N-CSR

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-23096

Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

620 Eighth Avenue, 49^th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-877-721-1926

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2016

ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.

Annual Report October 31, 2016

LEGG MASON

LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

LVHD

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

What’s inside
Letter from the president	II
Investment commentary	III
Fund overview	1
Fund at a glance	6
Fund expenses	7
Fund performance	8
Schedule of investments	10
Statement of assets and liabilities	14
Statement of operations	15
Statement of changes in net assets	16
Financial highlights	17
Notes to financial statements	18
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	26
Additional information	27
Important tax information	33

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of equity securities of U.S. companies with relatively high yield and low price and earnings volatility.

Letter from the president

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the annual report of Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF for the period since the Fund’s inception on December 28, 2015 through October 31, 2016. Please read on for a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance.

As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.leggmason.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

• Fund net asset value and market price,

• Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

• A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

November 30, 2016

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Investment commentary

Economic review

The pace of U.S. economic activity fluctuated during the period from the Fund’s inception on December 28, 2015 through October 31, 2016 (the “reporting period”). Looking back, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that fourth quarter 2015 U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)ⁱ growth was 0.9%. First and second quarter 2016 GDP growth was 0.8% and 1.4%, respectively. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s second reading for third quarter 2016 GDP growth — released after the reporting period ended — was 3.2%. The improvement in GDP growth in the third quarter 2016 reflected an increase in private inventory investment, an acceleration in exports, an upturn in federal government spending and smaller decreases in state and local government spending.

While there was a pocket of weakness in May 2016, job growth in the U.S. was solid overall and a tailwind for the economy during the reporting period. When the period ended on October 31, 2016, the unemployment rate was 4.9%, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor. The percentage of longer-term unemployed declined over the period. In October 2016, 25.2% of Americans looking for a job had been out of work for more than six months, versus 26.3% when the period began.

After an extended period of maintaining the federal funds rateⁱⁱ at a historically low range between zero and 0.25%, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”)ⁱⁱⁱ increased the rate at its meeting on December 16, 2015. This marked the first rate hike since 2006. In particular, the U.S. central bank raised the federal funds rate to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. At its meeting that concluded on November 2, 2016 (after the reporting period ended), as well as during the prior meetings of the year, the Fed kept rates on hold. In the Fed’s statement after the November meeting it said, “The Committee judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has continued to strengthen but decided, for the time being, to wait for some further evidence of continued progress toward its objectives. The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2 percent inflation.”

As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets.

Sincerely,

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

November 30, 2016

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

ⁱ  Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

ⁱⁱ  The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day.

ⁱⁱⁱ  The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of U.S. policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

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Fund overview

Q. What is the Fund’s investment strategy?

A. Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of the QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index seeks to provide more stable income through investments in stocks of profitable U.S. companies with relatively high dividend yields and lower price and earnings volatility. The Underlying Index is based on a proprietary methodology created and sponsored by QS Investors, LLC (“QS”), the Fund’s subadviser. The Underlying Index is composed of stocks of U.S. companies across a wide range of market capitalizations, including the largest 3,000 U.S. stocks as determined by the Solactive US Broad Market Index.

Stocks in the Underlying Index must have demonstrated profitability over the last four fiscal quarters as a whole. Stocks whose yields are not supported by earnings are excluded from the Underlying Index. The methodology calculates a composite “stable yield” score, with the yield of stocks with relatively higher price volatility and earnings volatility adjusted downward and the yield of stocks with relatively lower price volatility and earnings volatility adjusted upward. QS anticipates that the number of component securities in the Underlying Index will range from 50 to 100. As initially constituted and balanced, no individual component of the Underlying Index will exceed 2.5% of the Underlying Index, no individual sector (as defined by QS) will exceed 25% of the Underlying Index, and real estate investment trust (“REIT”)ⁱ components as a whole will not exceed 15% of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index’s components are reconstituted annually and rebalanced quarterly. The composition of the Underlying Index and the Fund after reconstitution and rebalancing may fluctuate and exceed the above Underlying Index limitations due to market movements. The components of the Underlying Index, and the degree to which these components represent certain sectors and industries, may change over time.

The Fund uses a “passive” or indexing investment approach to achieve its investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to outperform its Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index and also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by keeping portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

QS may use a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of the Underlying Index. When sampling is used, the securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as return variability, risk, market capitalization and sector exposures) and fundamental characteristics (such as portfolio yield, price/earnings ratios and price/book ratios) similar to those of the Underlying Index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund’s portfolio is rebalanced when the Underlying

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Fund overview (cont’d)

Index is rebalanced or reconstituted. The Fund may trade at times other than when the Underlying Index is rebalanced or reconstituted for a variety of reasons, including when adjustments may be made to its representative sampling process from time to time or when investing cash.

The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any, in securities that compose the Underlying Index.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain index futures, options, options on index futures, swap contracts or other derivatives related to its Underlying Index and its component securities; cash and cash equivalents; other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds; exchange-traded notes; and in securities and other instruments not included in its Underlying Index but which QS believes will help the Fund track its Underlying Index. The Fund may invest in exchange-traded equity index futures to manage sector exposure and for cash management purposes.

Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?

A. Equity markets started 2016 in risk-off mode as macro events dominated headlines, including economic slowdowns in the U.S., China and many other markets, falling commodity prices and uncertainty over the pace of interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”)ⁱⁱ. Nonetheless, in mid-February 2016 the market made a sharp reversal and rallied into the second calendar quarter of 2016.

After a weakening in employment, U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)ⁱⁱⁱ growth and industrial reports over the first two months of the second quarter of 2016, the Fed softened its stance on a near-term rate hike. All these measures improved in June 2016. At the end of the second quarter of 2016, the Fed indicated it would wait to see how the surprise vote for the U.K. referendum to leave the European Union (“Brexit”) would unfold before considering any tightening.

U.S. large cap equities advanced in the third quarter of 2016 after being whipsawed by the Brexit vote in late June 2016. Most of the gains occurred early in the quarter, when several major stock indices rose to new highs before falling back slightly. Industrial commodity stocks saw some strong returns, while oil and gold prices were essentially flat. The Fed continued to be accommodative, postponing the expected rate hike until later in 2016. Globally, markets saw modestly upward trends in manufacturing sentiment.

Leading indicators improved and employment gains continued in October 2016, with the prior month’s gain revised up. Still, the U.S. market underperformed most markets as volatility rose and investors generally focused on risk ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

The Fund uses a passive investment approach to achieve its investment objective, and therefore made no change in investment approach in response to market conditions.

Performance review

For the period since the Fund’s inception on December 28, 2015 through October 31 2016, Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF generated a 12.28% return on a net asset value (“NAV”)^iv basis and 12.32% based on its market price^v per share.

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The performance table shows the Fund’s total return since the Fund’s inception on December 28, 2015 through October 31, 2016 based on its NAV and market price as of October 31, 2016. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of equity securities of U.S. companies with relatively high yield and low price and earnings volatility, the QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index, which returned 12.59% for the same period. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index^vi returned 5.20% over the same time frame. The Lipper Multi-Cap Value Funds Category Average¹ returned 6.46% for the period December 31, 2015 through October 31, 2016. Please note that Lipper performance returns are based on each fund’s NAV.

Performance Snapshot as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)
	6 Months			Total Return Since Fund Inception*
Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF:
$27.55 (NAV)		3.65	%		12.28	%**†
$27.56 (Market Price)		3.65	%		12.32	%**‡
QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index		3.83	%		12.59	%
Russell 3000 Index		4.18	%		5.20	%
Lipper Multi-Cap Value Funds Category Average1		3.05	%		6.46	%

The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate so shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.leggmason.com/etf.

Investors buy and sell shares of an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) at market price (not NAV) in the secondary market throughout the trading day. These shares are not individually available for purchase or redemption directly from the ETF. Market price returns shown are based upon the National Best Bid and Offer (“NBBO”)^vii at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. These returns do not represent investors’ returns had they traded shares at other times. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

Information showing the number of days the market price of the Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s NAV and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s NAV (i.e., premium or discount) for various time periods is available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.leggmason.com/etf.

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated December 28, 2015, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratio for the Fund was 0.30%.

* The Fund’s inception date is December 28, 2015.

** Total returns are based on changes in NAV or market price, respectively. Returns reflect the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors pay on distributions or the sale of shares.

† Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions at NAV.

‡ Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions at market price.

¹  Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the period ended October 31, 2016, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 354 funds for the six-month period and among the 349 funds for the ten-month period in the Fund’s Lipper category.

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Fund overview (cont’d)

Q. What were the leading contributors to performance?

A. The Fund benefited from the Underlying Index’s overweight to the Utilities sector and underweight to the Health Care sector relative to the benchmark. Securities held within the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors proved to be additive to overall performance.

Q. What were the leading detractors from performance?

A. From a sector allocation perspective, the Underlying Index’s relative underweight to the Energy and Information Technology sectors detracted from overall performance. Securities held by the Underlying Index within the Consumer Discretionary and Utilities sectors additionally hampered performance.

Looking for additional information?

The Fund’s daily NAV is available on-line at www.leggmason.com/etf. The Fund is traded under the symbol “LVHD” and its closing market price is available on most financial websites. In a continuing effort to provide information concerning the Fund, shareholders may call 1-888-386-5535 (toll free), Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, for the Fund’s current NAV, market price and other information.

Thank you for your investment in Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

Sincerely,

QS Investors, LLC

November 20, 2016

RISKS: The Fund is newly organized, with a limited history of operations. Equity securities are subject to market and price fluctuations. Dividends are not guaranteed, and a company may reduce or eliminate its dividend at any time. In rising markets, the value of large-cap stocks may not rise as much as smaller-cap stocks. Small- and mid-cap stocks involve greater risks and volatility than large-cap stocks. The Fund may focus its investments in certain industries, increasing its vulnerability to market volatility. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to the index it seeks to track. The Fund does not seek to outperform the index it tracks, and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. Derivatives, such as options and futures, can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Distributions are not guaranteed and are subject to change. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks, and the Fund’s investment strategies.

The mention of sector breakdowns is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any securities. The information provided regarding such sectors is not a sufficient basis upon which to make an investment decision. Investors seeking financial advice regarding the appropriateness of investing in any securities or investment strategies discussed should consult their financial professional. The Fund’s top five sector holdings (as a percentage of net assets) as of October 31, 2016 were: Utilities (23.5%), Industrials (14.5%), Consumer Staples (13.2%), Consumer Discretionary (11.6%) and Real Estate (11.0%). The Fund’s composition may differ over time.

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market, sector or rules-based investment process. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and

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therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.

ⁱ  Real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) invest in real estate or loans secured by real estate and issue shares in such investments, which can be illiquid.

ⁱⁱ The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of U.S. policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

ⁱⁱⁱ  Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

^iv  Net Asset Value (“NAV”) is calculated by subtracting total liabilities from total assets and dividing the results by the number of shares outstanding.

^v  Market Price is determined by supply and demand, it is the price at which an investor purchases or sells shares of the Fund. The Market Price may differ from the Fund’s NAV.

^vi  The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the U.S. equity market.

^vii  The National Best Bid and Offer (“NBBO”) is the best (lowest) available ask price and the best (highest) available bid price to investors when they buy and sell securities.

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Fund at a glance^†(unaudited)

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

† The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2016 and does not include derivatives such as futures contracts. The composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.

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Fund expenses (unaudited)

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on May 1, 2016 and held for the six months ended October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Based on actual total return1														Based on hypothetical total return1
Actual Total Return2		Beginning Account Value			Ending Account Value			Annualized Expense Ratio			Expenses Paid During the Period3				Hypothetical Annualized Total Return			Beginning Account Value		Ending Account Value			Annualized Expense Ratio			Expenses Paid During the Period3
	3.65%		$	1,000.00		$	1,036.50		0.30	%		$	1.54			5.00	%		$1,000.00		$	1,023.63		0.30	%		$	1.53

¹ For the six months ended October 31, 2016.

² Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance figure is no guarantee of future results.

³ Expenses (net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 366.

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Fund performance (unaudited)

Net Asset Value
Average annual total returns1
Inception* through 10/31/16	12.28	%†
Cumulative total returns1
Inception date of 12/28/15 through 10/31/16	12.28	%

Market Price
Average annual total returns2
Inception* through 10/31/16	12.32	%†
Cumulative total returns2
Inception date of 12/28/15 through 10/31/16	12.32	%

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Results for longer periods will differ, in some cases, substantially. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors would pay on distributions or the sale of shares. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

Investors buy and sell shares of the Fund at market price, not NAV, in the secondary market throughout the trading day. These shares are not individually available for purchase or redemption directly from the Fund. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. Market price returns shown are based upon the National Best Bid and Offer (“NBBO”) at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. These returns do not represent investors’ returns had they traded shares at other times. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other exchange-traded funds, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessment of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

† Not annualized.

¹  Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value.

²  Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at market price.

* Inception date of the Fund is December 28, 2015.

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Historical performance

Value of $10,000 invested in

Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF vs QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index and Russell 3000 Index† — December 28, 2015 - October 2016

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Results for longer periods will differ, in some cases, substantially. NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors would pay on distributions or the sale of shares. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

† Hypothetical illustration of $10,000 invested in Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF on December 28, 2015, assuming the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value through October 31, 2016. The hypothetical illustration also assumes a $10,000 investment in the QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index and Russell 3000 Index. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund. QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index (the “Underlying Index”), is an index composed of equity securities of U.S. companies with relatively high yield and low price and earnings volatility. The Underlying Index is based on a proprietary methodology created and sponsored by QS Investors, LLC, the Fund’s subadviser. The Underlying Index is composed of stocks of U.S. companies across a wide range of market capitalizations, including the largest 3,000 U.S. stocks as determined by the Solactive US Broad Market Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the U.S. equity market. The indices are not subject to the same management and trading expenses as a fund. An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market, sector, or rules-based investment process. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

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Schedule of investments

October 31, 2016

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Security	Shares		Value
Common Stocks — 99.2%
Consumer Discretionary — 11.6%
Automobiles — 3.6%
Ford Motor Co.		170,546	$	2,002,210
General Motors Co.		43,859		1,385,944
Total Automobiles				3,388,154
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.2%
Darden Restaurants Inc.		36,845		2,387,188
DineEquity Inc.		4,460		352,786
McDonald’s Corp.		19,690		2,216,503
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure				4,956,477
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%
PetMed Express Inc.		3,992		79,321
Media — 0.5%
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A Shares		21,497		462,401
Specialty Retail — 2.2%
L Brands Inc.		29,765		2,148,735
Total Consumer Discretionary				11,035,088
Consumer Staples — 13.2%
Beverages — 2.4%
Coca-Cola Co.		54,395		2,306,348
Household Products — 2.7%
Procter & Gamble Co.		29,032		2,519,978
Tobacco — 8.1%
Altria Group Inc.		37,835		2,501,650
Philip Morris International Inc.		24,832		2,394,798
Reynolds American Inc.		47,469		2,614,593
Universal Corp.		3,572		193,602
Total Tobacco				7,704,643
Total Consumer Staples				12,530,969
Financials — 7.6%
Banks — 2.9%
City Holding Co.		1,356		70,878
Glacier Bancorp Inc.		6,981		197,283
Old National Bancorp		20,500		301,350
Park National Corp.		562		54,475
People’s United Financial Inc.		83,801		1,360,928
Trustmark Corp.		7,727		213,884
Umpqua Holdings Corp.		36,786		562,090
Total Banks				2,760,888

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Security	Shares		Value
Insurance — 0.9%
CNA Financial Corp.		3,756	$	137,357
Old Republic International Corp.		41,262		695,677
Total Insurance				833,034
Mortgage Real Estate Investment (REITs) — 3.6%
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.		13,734		67,434
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.		14,508		245,475
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc., Class A Shares		9,999		301,970
Capstead Mortgage Corp.		17,279		164,323
Chimera Investment Corp.		29,384		460,447
MFA Financial Inc.		44,464		325,032
New York Mortgage Trust Inc.		14,986		88,567
Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust		16,422		249,943
Starwood Property Trust Inc.		47,012		1,045,547
Two Harbors Investment Corp.		52,314		435,776
Total Mortgage Real Estate Investment (REITs)				3,384,514
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%
Northwest Bancshares Inc.		9,792		154,126
Oritani Financial Corp.		4,321		67,624
Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance				221,750
Total Financials				7,200,186
Health Care — 2.5%
Biotechnology — 0.1%
PDL BioPharma Inc.		38,627		124,379
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%
Meridian Bioscience Inc.		4,583		75,390
Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%
Pfizer Inc.		67,618		2,144,167
Total Health Care				2,343,936
Industrials — 14.5%
Aerospace & Defense — 2.7%
Boeing Co.		17,818		2,537,818
Air Freight & Logistics — 2.5%
United Parcel Service Inc., Class B Shares		22,447		2,418,889
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%
McGrath RentCorp		2,663		80,156
Electrical Equipment — 4.8%
Eaton Corp. PLC		37,421		2,386,337
Emerson Electric Co.		44,053		2,232,606
Total Electrical Equipment				4,618,943

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

October 31, 2016

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Security	Shares		Value
Machinery — 2.7%
Cummins Inc.		19,950	$	2,550,009
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.7%
Fastenal Co.		41,189		1,605,547
Total Industrials				13,811,362
Information Technology — 10.5%
Communications Equipment — 2.6%
Cisco Systems Inc.		81,796		2,509,501
IT Services — 6.0%
International Business Machines Corp.		15,921		2,446,899
Paychex Inc.		36,291		2,003,263
Western Union Co.		61,649		1,237,295
Total IT Services				5,687,457
Software — 1.9%
CA Inc.		56,966		1,751,135
Total Information Technology				9,948,093
Materials — 0.2%
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%
Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc.		5,627		207,693
Real Estate — 11.0%
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 11.0%
Agree Realty Corp.		3,745		181,071
Columbia Property Trust Inc.		9,104		191,912
Corrections Corp. of America		12,690		183,371
Crown Castle International Corp.		25,215		2,294,313
Digital Realty Trust Inc.		15,694		1,466,290
EastGroup Properties Inc.		3,112		211,336
EPR Properties		8,997		654,262
Franklin Street Properties Corp.		5,602		64,815
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.		14,229		467,138
Liberty Property Trust		16,088		650,438
LTC Properties Inc.		4,109		205,902
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.		4,575		62,540
National Health Investors Inc.		4,641		351,602
National Retail Properties Inc.		19,873		906,606
Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc., Class A Shares		15,722		321,987
Potlatch Corp.		3,831		147,110
Select Income REIT		7,250		179,365
Senior Housing Properties Trust		31,384		667,538
STORE Capital Corp.		30,010		818,973

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Security				Shares		Value
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — continued
WP Carey Inc.					6,284	$	381,690
Total Real Estate							10,408,259
Telecommunication Services — 4.6%
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.6%
AT&T Inc.					60,076		2,210,196
Verizon Communications Inc.					44,951		2,162,143
Total Telecommunication Services							4,372,339
Utilities — 23.5%
Electric Utilities — 13.8%
American Electric Power Co. Inc.					36,518		2,367,827
Duke Energy Corp.					29,745		2,380,195
Exelon Corp.					68,764		2,342,789
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.					10,661		314,500
OGE Energy Corp.					28,387		881,132
Otter Tail Corp.					2,147		77,185
PPL Corp.					67,191		2,307,339
Southern Co.					46,738		2,410,279
Total Electric Utilities							13,081,246
Gas Utilities — 0.2%
South Jersey Industries Inc.					6,812		201,976
Multi-Utilities — 9.5%
Ameren Corp.					38,440		1,920,078
Consolidated Edison Inc.					31,663		2,392,140
Dominion Resources Inc.					32,728		2,461,145
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.					54,677		2,300,808
Total Multi-Utilities							9,074,171
Total Utilities							22,357,393
Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $95,173,555)							94,215,318
	Rate
Short-Term Investments — 0.4%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class (Cost — $404,329)		0.251	%		404,329		404,329
Total Investments — 99.6% (Cost — $95,577,884#)							94,619,647
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.4%							425,560
Total Net Assets — 100.0%						$	95,045,207

# Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $95,869,849.

Abbreviation used in this schedule:
REIT	— Real Estate Investment Trust

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of assets and liabilities

October 31, 2016

Assets:
Investments, at value (Cost — $95,577,884)	$	94,619,647
Receivable for securities sold		226,875
Dividends and interest receivable		195,013
Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts		27,852
Total Assets		95,069,387
Liabilities:
Investment management fee payable		22,650
Payable to broker — variation margin on open futures contracts		1,530
Total Liabilities		24,180
Total Net Assets	$	95,045,207
Net Assets:
Par value (Note 5)	$	35
Paid-in capital in excess of par value		96,112,098
Undistributed net investment income		204,563
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and futures contracts		(311,709)
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and futures contracts		(959,780)
Total Net Assets	$	95,045,207
Shares Outstanding		3,450,000
Net Asset Value		$27.55

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of operations

For the Period Ended October 31, 2016†

Investment Income:
Dividends and distributions	$	1,348,093
Return of capital (Note 1(d))		(56,568)
Net Dividends and Distributions		1,291,525
Interest		64
Total Investment Income		1,291,589
Expenses:
Investment management fee (Note 2)		104,025
Total Expenses		104,025
Net Investment Income		1,187,564
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Futures Contracts (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:
Investment transactions		740,043
REIT distributions		48,439
Futures contracts		(2,755)
Net Realized Gain		785,727
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:
Investments		(958,237)
Futures contracts		(1,543)
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)		(959,780)
Net Loss on Investments and Futures Contracts		(174,053)
Increase in Net Assets From Operations	$	1,013,511

† For the period December 28, 2015 (inception date) to October 31, 2016.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of changes in net assets

For the Period Ended October 31,	2016†
Operations:
Net investment income	$	1,187,564
Net realized gain		785,727
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(959,780)
Increase in Net Assets From Operations		1,013,511
Distributions to Shareholders From (Note 1):
Net investment income		(983,001)
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders		(983,001)
Fund Share Transactions (Note 5):
Net proceeds from sale of shares (4,000,001 shares issued)		110,587,826
Cost of shares repurchased (550,001 shares repurchased)		(15,573,129)
Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions		95,014,697
Increase in Net Assets		95,045,207
Net Assets:
Beginning of period		—
End of period*	$	95,045,207
*Includes undistributed net investment income of:		$204,563

† For the period December 28, 2015 (inception date) to October 31, 2016.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial highlights

For a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted:
	20161,2
Net asset value, beginning of period		$24.96
Income from operations:
Net investment income		0.80
Net realized and unrealized gain		2.26	3
Total income from operations		3.06
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(0.47)
Total distributions		(0.47)
Net asset value, end of period		$27.55
Total return, at NAV4		12.28	%
Net assets, end of period (000s)		$95,045
Ratios to average net assets:
Gross expenses5		0.30	%
Net expenses5		0.30
Net investment income5		3.42
Portfolio turnover rate6		48	%

¹  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

²  For the period December 28, 2015 (inception date) to October 31, 2016.

³  Calculation of the net gain per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and unrealized losses presented in the Statement of Operations due to the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.

⁴  Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

⁵  Annualized.

⁶  Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind fund share transactions.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Notes to financial statements

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. The Fund is designed to track an index. Similar to shares of an index mutual fund, each share of the Fund represents an ownership interest in an underlying portfolio of securities intended to track an index. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought from and redeemed by the issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on net asset value (“NAV”), shares of the Fund may be directly purchased from and redeemed by the Fund at NAV solely by certain large institutional investors who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor (“Authorized Participants”). Also unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

Shares of the Fund are listed and traded at market prices on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC. The market price for the Fund’s shares may be different from the Fund’s NAV. The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem Creation Units directly with the Fund at NAV. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally in-kind for a basket of securities and/or cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable securities. Shareholders who are not Authorized Participants may not redeem shares directly from the Fund at NAV.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index seeks to provide more stable income through investments in stocks of profitable U.S. companies with relatively high dividend yields and lower price and earnings volatility. The Underlying Index is based on a proprietary methodology created and sponsored by QS Investors, LLC, the Fund’s subadviser.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(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

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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 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. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. 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 Legg Mason North Atlantic 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.

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

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

ASSETS
Description	Quoted Prices (Level 1)		Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Common stocks†	$	94,215,318		—		—	$	94,215,318
Short-term investments†		404,329		—		—		404,329
Total investments	$	94,619,647		—		—	$	94,619,647
LIABILITIES
Description	Quoted Prices (Level 1)		Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Other financial instruments:
Futures contracts	$	1,543		—		—	$	1,543

† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

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(b) Futures contracts. The Portfolio uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or cash equivalents with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

(c) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

(d) REIT distributions. The character of distributions received from Real Estate Investment Trusts (‘‘REITs’’) held by the Fund is generally comprised of net investment income, capital gains, and return of capital. It is the policy of the Fund to estimate the character of distributions received from underlying REITs based on historical data provided by the REITs. After each calendar year end, REITs report the actual tax character of these distributions. Differences between the estimated and actual amounts reported by the REITs are reflected in the Fund’s records in the year in which they are reported by the REITs by adjusting related investment cost basis, capital gains and income, as necessary.

(e) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared and paid on a quarterly basis. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(f) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

(g) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. During the current year, the following reclassifications have been made:

	Accumulated Net Realized Loss		Paid-in Capital
(a)	$	(1,097,436)	$	1,097,436

^(a)  Reclassifications are due to book/tax differences in the treatment of an in-kind distribution of securities.

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager and QS Investors, LLC (“QS”) is the Fund’s subadviser. Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”) manages the portion of the Fund’s cash and short-term instruments allocated to it. LMPFA, QS and Western Asset are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund under what is a unitary fee structure. LMPFA delegates to the subadviser the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. The Fund is responsible for paying interest expenses, taxes, brokerage expenses, future 12b-1 fees (if any), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and the management fee payable to LMPFA under the investment management agreement. LMPFA has agreed to pay all of the Fund’s organization and offering costs.

Under the investment management agreement, the Fund pays an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

As compensation for its subadvisory services, LMPFA pays QS 90% of the management fee paid by the Fund to LMPFA, net of (i) all fees and expenses incurred by LMPFA under the investment management agreement (including without limitation any subadvisory fee paid to another subadviser to the Fund) and (ii) expense waivers, if any, and reimbursements. LMPFA pays Western Asset a fee of 0.02% of the portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocated to Western Asset for the management of cash and other short-term instruments, net of expense waivers, if any, and reimbursements.

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason, serves as the distributor of Creation Units for the Fund on an agency basis.

The Fund’s Board of Trustees has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan, the Fund is authorized to pay service and/or distribution fees calculated at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets. No service and/or distribution fees are currently paid by the Fund, and there are no current plans to impose these fees.

All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.

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3. Investments

During the period ended October 31, 2016, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) were as follows:

Purchases	$	20,147,144
Sales		20,328,779

During the period ended October 31, 2016, in-kind transactions (see Note 5) were as follows:

Contributions	$	110,544,419
Redemptions		15,871,841
Realized gain (loss)*		1,097,456

* Net realized gains on redemptions in-kind are not taxable to the remaining shareholders of the Fund.

The in-kind contributions and in-kind redemptions shown in this table may not agree with the Fund Share Transactions on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. This table represents the accumulation of the Fund’s daily net shareholder transactions while the Statement of Changes in Net Assets reflects gross shareholder transactions including any cash component of the transactions.

At October 31, 2016, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	1,648,639
Gross unrealized depreciation		(2,898,841)
Net unrealized depreciation	$	(1,250,202)

At October 31, 2016, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Basis Value		Market Value		Unrealized Depreciation
Contracts to Buy:
E-mini S&P 500 Index		5		12/16	$	531,568	$	530,025	$	(1,543)

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

Below is a table, grouped by derivative type, that provides information about the fair value and the location of derivatives within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at October 31, 2016.

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1
	Equity Risk
Futures contracts2	$	1,543

¹  Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

²  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the period ended October 31, 2016. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
	Equity Risk
Futures contracts	$	(2,755)

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
	Equity Risk
Futures contracts	$	(1,543)

During the period ended October 31, 2016, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

	Average Market Value
Futures contracts (to buy)	$	126,980

The following table presents by financial instrument, the Fund’s derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at October 31, 2016:

	Gross Amount of Derivative Liabilities in the Statement  of Assets and Liabilities1		Collateral Pledged2,3		Net Amount
Futures contracts4	$	1,530	$	(1,530)		—

¹  Absent an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

²  Gross amounts are not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

³  In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown here due to overcollateralization.

⁴  Amount represents the current day’s variation margin as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. It differs from the cumulative appreciation (depreciation) presented in the previous table.

5. Fund share transactions

At October 31, 2016, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.00001 per share. Fund shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Units or Creation Unit aggregations, where 50,000 shares of the Fund constitute a Creation Unit. Such transactions are generally on an in-kind basis, with a separate cash payment, which is a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the net asset value per share of the Fund on the transaction date. Transactions in capital shares of the Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. Authorized Participants are subject to standard creation and redemption transaction fees to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of

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Creation Units. Creations and redemptions for cash (when cash creations and redemptions are available or specified) may be subject to an additional variable fee.

6. Income tax information and distributions to shareholders

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal period ended October 31, was as follows:

	2016
Distributions paid from:
Ordinary income	$	983,001

As of October 31, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income — net	$	204,563
Deferred capital losses*		(21,287)
Other book/tax temporary differences(a)		1,543
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)		(1,251,745)
Total accumulated earnings (losses) — net	$	(1,066,926)

* These capital losses have been deferred in the current year as either short-term or long-term losses. The losses will be deemed to occur on the first day of the next taxable year in the same character as they were originally deferred and will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.

^(a)  Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable to the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts.

^(b)  The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

7. Recent accounting pronouncement

In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules (together, the “final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the amendments to Regulation S-X will have on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders

Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”), a series of Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2016, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the period from December 28, 2015 (inception date) to October 31, 2016. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets, and the financial highlights for the period from December 28, 2015 (inception date) to October 31, 2016, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

New York, New York

December 21, 2016

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Additional information (unaudited)

Information about Trustees and Officers

The business and affairs of Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) are conducted by management under the supervision and subject to the direction of its Board of Trustees. The business address of each Trustee is c/o Jane Trust, Legg Mason, 100 International Drive, 11th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Information pertaining to the Trustees and officers of the Fund is set forth below.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling the Fund at 1-888-386-5535.

Independent Trustees†
Paul R. Ades
Year of birth	1940
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1983
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Paul R. Ades, PLLC (law firm) (since 2000)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
Andrew L. Breech
Year of birth	1952
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1991
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	President, Dealer Operating Control Service, Inc. (automotive retail management) (since 1985)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
Dwight B. Crane
Year of birth	1937
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1981
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School (since 2007); formerly, Professor, Harvard Business School (1969 to 2007); Independent Consultant (since 1969)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Trustees and Officers

Independent Trustees cont’d
Althea L. Duersten
Year of birth	1951
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2014
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Retired (since 2011); formerly, Chief Investment Officer, North America, JPMorgan Chase (investment bank) and member of JPMorgan Executive Committee (2007 to 2011)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
Frank G. Hubbard
Year of birth	1937
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1993
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	President, Fealds, Inc. (business development) (since 2016); formerly, President, Avatar International Inc. (business development) (1998 to 2015)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
Howard J. Johnson
Year of birth	1938
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee and Chairman
Term of office1 and length of time served2	From 1981 to 1998 and since 2000 (Chairman since 2013)
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Chief Executive Officer, Genesis Imaging LLC (technology company) (since 2003)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
Jerome H. Miller
Year of birth	1938
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1995
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Retired
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None

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Independent Trustees cont’d
Ken Miller
Year of birth	1942
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1983
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Retired; formerly, President, Young Stuff Apparel Group, Inc. (apparel manufacturer), division of Li & Fung (1963 to 2012)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
John J. Murphy
Year of birth	1944
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2002
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Founder and Senior Principal, Murphy Capital Management (investment management) (since 1983)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	Trustee, UBS Funds (52 funds) (since 2008); Trustee, Consulting Group Capital Markets Funds (11 funds) (since 2002); Director, Fort Dearborn Income Securities, Inc. (since 2013); formerly, Director, Nicholas Applegate Institutional Funds (12 funds) (2005 to 2010)
Thomas F. Schlafly
Year of birth	1948
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 1983
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Chairman, The Saint Louis Brewery, LLC (brewery) (since 2012); formerly, President, The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. (1989 to 2012); Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP (law firm) (since 2009)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	46
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	Director, Citizens National Bank of Greater St. Louis (since 2006)

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Trustees and Officers

Interested Trustee and Officer
Jane Trust3
Year of birth	1962
Position(s) with Trust	Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2015
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co., LLC (“Legg Mason & Co.”) (since 2016); Officer and/or Trustee/Director of 159 funds associated with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) or its affiliates (since 2015); President and Chief Executive Officer of LMPFA (since 2015); formerly, Senior Vice President of LMPFA (2015); Director of ClearBridge, LLC (formerly, Legg Mason Capital Management, LLC) (2007 to 2014); Managing Director of Legg Mason Investment Counsel & Trust Co. (2000 to 2007)
Number of funds in fund complex overseen by Trustee	152
Other board memberships held by Trustee during past five years	None
Additional Officers
Ted P. Becker Legg Mason 620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Year of birth	1951
Position(s) with Trust	Chief Compliance Officer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2007
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Director of Global Compliance at Legg Mason (since 2006); Chief Compliance Officer of LMPFA (since 2006); Managing Director of Compliance of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005); Chief Compliance Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006)
Susan Kerr Legg Mason 620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Year of birth	1949
Position(s) with Trust	Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2013
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Assistant Vice President of Legg Mason & Co. and Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”) (since 2010); Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2013) and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of LMIS (since 2012); Senior Compliance Officer of LMIS (since 2011); formerly, AML Consultant, DTCC (2010); AML Consultant, Rabobank Netherlands, (2009); First Vice President, Director of Marketing & Advertising Compliance and Manager of Communications Review Group at Citigroup Inc. (1996 to 2008)

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Additional Officers cont’d
Jenna Bailey Legg Mason 100 First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902
Year of birth	1978
Position(s) with Trust	Identity Theft Prevention Officer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2015
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Identity Theft Prevention Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2015); Compliance Officer of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2013); Assistant Vice President of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2011); formerly, Associate Compliance Officer of Legg Mason & Co. (2011 to 2013); Risk Manager of U.S. Distribution of Legg Mason & Co. (2007 to 2011)
Robert I. Frenkel Legg Mason 100 First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902
Year of birth	1954
Position(s) with Trust	Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2007
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason (since 2006); Managing Director and General Counsel — U.S. Mutual Funds for Legg Mason & Co. (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (since 1994); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006)
Thomas C. Mandia Legg Mason 100 First Stamford Place, 6th Floor,  Stamford, CT 06902
Year of birth	1962
Position(s) with Trust	Assistant Secretary
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2007
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005); Secretary of LMPFA (since 2006); Assistant Secretary of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006); Secretary of LM Asset Services, LLC (“LMAS”) (since 2002) and Legg Mason Fund Asset Management, Inc. (“LMFAM”) (since 2013) (formerly registered investment advisers)

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Trustees and Officers

Additional Officers cont’d
Richard F. Sennett Legg Mason 100 International Drive, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202
Year of birth	1970
Position(s) with Trust	Principal Financial Officer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2011
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2011 and since 2013); Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. and Senior Manager of the Treasury Policy group for Legg Mason & Co.’s Global Fiduciary Platform (since 2011); formerly, Chief Accountant within the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (2007 to 2011); Assistant Chief Accountant within the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (2002 to 2007)
Christopher Berarducci Legg Mason 620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Year of birth	1974
Position(s) with Trust	Treasurer
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2014
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2015); Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2010); formerly, Vice President of Legg Mason & Co. (2011 to 2015); Assistant Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (prior to 2010)
Jeanne M. Kelly Legg Mason 620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Year of birth	1951
Position(s) with Trust	Senior Vice President
Term of office1 and length of time served2	Since 2007
Principal occupation(s) during past five years	Senior Vice President of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2007); Senior Vice President of LMPFA (since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer of LMAS and LMFAM (since 2015); Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005); formerly, Senior Vice President of LMFAM (2013 to 2015)

† Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

¹  Each Trustee and officer serves until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal.

²  Indicates the earliest year in which the Trustee became a board member for a fund in the Legg Mason fund complex or the officer took such office.

³  Ms. Trust is an “interested person” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, because of her position with LMPFA and/or certain of its affiliates.

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Important tax information (unaudited)

The following information is provided with respect to the distributions paid during the taxable period ended October 31, 2016:

Record date:	3/29/2016		6/28/2016		9/28/2016
Payable date:	3/31/2016		6/30/2016		9/30/2016
Ordinary income:
Qualified dividend income for individuals	81.53	%	81.53	%	81.53	%
Dividends qualifying for the dividends
received deduction for corporations	80.12	%	80.12	%	80.12	%

Please retain this information for your records.

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Legg Mason

Low Volatility High Dividend ETF

Trustees

Paul R. Ades

Andrew L. Breech

Dwight B. Crane

Althea L. Duersten

Frank G. Hubbard

Howard J. Johnson

Chairman

Jerome H. Miller

Ken Miller

John J. Murphy

Thomas F. Schlafly

Jane Trust

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadviser

QS Investors, LLC

Custodian

State Street Bank & Trust Company

Transfer agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Independent registered public accounting firm

KPMG LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF

The Fund is a separate investment series of Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust, a Maryland statutory trust.

Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF

Legg Mason Funds

620 Eighth Avenue, 49^th Floor

New York, NY 10018

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-888-386-5535.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-888-386-5535, (2) at www.leggmason.com/etf and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

www.leggmason.com

© 2016 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Member FINRA, SIPC

ETF Index Disclaimers

Solactive AG does not sponsor, promote, sell or support in any manner the Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”). Solactive AG does not offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Solactive US Broad Market Index (the “Solactive Index”) and/or Solactive Index trade mark or the Solactive Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Solactive Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards the Fund, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of the Fund. Neither publication of the Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Fund constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said financial instrument nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this Fund.

QS Investors, LLC (“QS”) does not guarantee the accuracy and/or the completeness of the Solactive Index or any data included therein, and QS shall not have any liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions therein. QS makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by the Fund, owners of the shares of the Fund or any other person or entity from the use of the Solactive Index, trading based on the Solactive Index, or any data included therein, either in connection with the Fund or for any other use. QS makes no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the Solactive Index or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall either QS have any liability for any special, punitive, direct, indirect or consequential damages (including lost profits) arising out of matters relating to the use of the Solactive Index, even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

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© 2016 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

ETFF323381 12/16 SR16-2953

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that Dwight B. Crane possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” and has designated Dwight B. Crane as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Dwight B. Crane is an “independent” Trustees pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the fiscal period ending October 31, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Period, were $0 in 2016.

b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant’s financial statements were $0 in 2016.

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Period for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $0 in 2016. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.

There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to service affiliates during the Reporting Period that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees for other fees billed in the Reporting Period for products and services provided by the Auditor were $0 in October 31, 2016, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this item for the Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust.

All Other Fees. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC (“LMPFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with LMPFA that provided ongoing services to Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period.

(e) Audit Committee’s pre–approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X.

(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by LMPFA or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.

The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.

Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) For the Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust, the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% for 2016; Tax Fees were 100% for 2016; and Other Fees were 100% for 2016.

(f) N/A

(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust, LMPFA and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with LMPFA that provides ongoing services to Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust during the reporting period were $0 in 2016.

(h) Yes. Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Accountant’s independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust or to Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

a) Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)58(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members:

Paul R. Ades

Andrew L. Breech

Dwight B. Crane

Althea L. Duersten

Frank G. Hubbard

Howard J. Johnson

Jerome H. Miller

Ken Miller

John J. Murphy

Thomas F. Schlafly

b) Not applicable

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH

(a) (2) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CERT

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.906CERT

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust

By:	/s/ Jane Trust
	Jane Trust
	Chief Executive Officer
Date:	December 27, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:	/s/ Jane Trust
	Jane Trust
	Chief Executive Officer
Date:	December 27, 2016
By:	/s/ Richard F. Sennett
	Richard F. Sennett
	Principal Financial Officer
Date:	December 27, 2016

EX-99.CODE

CODE OF ETHICS

I. Introduction

A. Individuals Covered by the Code

This Code applies to all employees of Legg Mason & Co., LLC and interested directors of the Proprietary Funds who are not otherwise subject to another code of ethics adopted pursuant to either Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act or Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act (“Covered Persons”).

1. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Code covers all employees of Legg Mason & Co., LLC who perform services on behalf of the Proprietary Funds as part of the following regulated entities:

a. Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”).

b. Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”).

2. For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Legg Mason Registered Advisers (other than LMPFA) have adopted their own codes of ethics, and employees of the Legg Mason Registered Advisers who are subject to the requirements of those codes of ethics (including any who may be registered representatives of LMIS) are not subject to the requirements of this Code.

B. Standards of Business Conduct

This Code is based on the principle that Legg Mason and its affiliates owe a fiduciary duty to Legg Mason’s clients, and that all Covered Persons 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 Legg Mason’s ability to make decisions in the best interests of any of its clients. In particular, Covered Persons must at all times comply with the following standards of business conduct:

1. Compliance with Applicable Law. All Covered Persons must comply with the Federal Securities Laws that apply to the business of Legg Mason.

2. Clients Come First. Covered Persons must scrupulously avoid serving their personal interests ahead of the interests of clients. For example, a Covered Person may not induce or cause a client to take action, or not to take action, for the Covered Person’s personal benefit at the expense of the client’s best interests.

3. Avoid Taking Advantage. Covered Persons may not use their knowledge of the Legg Mason Registered Advisers’ investment activities or client portfolio holdings to profit by the market effect of such activities or to engage in short-term or other abusive trading in Reportable Funds.

4. Avoid Other Inappropriate Relationships or Activities. Covered Persons should avoid relationships or activities that could call into question the Covered Person’s ability to exercise independent judgment in the best interests of Legg Mason’s clients. In particular, Covered Persons should take note of the provisions of the Legg Mason Code of Conduct and the Legg Mason Employee Handbook that pertain to confidentiality, corporate opportunities, gifts and entertainment, insider trading and outside business activities. In addition, Covered Persons who are registered representatives of LMIS should also take note of LMIS’s policies and procedures pertaining to these activities.

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5. Observe the Spirit of the Code. Doubtful situations should be resolved in favor of Legg Mason’s clients. Technical compliance with the Code’s procedures will not automatically insulate from scrutiny any personal Securities Transactions or other course of conduct that might indicate an abuse of these governing principles.

C. Duty to Report Violations

Covered Persons must promptly report all violations of this Code to the Compliance Department.

D. Fiduciary Duty / Political Contributions

Covered Persons are prohibited from making political contributions for the purpose of obtaining or retaining any Legg Mason Registered Adviser or its affiliates as investment advisers. Covered Persons are specifically prohibited from making political contributions to any person for the purpose of influencing the selection or retention of an investment adviser by a government entity. Covered Persons will be required to certify annually that they have and will comply with this provision.

II. Personal Securities Transactions

A. Prohibited Transactions in Individual Securities

Covered Persons are subject to the following restrictions on their personal trading activities in individual securities:

1. Fraudulent Transactions. In connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by a Covered Person of (A) a Reportable Security which, within the most recent fifteen (15) calendar days, (i) is or has been held by a Legg Mason client, or (ii) is being or has been considered by a Legg Mason Registered Adviser for purchase by a client, or (B) an Equivalent Security thereof, Covered Persons are prohibited from:

a. Employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud Legg Mason’s clients;

b. Making any untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

c. Engaging in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on Legg Mason’s clients; or

d. Engaging in any manipulative practice with respect to Legg Mason’s clients.

2. Inside Information. Covered Persons are prohibited from engaging in any transaction in a Security (or Equivalent Security) at a time when the Covered Person is in possession of material non-public information regarding the Security or the issuer of the Security.

3. Market Manipulation. Covered Persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions in a Security (or Equivalent Security) intended to raise, lower or maintain the price of that Security or to create a false appearance of active trading in that Security.

4. Trading on the Knowledge of Client Transactions. Covered Persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions in a Security (or an Equivalent Security) on the basis of any information they may be in possession of to the effect that (i) a Legg Mason Registered Adviser is or may be considering an investment in or sale of such Security on behalf of its clients or (ii) has or may have an open order in such Security on behalf of its clients.

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5. Legg Mason, Inc. Stock. Covered Persons are prohibited from engaging in any transaction in Legg Mason securities that is not in compliance with the “Legg Mason, Inc. Policies and Procedures Regarding Acquisitions and Dispositions of Legg Mason Securities,” as the same may be amended from time to time. A copy of this policy is available on the Legg Mason Legal and Compliance Website.

B. Prohibited Transactions in Reportable Funds

1. Market Timing in Reportable Funds. No Covered Person may use his or her knowledge of the portfolio holdings or investment activities of a Reportable Fund to engage in any short-term or other abusive trading strategy involving such Fund that may conflict with the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

2. 60-Day Holding Period for Investments in Proprietary Funds. Subject to the exemptions set forth below, no Covered Person may sell (or exchange out of) shares of a Proprietary Fund in which the Covered Person has a Beneficial Interest if the Covered Person has not held the shares of the same Proprietary Fund for sixty (60) calendar days, including any individual retirement account or 401(k) participant account.

3. Additionally, Proprietary Funds that are sold in the LM 401(k) account are also subject to a 60-day minimum waiting period. No Covered Person may buy (or exchange into) shares of a Proprietary Fund within sixty (60) calendar days of a sell of (or exchange out of) shares of the same Proprietary Fund within the same LM 401(k) account.

The following Securities Transactions involving Proprietary Funds are exempt from the 60-day minimum holding period requirement set forth in this Section II.B.2 and II.B.3:

a. Money Market Funds and Other Short-Term Trading Vehicles. Purchases or redemptions of Proprietary Funds that are money market funds or that hold themselves out as short-term trading vehicles.

b. Managed Accounts. Transactions in Proprietary Funds held in a Managed Account in connection with which the Covered Person has no direct or indirect influence or control over the account, is neither consulted nor advised of the trade before it is executed, and has no knowledge of specific management actions taken by a trustee or investment manager.

c. Systematic Investment. Purchases or redemptions of Proprietary Funds pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan where a prescribed purchase or sale is made automatically on a regular predetermined basis without affirmative action by the Covered Person or pursuant to a similar arrangement approved by the Compliance Department (for example, automated payroll deduction investments by 401(k) participants or automatic dividend reinvestment).

C. Pre-Approval of Investments in Initial Public Offerings and Private Placements

Covered Persons are prohibited from acquiring a Beneficial Interest in a Reportable Security through an initial public offering (other than a new offering of securities issued by a registered open-end investment company) or Private Placement without the prior written approval of the Compliance Department. Requests for such approval shall be submitted to the Compliance Department through Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (“FIS”)/PTA using substantially the form of “Request for Approval to Invest in an Initial Public Offering or Private Placement” attached hereto as Appendix A.

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D. Reporting and Trading Requirements

1. Acknowledgement of Receipt; Initial and Periodic Disclosure of Personal Holdings; Annual Certification.

a. Within ten (10) calendar days of being identified as a Covered Person under this Code, each Covered Person must acknowledge that he or she has received and reviewed a copy of the Code, and has disclosed all Securities holdings in which such Covered Person has a Beneficial Interest..

b. Thereafter, on an annual basis, each Covered Person shall give the same acknowledgements and, in addition, shall certify that he or she has complied with all applicable provisions of the Code.

c. Such acknowledgments and certifications shall be provided through FIS/PTA using substantially the form of the “Acknowledgement of Receipt of Code of Ethics, Personal Holdings Report and Annual Certification” attached hereto as Appendix B.

2. Execution of Personal Securities Transactions.

a. Approved Accounts. Unless one of the following exceptions applies, Covered Persons must execute their personal securities transactions involving any Reportable Securities or Reportable Funds in which they have or acquire a Beneficial Interest through one of the following two types of accounts (“Approved Accounts”):

i. Approved Securities Accounts. Securities accounts (including IRA accounts) with financial intermediaries that have been approved by the Compliance Department (an “Approved Securities Account”); or

ii. Approved Retirement Accounts. Participant accounts in retirement plans approved by the Compliance Department on the grounds that either (i) automated feeds into FIS/PTA have been established, or (ii) sufficient policies and procedures are in place to protect any Reportable Funds that may be in the plan from the types of activities prohibited by Sections A and B above (an “Approved Retirement Account”).1

b. Exceptions. The following types of accounts are exempt from the requirements of section 2.a above, subject to compliance with the conditions set forth below:

i. Mutual Fund-Only and Managed Accounts. Covered Persons may have or acquire a Beneficial Interest in Mutual Fund-Only and Managed Accounts that are not Approved Securities Accounts, provided that the requirement set forth in this Code relating to a Managed Account or Mutual Fund-Only Account, as the case may be, are satisfied. To qualify for this exemption, a Covered Person must deliver to the Compliance Department through FIS/PTA a certification in substantially the form of the “Certificate for Managed Accounts or Mutual Fund-Only Accounts” attached hereto as Appendix D.

ii. Outside Retirement Accounts. Covered Persons may have or acquire a Beneficial Interest in a retirement account other than an Approved Retirement Account (an “Outside Retirement Account”), provided that the Covered Person complies with the certification or reporting requirements set forth in Section 3.c below, and provided further that, for purposes of this Code, an IRA account shall be treated as a securities account and not as a retirement account.

1 A list of the approved financial intermediaries and retirement plans may by found on the Legal and Compliance home page on LMEX.

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iii. Dividend Reinvestment Plans. Covered Person may have or acquire a Beneficial Interest in securities held in a dividend reinvestment plan account directly with the issuer of the securities or its transfer agent (a “Dividend Reinvestment Plan”), subject to compliance with the requirements of Section 3.a below.

c. Outside Securities Accounts. Covered Persons that have or acquire a Beneficial Interest in a securities account (including an IRA account) other than an Approved Account, Mutual Fund-Only Account, Managed Account or Outside Retirement Account (an “Outside Securities Account”) must obtain the prior written approval to maintain such account from the Compliance Department.

i. A request for such approval must be submitted to the Compliance Department through FIS/PTA using substantially the form of “Request for Approval for an Outside Securities Account” attached hereto as Appendix C. Such approvals will only be granted in extraordinary circumstances.

ii. If the Compliance Department does not approve such request, the Covered Person must arrange to transfer or convert such account into an Approved Account, Managed Account, Mutual Fund-Only Account or Outside Retirement Account as promptly as practicable.

6. Transaction Reporting Requirements. Covered Persons shall report all Securities Transactions in which they have a Beneficial Interest to the Compliance Department in accordance with the following provisions:

a. Approved Accounts, Managed Accounts, Mutual Fund Only and Dividend Reinvestment Plan Accounts. Covered Persons will not be required to arrange for the delivery of duplicate copies of confirmations or periodic statements for any Approved Accounts, Managed Accounts, Mutual Fund Only Accounts or Dividend Reinvestment Plans in which they have or acquire a Beneficial Interest. However, the existence of all such accounts must be disclosed to the Compliance Department pursuant to either Section II.D.1 above or II.D.4 below. In addition, copies of any statements for any Managed Accounts, Mutual Fund Only Accounts or Dividend Reinvestment Plans must be made available for review at the specific request of the Compliance Department.

b. Outside Securities Accounts. For any Outside Securities Account approved by the Compliance Department, a Covered Person must arrange for the Compliance Department to receive, directly from the applicable broker-dealer, bank or other financial intermediary, duplicate copies of each confirmation and periodic statement issued by such financial intermediary in respect of such Outside Securities Account.

i. Periodic statements must be received by the Compliance Department no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the close of each calendar quarter. Confirmations must be delivered to the Compliance Department contemporaneously with delivery to the applicable Covered Person.

ii. A form of letter that may be used to request duplicate confirmations and periodic statements from financial intermediaries is attached as Appendix E. If a Covered Person is not able to arrange for duplicate confirmations and periodic statements to be sent, the Covered Person must immediately cease trading in such account and notify the Compliance Department.

iii. It shall be the Covered Person’s responsibility to promptly input into FIS/PTA all initially required information relating to any holdings in an Outside Securities Account. and to notify the Compliance Department on the same day of any subsequent Securities Transactions in such Outside Retirement Account.

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d. Outside Retirement Accounts. For any Outside Retirement Account in which a Covered Person has a Beneficial Interest, such Covered Person must either:

i. Certify that such account does not hold any shares of a Reportable Fund or Reportable Security and that no Securities Transactions involving a Reportable Fund or Reportable Security have been executed in such account (such certifications shall be provided to the Compliance Department through FIS/PTA using substantially the form of the “Certificate for Outside Retirement Accounts” attached hereto as Appendix F); or.

ii. If a Covered Person is unable to provide such certification with respect to an Outside Retirement Account, the Covered Person must notify the Compliance Department and provide the Compliance Department with duplicate copies of each confirmation and periodic statement issued by such financial intermediary in respect of such Outside Retirement Account.

(a) Periodic statements must be received by the Compliance Department no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the close of each calendar quarter.

(b) It shall be the Covered Person’s responsibility to promptly input into FIS/PTA all initially required information relating to any holdings in an Outside Retirement Account and to notify the Compliance Department on the same day of any subsequent Securities Transactions in such Outside Retirement Account.

7. New Reportable Accounts. If a Covered Person opens a new reportable account that has not previously been disclosed, the Covered Person must notify the Compliance Department in writing within ten (10) calendar days of the existence of the account and make arrangements to comply with the requirements set forth in Sections II.D.2 & 3 above.

8. Disclaimers. Any report of a Securities Transaction for the benefit of a person other than the individual in whose account the transaction is placed may contain a statement that the report should not be construed as an admission by the person making the report that he or she has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Security to which the report relates.

9. Availability of Reports. All information supplied pursuant to this Code may be made available for inspection to the CCO of any affected Legg Mason Registered Adviser or Reportable Fund, the board of directors of each company employing the Covered Person, the board of directors of any affected Reportable Fund, the Compliance Department, the Covered Person’s department manager (or designee), any party to which any investigation is referred by any of the foregoing, the Securities and Exchange Commission, any self-regulatory organization of which Legg Mason is a member, any state securities commission, and any attorney or agent of the foregoing or of the Reportable Funds.

10. Outside Business Activities. No Covered Person may engage in outside business activities or serve on the board of directors of a publicly-held company absent prior written authorization of (i) the Compliance Department, and (ii) in the case of service on the board of directors of a publicly-held company, the General Counsel of Legg Mason, Inc.

a. A request for such approval must be submitted to the Compliance Department through FIS/PTA using substantially the form of “Request for Approval of Outside Business Activities” attached hereto as Appendix G.

b. Requests for approval to serve as a director of a publicly held company will rarely be approved.

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III. Personal Securities Transactions

A. Surveillance

The Compliance Department shall be responsible for maintaining a surveillance program reasonably designed to monitor the personal trading activities of all Covered Persons for compliance with the provisions of this Code and for investigating any suspected violation of the Code. Upon reaching the conclusion that a violation of the Code has occurred, the Compliance Department shall report the results of such investigation to the applicable Covered Person, the Covered Person’s department manager and to the CCOs of any affected Legg Mason Registered Adviser or Reportable Fund.

B. Remedies

1. Authority. The Compliance Department has authority to determine the remedy for any violation of the Code, including appropriate disposition of any monies forfeited pursuant to this provision. Failure to promptly comply with any sanction directive may result in the imposition of additional sanctions..

2. Sanctions. If the Compliance Department determines that a Covered Person has committed a violation of the Code, the Compliance Department may, in consultation with the Human Resources Department and the Covered Person’s supervisor, as appropriate, impose sanctions and take other actions as it deems appropriate, including a verbal warning, a letter of caution or warning, suspension of personal trading rights, suspension of employment (with or without compensation), fine, civil referral to the Securities and Exchange Commission, criminal referral, and termination of employment of the violator for cause. The Compliance Department may also require the Covered Person to reverse the transaction in question and forfeit any profit or absorb any loss associated or derived as a result. The amount of profit shall be calculated by the Compliance Department. No member of the Compliance Department may review his or her own transaction or those of his or her supervisors. If necessary, the General Counsel of Legg Mason or the CCO of the relevant Legg Mason Registered Adviser shall review these transactions..

C. Exceptions to the Code

Although exceptions to the Code will rarely be granted, the Compliance Department may grant exceptions to the requirements of the Code if the Compliance Department finds that the proposed conduct involves negligible opportunity for abuse. All such exceptions must be in writing..

IV. Definitions

When used in the Code, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

A. General Defined Terms

“CCO” means the Chief Compliance Officer of any Reportable Fund, Legg Mason Registered Adviser or Legg Mason entity that is a principal underwriter of a Reportable Fund.

“Code” means this Code of Ethics, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Compliance Department” means the Legal and Compliance Department of Legg Mason.

“Covered Person” means any employee of Legg Mason & Co., LLC who is covered by this Code in accordance with the provisions of Section I.A above.

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“Federal Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act, the Investment Advisers Act, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to Legg Mason and any Reportable Funds, and any rule adopted thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Department of the Treasury.

“Investment Advisers Act” means the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“Legg Mason” means Legg Mason, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

“Legg Mason Registered Advisers” means those subsidiaries of Legg Mason that are registered as investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act.

“FIS/PTA” means FIS Personal Trading Assistant, a web browser-based automated personal trading compliance platform used by the Compliance Department to administer this Code.

B. Terms Defining the Scope of a Beneficial Interest in a Security

“Beneficial Interest” means the opportunity, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, to profit, or share in any profit derived from, a transaction in the subject Securities.

A Covered Person is deemed to have a Beneficial Interest in the following:

1. Any Security owned individually by the Covered Person.

2. Any Security owned jointly by the Covered Person with others (for example, joint accounts, spousal accounts, partnerships, trusts and controlling interests in corporations).

3. Any Security in which a member of the Covered Person’s Immediate Family has a Beneficial Interest if:

a. The Security is held in an account over which the Covered Person has decision making authority (for example, the Covered Person acts as trustee, executor, or guardian); or

b. The Security is held in an account for which the Covered Person acts as a broker or investment adviser representative.

A Covered Person is presumed to have a Beneficial Interest in any Security in which a member of the Covered Person’s Immediate Family has a Beneficial Interest if the Immediate Family member resides in the same household as the Covered Person.

Any uncertainty as to whether a Covered Person has a Beneficial Interest in a Security should be brought to the attention of the Compliance Department. Such questions will be resolved in accordance with, and this definition shall be subject to, the definition of “beneficial owner” found in Rules 16a-1(a) (2) and (5) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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“Immediate Family” of a Covered Person means any of the following persons:

child	grandparent	son-in-law
stepchild	spouse	daughter-in-law
grandchild	sibling	brother-in-law
parent	mother-in-law	sister-in-law
stepparent	father-in-law

Immediate Family includes adoptive relationships, domestic partner relationships and other relationships (whether or not recognized by law) that the Compliance Department determines could lead to the possible conflicts of interest, diversions of corporate opportunity, or appearances of impropriety, which this Code is intended to prevent.

C. Terms Defining the Scope of a Reportable Transaction

“Automatic Investment Plan” means 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.

“Equivalent Security” means any Security issued by the same entity as the issuer of a subject Security, including options, rights, stock appreciation rights, warrants, preferred stock, restricted stock, phantom stock, bonds, and other obligations of that company or Security otherwise convertible into that Security. Options on Securities are included even if, technically, they are issued by the Options Clearing Corporation or a similar entity.

“Managed Account” means an account where a Covered Person has no:

• Direct or indirect influence or control over the account (for example, the trustee or investment manager simply summarizes, describes, or explains account activity without the Covered Person providing directions or suggestions);

• Knowledge of the transaction before it is completed (for example, transactions effected for a Covered Person by a trustee of a blind trust, or discretionary trades made by an investment manager retained by the Covered Person, in connection with which the Covered Person is neither consulted nor advised of the trade before it is executed); and

• Knowledge of the specific management actions taken by a trustee or investment manager and no right to intervene in the trustee’s or investment manager’s management (for example, the Covered Person is not consulted as to the allocation of investments for the account).

“Mutual Fund-Only Account” means a Securities account or account held directly with a mutual fund that holds only non-Reportable Funds and in which no other type of Securities may be held. For purposes of this Code, a Mutual Fund-Only Account includes a 529 plan or variable annuity life insurance account that holds only non-Reportable Funds and in which no other type of Securities may be held.

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“Private Placement” means a Securities offering that is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) or Section 4(6) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or pursuant to Rules 504, 505 or 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

“Proprietary Fund” means an open-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act (or any portfolio or series thereof, as the case may be) that is part of one of the fund families sponsored by Legg Mason or its affiliates.

“Reportable Fund” means (a) any fund registered under the Investment Company Act for which a Legg Mason Registered Adviser serves as an investment adviser, or (b) any fund registered under the Investment Company Act whose investment adviser or principal underwriter is controlled by or under common control with Legg Mason. For purposes of this definition, “investment adviser” has the same meaning as it does in section 2(a)(20) of the Investment Company Act, and “control” has the same meaning as it does in Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act.

“Reportable Security” means any Security (as defined herein) other than the following types of Securities:

1. Direct obligations of the Government of the United States;

2. Bankers acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; and

3. Shares of open-end mutual funds that are not Reportable Funds.

“Securities Transaction” means a purchase or sale of Securities in which a Covered Person has or acquires a Beneficial Interest.

“Security” includes stock, notes, bonds, debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness (including loan participations and assignments), limited partnership interests, investment contracts, closed-end investment companies, and all derivative instruments of the foregoing, such as options and warrants. “Security” does not include futures or options on futures, but the purchase and sale of such instruments are nevertheless subject to the reporting requirements of the Code.

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EX-99.CERT

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

EX-99.CERT

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Jane Trust, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust – Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: December 27, 2016	/s/ Jane Trust
	Jane Trust
	Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Richard F. Sennett, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust – Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial information included in this report, and the financial statements on which the financial information is based, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: December 27, 2016	/s/ Richard F. Sennett
	Richard F. Sennett
	Principal Financial Officer

EX-99.906CT

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

EX-99.906CERT

CERTIFICATION

Jane Trust, Chief Executive Officer, and Richard F. Sennett, Principal Financial Officer of Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust – Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Registrant”), each certify to the best of their knowledge that:

1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2016 (the “Form N-CSR”) fully complies with the requirements of section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Chief Executive Officer	Principal Financial Officer
Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust -	Legg Mason ETF Equity Trust -
Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF	Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF
/s/ Jane Trust	/s/ Richard F. Sennett
Jane Trust	Richard F. Sennett
Date: December 27, 2016	Date: December 27, 2016

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.