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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 98.1%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.0%      

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.2%

     

AT&T Inc.

     89,200      $ 1,496,776  

Verizon Communications Inc.

     90,900        3,426,930  
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

        4,923,706  
     

 

 

 

Media - 2.8%

     

Charter Communications Inc., Class A Shares

     2,100        816,228

Comcast Corp., Class A Shares

     101,100        4,433,235  

Fox Corp., Class A Shares

     9,300        275,931  

Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.

     8,900        290,496  

Omnicom Group Inc.

     5,800        501,758  
     

 

 

 

Total Media

        6,317,648  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        11,241,354  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.6%      

Automobile Components - 0.1%

     

Lear Corp.

     1,300        183,573  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.1%

     

Ford Motor Co.

     111,000        1,353,090  

General Motors Co.

     32,400        1,163,808  
     

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

        2,516,898  
     

 

 

 

Broadline Retail - 0.2%

     

eBay Inc.

     11,300        492,906  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.2%

     

H&R Block Inc.

     1,800        87,066  

Service Corp. International

     4,900        335,405  
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

        422,471  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.1%

     

Boyd Gaming Corp.

     2,300        144,003  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.9%

     

DR Horton Inc.

     10,200        1,550,196  

Lennar Corp., Class A Shares

     7,200        1,073,088  

NVR Inc.

     80        560,036

PulteGroup Inc.

     7,300        753,506  

Toll Brothers Inc.

     1,300        133,627  

TopBuild Corp.

     500        187,130
     

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

        4,257,583  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.1%

     

Brunswick Corp.

     1,900        183,825  

Mattel Inc.

     4,400        83,072
     

 

 

 

Total Leisure Products

        266,897  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Specialty Retail - 2.8%

     

AutoNation Inc.

     1,900      $ 285,342

Best Buy Co. Inc.

     5,100        399,228  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

     800        117,560  

Lithia Motors Inc.

     600        197,568  

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.

     20,400        4,540,020  

Murphy USA Inc.

     500        178,280  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

     1,800        288,918  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

     1,400        282,492  
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        6,289,408  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.1%

     

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A Shares

     2,000        33,080  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     900        129,780  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A Shares

     2,900        180,786
     

 

 

 

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

        343,646  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        14,917,385  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.0%      

Beverages - 0.2%

     

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.

     100        92,840  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B Shares

     4,600        281,566  
     

 

 

 

Total Beverages

        374,406  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 0.6%

     

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.

     1,600        106,656

Kroger Co.

     16,300        745,073  

Sysco Corp.

     7,000        511,910  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

        1,363,639  
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.1%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     15,400        1,112,188  

Bunge Global SA

     2,200        222,090  

Ingredion Inc.

     1,300        141,089  

Kraft Heinz Co.

     27,800        1,028,044  
     

 

 

 

Total Food Products

        2,503,411  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.1%

     

Altria Group Inc.

     40,100        1,617,634  

Philip Morris International Inc.

     34,300        3,226,944  
     

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

        4,844,578  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        9,086,034  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
ENERGY - 13.3%      

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

     

Halliburton Co.

     19,300      $ 697,695  

NOV Inc.

     5,500        111,540  
     

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

        809,235  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.9%

     

Antero Resources Corp.

     3,700        83,916

APA Corp.

     7,200        258,336  

Cheniere Energy Inc.

     5,300        904,763  

Chevron Corp.

     40,173        5,992,205  

Chord Energy Corp.

     600        99,738  

ConocoPhillips

     28,300        3,284,781  

Coterra Energy Inc.

     16,100        410,872  

EOG Resources Inc.

     16,300        1,971,485  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     87,800        8,778,244  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

     51,400        906,696  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     15,900        384,144  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     8,500        1,261,060  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     2,000        85,320  

New Fortress Energy Inc.

     2,800        105,644  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     20,700        1,235,997  

Phillips 66

     9,600        1,278,144  

Range Resources Corp.

     5,500        167,420  

Southwestern Energy Co.

     23,800        155,890

Valero Energy Corp.

     9,000        1,170,000  

Williams Cos. Inc.

     16,900        588,627  
     

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

        29,123,282  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        29,932,517  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 23.5%      

Banks - 8.5%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     109,800        3,696,966  

Citigroup Inc.

     41,300        2,124,472  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

     6,500        215,410  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

     900        97,641  

Huntington Bancshares Inc.

     20,100        255,672  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     67,100        11,413,710  

KeyCorp

     13,000        187,200  

M&T Bank Corp.

     2,300        315,284  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

     5,500        851,675  

Webster Financial Corp.

     2,500        126,900  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        19,284,930  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Capital Markets - 5.3%

     

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

     2,500      $ 949,575  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     19,200        999,360  

Carlyle Group Inc.

     7,700        313,313  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

     7,700        2,970,429  

Invesco Ltd.

     10,400        185,536  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

     5,800        234,378  

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

     1,500        341,430  

Morgan Stanley

     38,600        3,599,450  

Northern Trust Corp.

     2,900        244,702  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

     4,600        512,900  

Robinhood Markets Inc., Class A Shares

     9,200        117,208

SEI Investments Co.

     1,300        82,615  

State Street Corp.

     7,900        611,934  

Stifel Financial Corp.

     2,300        159,045  

T. Rowe Price Group Inc.

     4,900        527,681  
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

        11,849,556  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.4%

     

Ally Financial Inc.

     6,400        223,488  

American Express Co.

     16,800        3,147,312  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     8,000        1,048,960  

Discover Financial Services

     6,100        685,640  

Synchrony Financial

     10,200        389,538  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

        5,494,938  
     

 

 

 

Financial Services - 1.1%

     

Equitable Holdings Inc.

     9,300        309,690  

Fiserv Inc.

     11,400        1,514,376

Global Payments Inc.

     5,500        698,500  
     

 

 

 

Total Financial Services

        2,522,566  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.2%

     

Aflac Inc.

     15,000        1,237,500  

American Financial Group Inc.

     1,600        190,224  

American International Group Inc.

     15,100        1,023,025  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

     8,500        631,295

Assurant Inc.

     1,000        168,490  

Chubb Ltd.

     9,600        2,169,600  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     3,400        351,764  

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

     6,100        311,222  

First American Financial Corp.

     2,200        141,768  

Globe Life Inc.

     2,000        243,440  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

     7,700        618,926  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Insurance - (continued)

     

Loews Corp.

     5,800      $ 403,622  

Markel Group Inc.

     230        326,577

MetLife Inc.

     19,600        1,296,148  

Old Republic International Corp.

     6,900        202,860  

Primerica Inc.

     700        144,032  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

     5,800        456,286  

Prudential Financial Inc.

     8,600        891,906  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

     1,400        226,492  

Travelers Cos. Inc.

     10,300        1,962,047  

Unum Group

     4,600        208,012  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     1,400        337,680  

WR Berkley Corp.

     6,200        438,464  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        13,981,380  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        53,133,370  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 18.4%      

Biotechnology - 5.7%

     

AbbVie Inc.

     40,200        6,229,794  

Amgen Inc.

     12,200        3,513,844  

Biogen Inc.

     3,000        776,310

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     28,400        2,300,684  
     

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

        12,820,632  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.7%

     

Medtronic PLC

     18,400        1,515,792  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 7.1%

     

Cardinal Health Inc.

     5,900        594,720  

Cencora Inc.

     5,800        1,191,204  

Centene Corp.

     7,400        549,154

Cigna Group

     7,300        2,185,985  

CVS Health Corp.

     17,900        1,413,384  

DaVita Inc.

     1,900        199,044

Elevance Health Inc.

     6,900        3,253,764  

HCA Healthcare Inc.

     9,300        2,517,324  

Henry Schein Inc.

     2,800        211,988

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     2,400        545,496  

McKesson Corp.

     4,600        2,129,708  

Molina Healthcare Inc.

     800        289,048

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

     3,800        523,944  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     2,000        151,140

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B Shares

     2,500        381,100  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

        16,137,003  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Pharmaceuticals - 4.9%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     33,400      $ 5,235,116  

Merck & Co. Inc.

     49,900        5,440,098  

Viatris Inc.

     25,800        279,414  
     

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

        10,954,628  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        41,428,055  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 10.7%      

Aerospace & Defense - 1.6%

     

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

     700        181,748  

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

     2,600        547,612  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     5,400        2,447,496  

Textron Inc.

     6,200        498,604  
     

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

        3,675,460  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%

     

FedEx Corp.

     5,800        1,467,226  
     

 

 

 

Building Products - 1.4%

     

Allegion PLC

     2,000        253,380  

Builders FirstSource Inc.

     3,400        567,596

Carlisle Cos. Inc.

     1,100        343,673  

Fortune Brands Innovations Inc.

     2,800        213,192  

Johnson Controls International PLC

     14,500        835,780  

Masco Corp.

     7,200        482,256  

Owens Corning

     2,900        429,867  

UFP Industries Inc.

     700        87,885  
     

 

 

 

Total Building Products

        3,213,629  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

     

Regal Rexnord Corp.

     900        133,218  
     

 

 

 

Ground Transportation - 1.0%

     

Avis Budget Group Inc.

     800        141,808  

CSX Corp.

     43,100        1,494,277  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

     3,600        207,540  

U-Haul Holding Co.

     400        28,720

U-Haul Holding Co., Non Voting Shares

     4,000        281,760  
     

 

 

 

Total Ground Transportation

        2,154,105  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 4.8%

     

AGCO Corp.

     1,800        218,538  

Caterpillar Inc.

     11,000        3,252,370  

Cummins Inc.

     3,100        742,667  

Deere & Co.

     6,300        2,519,181  

Dover Corp.

     3,100        476,811  

Middleby Corp.

     1,000        147,170

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Machinery - (continued)

     

Oshkosh Corp.

     1,600      $ 173,456  

PACCAR Inc.

     11,950        1,166,917  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     2,900        1,336,030  

Pentair PLC

     3,800        276,298  

Snap-on Inc.

     1,100        317,724  

Timken Co.

     1,300        104,195  
     

 

 

 

Total Machinery

        10,731,357  
     

 

 

 

Passenger Airlines - 0.2%

     

Delta Air Lines Inc.

     8,900        358,047  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.3%

     

CACI International Inc., Class A Shares

     300        97,158

Leidos Holdings Inc.

     3,000        324,720  

Robert Half Inc.

     2,300        202,216  

Science Applications International Corp.

     500        62,160  
     

 

 

 

Total Professional Services

        686,254  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.7%

     

Ferguson PLC

     4,400        849,508  

United Rentals Inc.

     1,400        802,788  
     

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

        1,652,296  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        24,071,592  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 10.6%      

Communications Equipment - 2.2%

     

Cisco Systems Inc.

     94,200        4,758,984  

Juniper Networks Inc.

     6,900        203,412  
     

 

 

 

Total Communications Equipment

        4,962,396  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%

     

Arrow Electronics Inc.

     1,900        232,275

Corning Inc.

     19,300        587,685  

Jabil Inc.

     4,100        522,340  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

     2,100        225,981  
     

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

        1,568,281  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.8%

     

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A Shares

     10,900        823,277  

International Business Machines Corp.

     18,300        2,992,965  

Twilio Inc., Class A Shares

     2,500        189,675
     

 

 

 

Total IT Services

        4,005,917  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.7%

     

Applied Materials Inc.

     19,300        3,127,951  

Microchip Technology Inc.

     7,500        676,350  

Micron Technology Inc.

     24,800        2,116,432  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - (continued)

     

ON Semiconductor Corp.

     8,100      $ 676,593

QUALCOMM Inc.

     25,700        3,716,991  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

     3,600        404,712  
     

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        10,719,029  
     

 

 

 

Software - 0.1%

     

Gen Digital Inc.

     8,900        203,098  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.1%

     

Dell Technologies Inc., Class C Shares

     5,600        428,400  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     36,300        616,374  

HP Inc.

     36,300        1,092,267  

NetApp Inc.

     4,400        387,904  
     

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

        2,524,945  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        23,983,666  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 3.0%      

Chemicals - 0.9%

     

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

     2,700        214,650  

Dow Inc.

     15,400        844,536  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     2,500        224,550  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A Shares

     7,400        703,592  

Olin Corp.

     3,000        161,850  
     

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

        2,149,178  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

     

Eagle Materials Inc.

     800        162,272  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.7%

     

Berry Global Group Inc.

     2,700        181,953  

Crown Holdings Inc.

     3,800        349,942  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     6,900        170,085  

International Paper Co.

     7,400        267,510  

Packaging Corp. of America

     2,500        407,275  

Sonoco Products Co.

     2,100        117,327  
     

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

        1,494,092  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.3%

     

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

     10,900        222,578

Commercial Metals Co.

     800        40,032  

Nucor Corp.

     8,000        1,392,320  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     1,600        447,488  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

     5,800        684,980  

United States Steel Corp.

     5,500        267,575  
     

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

        3,054,973  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        6,860,515  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

SECURITY

    SHARES      VALUE  
REAL ESTATE - 0.1%        

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%

       

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

       600      $ 113,322
       

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 2.9%        

Electric Utilities - 1.5%

       

Alliant Energy Corp.

       5,500        282,150  

Duke Energy Corp.

       17,100        1,659,384  

Edison International

       7,700        550,473  

OGE Energy Corp.

       4,700        164,171  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

       2,500        179,600  

PPL Corp.

       17,000        460,700  
       

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

          3,296,478  
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

       

Vistra Corp.

       9,400        362,088  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.3%

       

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

       9,500        271,415  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

       7,400        673,178  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

       14,800        905,020  

Sempra

       14,300        1,068,639  
       

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

          2,918,252  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

          6,576,818  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $172,890,173)

          221,344,628  
       

 

 

 
INVESTMENTS IN UNDERLYING FUNDS - 1.4%        

iShares Trust - iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
(Cost - $2,879,443)

       19,300        3,189,325  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $175,769,616)

          224,533,953  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%        

Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares
(Cost - $1,119,694)

     5.279     1,119,694        1,119,694 (a)(b) 
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
(Cost - $176,889,310)

          225,653,647  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.0)%††

          (1,215
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 225,652,432  
       

 

 

 

 

††

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

*

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 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 December 31, 2023, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $1,119,694 and the cost was $1,119,694 (Note 2).

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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BRANDYWINEGLOBAL – DIVERSIFIED US LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2023

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

ETF    — Exchange-Traded Fund

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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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

BrandywineGLOBAL – Diversified US Large Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Global Asset Management 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 Fund 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 Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including, but not limited to, ASC 946.

(a) Investment valuation. Equity securities, including exchange-traded funds (“ETF”), 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.

Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the Fund’s manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Fund’s manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Fund’s manager and the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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.

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 – 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 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

   $ 221,344,628        —         —       $ 221,344,628  

Investments in Underlying Funds

     3,189,325        —         —         3,189,325  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     224,533,953        —         —         224,533,953  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     1,119,694        —         —         1,119,694  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 225,653,647        —         —       $ 225,653,647  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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 December 31, 2023. The following transactions were effected in such company for the period ended December 31, 2023.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
September 30,

2023
   Purchased    Sold
     Cost    Shares    Proceeds    Shares
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares    $1,225,995    $16,742,572    16,742,572    $16,848,873    16,848,873

 

(cont’d)

   Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Dividend
Income
   Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2023
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares    —     $18,505    —     $1,119,694

 

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