $ 20,041,890
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 6.0%

     

Meta Platforms Inc., Class A Shares

     64,116        31,133,447  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        51,175,337  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.4%      

Automobile Components - 0.7%

     

Aptiv PLC

     46,862        3,732,558
     

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.5%

     

Tesla Inc.

     15,700        2,759,903
     

 

 

 

Broadline Retail - 8.0%

     

Amazon.com Inc.

     228,600        41,234,868
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%

     

NIKE Inc., Class B Shares

     63,400        5,958,332  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        53,685,661  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.6%      

Beverages - 1.5%

     

Monster Beverage Corp.

     134,800        7,990,944
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.8%

     

Target Corp.

     53,000        9,392,130  
     

 

 

 

Personal Care Products - 1.3%

     

Estee Lauder Cos. Inc., Class A Shares

     43,700        6,736,355  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        24,119,429  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 9.6%      

Capital Markets - 2.3%

     

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

     25,500        3,504,465  

S&P Global Inc.

     19,932        8,480,069  
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

        11,984,534  
     

 

 

 

Financial Services - 5.9%

     

PayPal Holdings Inc.

     98,756        6,615,665

Visa Inc., Class A Shares

     85,587        23,885,620  
     

 

 

 

Total Financial Services

        30,501,285  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.4%

     

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.

     36,100        7,435,878  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        49,921,697  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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CLEARBRIDGE VARIABLE LARGE CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2024

(Percentages shown based on Portfolio net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
HEALTH CARE - 14.0%      

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 5.5%

     

Alcon Inc.

     96,100      $ 8,004,169  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.

     27,270        10,883,184

Stryker Corp.

     26,900        9,626,703  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

        28,514,056  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.9%

     

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     30,574        15,124,958  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.6%

     

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

     23,129        13,442,806  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.0%

     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     11,300        8,790,948  

Zoetis Inc.

     40,674        6,882,448  
     

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

        15,673,396  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        72,755,216  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 11.0%      

Aerospace & Defense - 1.5%

     

RTX Corp.

     80,790        7,879,449  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.9%

     

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B Shares

     31,824        4,730,001  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 2.3%

     

Eaton Corp. PLC

     38,080        11,906,854  
     

 

 

 

Ground Transportation - 3.6%

     

Uber Technologies Inc.

     146,785        11,300,977

Union Pacific Corp.

     30,100        7,402,493  
     

 

 

 

Total Ground Transportation

        18,703,470  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.7%

     

W.W. Grainger Inc.

     13,527        13,761,017  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        56,980,791  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 34.5%      

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 12.2%

     

ASML Holding NV, Registered Shares

     10,420        10,112,298  

Intel Corp.

     120,000        5,300,399  

NVIDIA Corp.

     52,988        47,877,837  
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        63,290,534  
     

 

 

 

Software - 18.6%

     

Adobe Inc.

     19,248        9,712,541

Atlassian Corp., Class A Shares

     29,030        5,664,043

Intuit Inc.

     10,700        6,955,000  

Microsoft Corp.

     100,612        42,329,481  

Palo Alto Networks Inc.

     36,739        10,438,652

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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CLEARBRIDGE VARIABLE LARGE CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2024

(Percentages shown based on Portfolio net assets)

 

SECURITY

    SHARES      VALUE  

Software - continued

       

Salesforce Inc.

       40,810      $ 12,291,156  

Workday Inc., Class A Shares

       33,530        9,145,307
       

 

 

 

Total Software

          96,536,180  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.7%

       

Apple Inc.

       110,862        19,010,616  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

          178,837,330  
       

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 2.0%        

Chemicals - 2.0%

       

Sherwin-Williams Co.

       29,200        10,142,036  
       

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 1.4%        

Specialized REITs - 1.4%

       

Equinix Inc.

       8,709        7,187,799  
       

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 1.0%        

Electric Utilities - 1.0%

       

NextEra Energy Inc.

       79,800        5,100,018  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $229,916,852)

          509,905,314  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.7%        

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

     5.155     4,490,789        4,490,789 (a)  

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

     5.242     4,490,789        4,490,789 (a)(b) 
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $8,981,578)

          8,981,578  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.1%
(Cost - $238,898,430)

          518,886,892  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.1)%

          (575,445
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 518,311,447  
       

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

(b)

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Portfolio 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 Portfolio. At March 31, 2024, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $4,490,789 and the cost was $4,490,789 (Note 2).

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Portfolio’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Portfolio is available in the Portfolio’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Variable 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.

Shares of the Portfolio may only be purchased or redeemed through variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies offered by the separate accounts of participating insurance companies or through eligible pension or other qualified plans.

The Portfolio follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (“ASC 946”). The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including, but not limited to, ASC 946.

(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 Portfolio holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Portfolio 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 Portfolio calculates its net asset value, the Portfolio values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the Portfolio’s manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Portfolio’s manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Portfolio’s manager and the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Portfolio, 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.

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 Portfolio 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.

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

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 – unadjusted 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 Portfolio’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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’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†

   $ 509,905,314        —         —       $ 509,905,314  

Short-Term Investments†

     8,981,578        —         —         8,981,578  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 518,886,892        —         —       $ 518,886,892  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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 Portfolio owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Portfolio. The following company was considered an affiliated company for all or some portion of the period ended March 31, 2024. The following transactions were effected in such company for the period ended March 31, 2024.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,

2023
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Dividend
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
March 31,
2024
 
   Cost      Shares      Proceeds      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares    $ 5,573,208      $ 13,809,135        13,809,135      $ 14,891,554        14,891,554        —       $ 56,744        —       $ 4,490,789  

 

 

 

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