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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 86.2%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 8.5%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.1%

          

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     3.600     7/15/25      $ 500,000      $ 527,062  

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

     5.303     5/30/24        260,000        278,200 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

             805,262  
          

 

 

 

Media - 4.4%

          

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.464     7/23/22        100,000        105,126  

Discovery Communications LLC, Senior Notes

     4.375     6/15/21        250,000        258,267  

Discovery Communications LLC, Senior Notes

     4.125     5/15/29        20,000        21,283  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP, Senior Secured Notes

     8.375     3/15/23        640,000        762,167  
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             1,146,843  
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

          

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     9/15/21        230,000        245,424  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

             2,197,529  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 5.1%           

Automobiles - 3.2%

          

Daimler Finance North America LLC, Senior Notes

     2.850     1/6/22        150,000        151,916 (a) 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     5.875     8/2/21        250,000        262,279  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     3.350     11/1/22        260,000        260,775  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     3.450     4/10/22        130,000        132,512  
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             807,482  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.5%

          

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

     3.200     8/8/24        130,000        133,017  
          

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.1%

          

DR Horton Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     10/15/24        70,000        70,086  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     2.950     11/29/20        60,000        60,075  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     8.375     1/15/21        60,000        63,900  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     4/1/23        93,000        96,271  
          

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

             290,332  
          

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

          

Dollar Tree Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     5/15/23        80,000        83,722  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             1,314,553  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.8%           

Food Products - 1.0%

          

Smithfield Foods Inc., Senior Notes

     3.350     2/1/22        260,000        261,370 (a) 
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Tobacco - 2.8%

          

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.800     2/14/24      $ 500,000      $ 524,572  

Imperial Brands Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     3.125     7/26/24        200,000        201,159 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             725,731  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             987,101  
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 15.5%           

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 15.5%

          

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     7.000     10/1/24        250,000        168,750  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

     4.375     6/1/24        130,000        136,200  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     1/15/25        130,000        134,356  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     4/15/23        240,000        249,997  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     9/18/23        120,000        133,014  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.200     9/15/23        60,000        63,406  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.050     3/15/25        250,000        262,483  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

     4.750     4/24/25        250,000        272,795 (a) 

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     3.375     3/15/23        100,000        102,710  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     3/15/22        80,000        70,200  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/15/23        95,000        82,175  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.850     3/15/21        120,000        124,030  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     2.900     8/15/24        510,000        514,643  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/22        130,000        120,250  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     5.375     6/1/21        2,000        2,065  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.000     7/1/22        581,000        590,101  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     3.950     6/1/25        50,000        48,723  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.750     8/15/28        370,000        358,847  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.750     3/15/21        35,000        32,900  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/21        16,000        17,574  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     1/15/23        500,000        517,444  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             4,002,663  
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 24.1%           

Banks - 17.8%

          

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

     3.848     4/12/23        200,000        209,030  

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22        350,000        391,475  

Barclays PLC, Subordinated Notes (5.088% to 6/20/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.054%)

     5.088     6/20/30        200,000        217,369 (b) 

BPCE SA, Senior Notes

     3.000     5/22/22        250,000        254,233 (a) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     2.900     12/8/21        200,000        203,383  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.125     12/10/20        250,000        252,739  

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

     5.000     1/12/22        200,000        210,718 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2019 Quarterly Report


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

     5.375     1/12/24      $ 500,000      $ 551,045 (a) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes (3.244% to 12/20/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.591%)

     3.244     12/20/25        200,000        202,996 (a)(b) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

     3.400     3/8/21        200,000        203,458  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.125     7/14/22        200,000        201,454 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.017     6/26/24        200,000        208,765 (a) 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes (2.907% to 11/7/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.810%)

     2.907     11/7/23        200,000        202,794 (b) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.470%)

     3.628     5/15/23        260,000        262,093 (b) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes (3.754% to 11/1/24 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.100%)

     3.754     11/1/29        200,000        201,750 (b)(c) 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

     2.442     10/19/21        150,000        151,354  

UniCredit SpA, Senior Notes

     6.572     1/14/22        350,000        376,808 (a) 

UniCredit SpA, Subordinated Notes (7.296% to 4/2/29 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.914%)

     7.296     4/2/34        250,000        291,417 (a)(b) 
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             4,592,881  
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.9%

          

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.750     1/24/22        140,000        150,865  

Owl Rock Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     4.000     3/30/25        70,000        70,049  
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             220,914  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.5%

          

Synchrony Financial, Senior Notes

     2.850     7/25/22        130,000        131,501  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 3.9%

          

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

     3.950     2/1/22        500,000        517,309  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co., Senior Notes

     3.373     11/15/25        260,000        267,525  

Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., Senior Notes (6.500% Cash or 7.250% PIK)

     6.500     9/15/24        100,000        102,345 (a)(d) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     8/15/22        125,000        133,119 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

             1,020,298  
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.2%

          

Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, Secured Notes

     2.500     10/30/24        60,000        60,125 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Investment Companies - 0.8%

          

MDGH - GMTN BV, Senior Notes

     2.500     11/7/24        200,000        200,705 (a)(c) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             6,226,424  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
HEALTH CARE - 6.7%           

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%

          

Alcon Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     2.750     9/23/26      $ 200,000      $ 204,187 (a) 

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

     2.894     6/6/22        190,000        193,719  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

             397,906  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.5%

          

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     3.350     3/9/21        160,000        162,829  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     3/9/23        560,000        583,859  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     2.625     8/15/24        80,000        80,867  

Magellan Health Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     9/22/24        80,000        79,400  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             906,955  
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.6%

          

Bausch Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes

     9.250     4/1/26        250,000        282,817 (a) 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     2.200     7/21/21        140,000        132,723  
          

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

             415,540  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             1,720,401  
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 8.4%           

Aerospace & Defense - 2.6%

          

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.625     5/1/22        50,000        51,040 (a) 

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

     3.750     2/1/50        50,000        53,258  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

     3.950     8/1/59        260,000        283,962  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Senior Notes

     3.832     4/27/25        250,000        268,315  
          

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

             656,575  
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.6%

          

America West Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     7.100     4/2/21        59,552        61,599  

American Airlines Group Inc. Pass-Through Trust

     4.375     10/1/22        27,326        28,117  

Continental Airlines 2007-1 Class B Pass-Through Trust

     6.903     4/19/22        174,199        181,697  

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     6.250     4/11/20        92,467        93,637  

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     9.798     4/1/21        48,422        49,957  

U.S. Airways Pass-Through Trust

     6.750     6/3/21        6,984        7,359  
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             422,366  
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.6%

          

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     8/15/24        100,000        101,667  

United Rentals North America Inc., Secured Notes

     3.875     11/15/27        50,000        50,512 (c) 
          

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

             152,179  
          

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.3%

          

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     2.700     10/9/22        330,000        332,135  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.3%

          

Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes

     3.000     9/15/23      $ 250,000      $ 254,319  

Aviation Capital Group LLC, Senior Notes

     4.125     8/1/25        320,000        334,902 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

             589,221  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             2,152,476  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 4.8%           

IT Services - 0.3%

          

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     2.400     10/1/24        80,000        80,540  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.3%

          

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     2.650     1/15/23        70,000        70,254  

Micron Technology Inc., Senior Notes

     4.640     2/6/24        250,000        268,817  
          

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             339,071  
          

 

 

 

Software - 0.2%

          

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     1.850     2/6/20        60,000        60,015  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.0%

          

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.420     6/15/21        740,000        764,226 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             1,243,852  
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 7.3%           

Metals & Mining - 6.5%

          

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     3.750     4/10/22        200,000        205,225 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     3.625     9/11/24        250,000        259,377 (a) 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

     6.250     2/25/22        151,000        163,290  

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

     6.125     6/1/25        460,000        523,417  

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

     7.500     4/1/25        200,000        200,250 (a) 

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.250     10/25/22        240,000        251,028 (a) 

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

     4.625     12/15/27        60,000        63,450  
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             1,666,037  
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.8%

          

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

     5.000     1/15/30        200,000        205,900  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             1,871,937  
          

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 1.0%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.0%

          

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     10/15/22        260,000        257,725  
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 1.0%           

Electric Utilities - 0.7%

          

Southern California Edison Co.

     2.900     3/1/21        100,000        100,769  

Southern Co., Senior Notes

     2.350     7/1/21        70,000        70,412  
          

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

             171,181  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2019 Quarterly Report


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

          

NRG Energy Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     3.750     6/15/24      $ 40,000      $ 41,494 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.2%

          

DTE Energy Co., Senior Notes

     3.300     6/15/22        50,000        51,382  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             264,057  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost - $21,533,335)

 

        22,238,718  
          

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 7.0%           

Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., 2017-2A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

     3.702     1/17/30        250,000        245,967 (a)(b) 

Parallel Ltd., 2018-2A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%)

     3.816     10/20/31        250,000        248,202 (a)(b) 

Regatta Funding Ltd., 2016-1A BR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%)

     3.416     7/20/28        250,000        246,465 (a)(b) 

Shackleton CLO Ltd., 2013-3A BR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

     3.551     7/15/30        250,000        245,718 (a)(b) 

Symphony CLO XVIII Ltd., 2016-18A B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

     3.734     1/23/28        250,000        249,503 (a)(b) 

Upgrade Receivables Trust, 2018-1A C

     5.170     11/15/24        550,000        559,136 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $1,789,935)

             1,794,991  
          

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 3.1%

 

       

Argentina - 0.2%

          

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.625     1/26/22        140,000        58,800  
          

 

 

 

Ghana - 0.8%

          

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.875     3/26/27        200,000        207,574 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Kenya - 0.8%

          

Kenya Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     8.000     5/22/32        200,000        213,038 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Oman - 0.8%

          

Oman Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     3.875     3/8/22        200,000        200,151 (a) 
          

 

 

 

South Africa - 0.5%

          

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/30/22        120,000        129,094  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost - $850,477)

             808,657  
          

 

 

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS(e) - 2.4%           

BX Trust, 2017-APPL D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.050%)

     3.964     7/15/34        340,000        340,422 (a)(b) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-CHOP D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.900%)

     3.814     7/15/32        270,000        270,253 (a)(b) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost - $609,265)

             610,675  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $24,783,012)

 

          25,453,041  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2019 Quarterly Report


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     SHARES      VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.9%        

BNY Mellon Cash Reserve Fund (Cost - $504,619)

     0.450     504,619      $ 504,619  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.6%
(Cost - $25,287,631)

          25,957,660  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.6)%

          (157,962
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 25,799,698  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(b)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(c)

Securities traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

(d)

Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional securities.

 

(e)

Collateralized mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the obligations. The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial indices or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit.

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

CLO    — Collateralized Loan Obligation
ICE    — Intercontinental Exchange
JSC    — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR    — London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK    — Payment-In-Kind
USD    — United States Dollar

At October 31, 2019, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:               

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

     16        12/19      $ 3,454,822      $ 3,449,625      $ (5,197

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     118        12/19        14,131,907        14,065,969        (65,938
              

 

 

 
                 (71,135
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:               

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     2        12/19        262,341        260,594        1,747  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     32        12/19        5,267,499        5,164,000        103,499  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2019 Quarterly Report


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    October 31, 2019

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Sell continued               

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     1        12/19      $ 197,179      $ 189,750      $ 7,429  
                 112,675  
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts                $ 41,540  
              

 

 

 

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2019 Quarterly Report


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. 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 NASDAQ. 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 generally are issued and redeemed in cash. However, Creation Units may also be issued and redeemed partially in-kind for a basket securities and partially in 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 following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. 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. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will use the currency exchange rates, generally determined as of 4:00 p.m. (London Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 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

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —        $ 22,238,718        —        $ 22,238,718  

Asset-Backed Securities

     —          1,794,991        —          1,794,991  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          808,657        —          808,657  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     —          610,675        —          610,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     —          25,453,041        —          25,453,041  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     —          504,619        —          504,619  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     —        $ 25,957,660        —        $ 25,957,660  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 112,675               —        $ 112,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 112,675      $ 25,957,660        —        $ 26,070,335  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 71,135                    $ 71,135  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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